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 Twelfth Night Recording Session |
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As promised earlier this week, my photos from visiting Hem in the studio recording the Twelfth Night album are here! Click here to start the series at the first photo, or visit the Twelfth Night discography page to see previews of all the pictures and choose your starting point. Many thanks again to Hem for so kindly welcoming me - it was an amazing backstage peek into a really lovely album. |
 More Twelfth Night articles |
Today's New York Post has an article called Band of the Bard where Steve talks about being in the Shakespeare in the Park production of "Twelfth Night," and he and Dan discuss Hem's music that was written for the show. Now there is finally a 2009 print interview at the interview archive! Here are also a few more new reviews for Twelfth Night, in case you've finished reading the long list of great reviews posted here a couple days ago. You can also find links to all the articles on the Twelfth Night page.
Broadway World
Epoch Times
Financial Times
Metromix
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| Twelfth Night: The Album |
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Over the weekend I had the excellent fortune of visiting Hem in the studio as they worked on the Twelfth Night album. The variety of songs I heard from the show sound more lush and clear than possible in an outdoor theater, and the bonus songs not in the show were extremely exciting. The bonus songs are thematically relevant to the Twelfth Night characters but have roots in other Shakespearean plays. In particular, the song "Where Is Fancy Bred?" (from The Merchant of Venice, and probably not coincidentally, Willy Wonka) sung by Orsino (Raśl Esparza) was a marvel, with a melody and orchestration that created a goosebump extravaganza that made my jaw drop each time the song rang through the studio. Every song sounded gorgeous, and you should preorder the CD right now! I took too many photos for speedy sorting and sharing, so please visit again in a few days for pictures from the studio that are bigger and better than the little preview on the left. Thanks to Hem for the opportunity, with special thanks to Steve for getting the ball rolling and to Dan and Gary for so nicely giving me free reign and for having bowls of chocolate everywhere. |
| Twelfth Night: The Reviews |
| Preorder Hem's Twelfth Night Album |
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You may have noticed the big new banner at the top of this page. Hem's "Twelfth Night" album is available for preorder! Go! Get it! CDs ship in August. More details about the album on the Twelfth Night discography page. |
| Twelfth Night: The Show |
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It was my pleasure yesterday to see (and hear!) the Public Theater's production of Twelfth Night, which as you surely know includes original music written and recorded by Hem. The show was a lot of fun (even in the rain), and the music was divine. Throughout the show there was recorded music, and there also turned out to be a great deal of Hem-penned live music performed on stage by the ensemble (which includes Hem's Steve Curtis on guitar). Pictures and recording are not allowed inside the theater, but you can find photos of the playbill and posters outside the theater on the new Twelfth Night page of fun. |
| Twelfth Night: The Album |
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Yes, the album! Within the next 2 weeks, Hem's Twelfth Night album should be ready for your listening enjoyment. Pre-ordering details should be available at performances of the show shortly, and I'll share ordering information for everybody else as soon as I know it. The album will include the cast singing and the music from the show (recorded songs and live-performed songs) as well as a number of songs that did not end up in the final version of the show. Hem briefly Tweeted and Facebook-ed about this project. Trust me, your life will not be complete until you hear "Come Away Death." |
| Departure and Farewell |
| The discography page formerly known as the "new album" page is now officially renamed with the name of the album, Departure and Farewell, which you can also see in the Twelfth Night playbill. The page is also updated with some new details about some previously-shared songs ("A Wolf in the Woods" and "Last Call") and the addition of some new songs ("So Long" and "Departure and Farewell"). Expect the album in early Autumn 2009. |
| You Don't Know About Me Without You |
| In October 2007 All About Hem and Hem first mentioned Hem's album project called "You Don't Know About Me Without You." The album now at long last has a discography page! The album is a collection of 43 songs each having a name of one the 43 chapter titles in Mark Twain's book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Get the book for free at Project Gutenberg.) The album name is a play on the book's first line ("You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'; but that ain't no matter."). Hem has already collaborated with a number of artists for about 10 songs in progress, and the album is planned to be completed following "Departure and Farewell." This project is also mentioned in the Twelfth Night playbill. I'm pretty sure none of our lives will be complete until we hear a Hem song called "All Full of Tears and Flapdoodle." |
| Twelfth Night Starts Today |
| Twelfth Night Casting Surprise |
| You already know that Hem is writing and recording original music for performance at the Public Theater's summer production of Twelfth Night at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park from June 10 - July 12. New to the ensemble cast is Hem's own Steve Curtis (cast list and Hem's MySpace). Now you can go hear AND see some of Hem! |
| ABC News Now |
| Below see an ABC News Now segment from October 11, 2004 featuring Hem in the studio recording Eveningland, plus a bonus take of "Lord, Blow The Moon Out Please" from Rabbit Songs. The 10 minute piece also includes a lot of commentary from Sally and Dan about Hem's genesis, album themes, and more. I first tried finding this video back on October 18, 2004 (back when this site looked crazy - thanks everyone for not kicking me off the Internet for that look), and I am so happy to have finally found it! You will be too. You can also find a link to the video at the interview archive. And anybody with that take of "Redwing" can contact me with that handy button on the left anytime. |
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