23 November, 2013

Tanglewood 2014...

Josh will be closing out the Boston Symphony Orchestra season at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts on Saturday 30 August 2014. Josh will be performing with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, members of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and John Oliver. Tickets go onsale on January 26th 2013 and are priced from $10 - $121.

21 November, 2013

Access Hollywood...

A couple of quick clips for the Blooomingdale's Holiday Window Unveiling. Josh talks about Christmas and his time on "The Crazy Ones".





20 November, 2013

Bloomingdale's Holiday Window Unveiling...

Josh took part in the 2013 Bloomingdale's Holiday Window Unveiling on 19-Nov-2013. Following his performance featuring the New York City Children's Chorus at the Bloomberg Courtyard, the 2013 holiday window display was unveiled at 59th and Lexington. Josh then did an in-store signing.

New York News

19 November, 2013

In The Round (Behind the Scenes)...

A few clips have shown up on YouTube from someone in the crew from the In The Round Shows. The time-lapse clips give a great perspective on what goes on behind the scenes.

Montreal - Bird's Eye view



Magee's Percussion set-up



Load In



Load out



14 November, 2013

Bless This Table...

From joshgroban.com
Josh has shared his mom Lindy's family Christmas breakfast recipe in the new book Bless This Table that celebrates the importance of families gathering around the home dining table. ‘Bless This Table’, by authors Teri Diamond and Jaymes Foster, contains a collection of treasured family recipes from celebrities, that have special meaning to them. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to assist those who struggle with hunger in the USA.

For more information, please click here.

10 November, 2013

The Crazy Ones (Part 3)...

The official "The Crazy Ones" YouTube channel has uploaded a number of clips from Josh's episode, "Sydney, Australia". So if you haven't already seen them, enjoy! Josh played Danny Chase, an ex-jingle writer who is now releasing CDs with one song capturing a moment he shared with Sydney (Sarah Michelle Gellar) a few years earlier becoming a viral internet sensation.

You Make My Heart Sing (song by Danny Chase)



It's Insane (scene with Danny Chase)



I Barely Knew You (scene with Danny Chase)



Shake Your Groove Thing



Biggest Moment



Outtakes


06 November, 2013

The Crazy Ones (Sneak Peek)...





An Evening @ the Grammy Museum...

Back in July, Josh took part in a special event in LA at the Clive Davis Theater, Grammy Museum.

Josh was interviewed by the President of The GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares Scott Goldman and was also joined on-stage by Rob Cavallo, Chairman of Warner Bros. Records. After the interview, Josh took audience questions and performed a selection of songs.

Below are a few videos from the evening that have been released on the Grammy Foundations' YouTube channel. Enjoy!

Josh & Rob Cavallo - Recording All That Echoes



Josh & Rob Cavallo - Songwriting



Josh & Rob Cavallo - On "Hallow Talk"



Performance - "Changing Colors"



Performance - "Happy in My Heartache"



02 November, 2013

Ylvis does Josh Groban...

Back at the Oslo concert in May, Joshs’ twin? (Vegard Ylvisåker) made a surprise appearance towards the end of the show.



Along with his brother Bård, they are a Norwegian comedy duo/band “Ylvis” who are now known around the world for their viral hit “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say).



Previously Vergard has impersonated Josh, including a visit to a radio station and getting to the venue where Josh was performing. See this post from October 2011.

A new clip has been released on their TV show of what happened at the Oslo concert.



The transcript translation is below. You can also see this by clicking on the “Captions” icon on the clip.
Bård (B): Absolutely! But moving on, now we’re going to talk about this season’s little pastiche. That you look like Josh Groban. (** A pastiche is a work of visual art, literature, or music that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more other artists. Unlike parody, pastiche celebrates, rather than mocks, the work it imitates.)

Vegard (V) – Yes.

B: A topic we often need to address.

V: Yes.

B: Some background information, in our first season you got pretty far. You impersonated Josh Groban in a radio interview and you checked into a hotel as him, and more. But you didn’t achieve your main goal: Standing on the stage as Josh Groban.

V: No. I only got as far as right outside the backstage area and I realized it’s quite difficult getting through the security there, as Josh Groban. Unless you have teamed up with Josh Groban.

B: Yes, and this time around you had.

V: Yes!

B: What was the plan?

V: The plan was, that Josh and me… Or Joshy-boy, as I call him. We wanted to see if the audience in Speeectrum Other guest (OG): Speeectrum?

B: Speeectrum

V: If they would notice a difference when I entered the stage as Josh for the extra number.

B: How did it go?

V: It went OK, I mean… The only problem was right before going on state, I realised I didn’t know any of his songs. I only know that one song.

B: You raise me up. And that’s so typical of you to realise that the minute you’re about to walk on stage.

V: I’m just thinking “This is a cool idea” and then… But it worked out fine.

B: Ok, great. Let’s watch Vergard as a stand-in on Josh Groban’s encore.

[~~ CONCERT FOOTAGE ~~]

Josh (J): I usually come off right now for a little break.

V: Ok. Is it OK?

J: Yes, going well, going well. Good luck out there.

V: Just a coffee break. We have this vibe. He doesn’t always need to say what’s on his mind. I just get it. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, and then it turns out he’s had a cold. No. It is a strong bond. It is.

[~~ CONCERT FOOTAGE ~~]

V: Alright, alright!

J: Alright.

V: Oh yeah, here we go. Thank you. You time me.

J: Ok, go get ‘em pal.

[~~ FOOTAGE OF VERGARD ON-STAGE ~~]

V: (Singing/English translation..) Tore Tang, an old man. (Thank you.)

V: (Singing/English translation..) The whole town knows of him. He who lives on old bread and water. Tore Tang. (Thank you so much.)

[~~ FOOTAGE OF JOSH JOING VERGARD ON-STAGE ~~]

J: Can I have a hug?

[~~ STUDIO FOOTAGE ~~]

OG: Beautiful!

B: Yes, it’s great!

OG: Really, beautiful. But when you’re standing next to each other, you’re not really that much alike. You’ve got the “extravagant”hair, apart from that…

B: I think it’s mostly due to the outfits. I look more like Skavlan than you look like Groban.

V: You don’t look like Skavlan.

B: I don’t look like Skavlan?

V: You don’t look like Skavlan.

B: So this is not a photo from VG last week, then?

V: Identical. As two drops of… gasoline. Not water.

In the Round - Montreal...