Hip To Be Square

Josh Groban... a sex symbol for little old ladies.  

Working part time at a music store, I cannot tell you how many times an older woman raves about how much they love Josh Groban (and Il Divo.) They go on and on about how dreamy he is.

In all seriousness, this guy has a gorgeous voice.  I remember first seeing him on an episode of Ally McBeal and was amazed by his vocals.  I really love his self titled debut.  Besides the 2 very famous ballads TO WHERE YOU ARE and YOU'RE STILL YOU, I really like his takes on VINCENT and JESU JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING.  The albums that have followed are ok.  There have been some standout tracks (YOU RAISE ME UP) but my favorite is his debut.

In a magazine interview last year, he said that he is interested in a lot of different styles of music, but obviously born with a voice that lends itself to the classical/classical pop genre. 

Josh seems like a really nice guy (he's done some great work for charities) AND this past year he has definitely earned some major "hip" points.  It started with his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's "I'm %#@*ing Ben Affleck" video (Jimmy's follow up to then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman's ode to Matt Damon."

If you haven't seen it.... here it is... (obviously it's not for the kiddies.)

Here is Josh's recent appearance on Ellen.  This is really great.

He saluted television theme songs on last year's Emmy's.



Last year Josh appeared in a concert version of the musical Chess, first in NY then at the Royal Albert Hall with Idina Menzel.  The Royal Albert Hall version will be broadcast on PBS later this year, and then released on dvd and cd.

Here he is performing ANTHEM.