Josh Groban Unveils Video For New Single 'Higher Window' - Out Now
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
The internationally renowned vocalist, songwriter and Grammy Award winner Josh Groban will release the new single ‘Higher Window’ on April 11th. With 25 million album sales to his name already, Josh Groban’s UK profile has never been higher following the release of his current album ‘Illuminations’, his Christmas guest presenter role on ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ and his recent intimate show at London’s Union Chapel.
Check out the video to 'Higher Window' below.
Produced by Rick Rubin (Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash), the emotive, string-laden ‘Higher Window’ was written by Groban with former Semisonic frontman Dan Wilson and Thomas Salter. The track also features a notable guest performance courtesy of Hammond organ player Spooner Oldham, who has played with a huge selection of music legends including Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Jackson Browne.
‘Illuminations’ will also be re-released on April 11th to coincide with three major television appearances. Groban will appear on The Graham Norton Show (BBC1, April 15th), BBC Breakfast (BBC1, April 18th) and The AlanTitchmarsh Show (ITV1, April 19th).
Groban will follow his UK visit by embarking upon his first major North American arena tour since 2007. The ‘Straight To You’ tour features over sixty dates and commences in New Orleans on May 12th. It will conclude at MadisonSquare Garden on November 14th.
‘Illuminations’ finds both Groban and Rubin stepping out of each one's respective zone and creating an entirely new zone. The bracing result fulfills Rubin's vision of a "fine art" Groban record, marrying the warmth of the sweeping American roots of Groban's writing and the grandeur of classical settings by matching the live, one-take performances by Groban and the intimate, core acoustic band with colourful orchestral arrangements by David Campbell and James Newton Howard.
‘Illuminations’ was three years in the making, but the writing and recording came in bursts of creativity as Groban busied himself with other projects, including starring in a 21st-anniversary performance of the cult musical ‘Chess’ at London’s Royal Albert Hall, performing a comic medley of well-known TV theme songs at the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, dueting with Heather Headley at We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, guest starring twice on Fox’s hit show ‘Glee’, and filming a role in ‘Crazy Stupid Love’, a motion picture comedy starring Steve Carell and Julianne Moore, due in the spring.
The Los Angeles native first broke through in 2001 with his self-titled 5x-platinum debut, followed by 2003’s 5x-platinum ‘Closer’ and 2006’s double-platinum ‘Awake.’ In 2007, Groban became the best-selling recording artist of the yearthanks to sales of ‘Awake’ and his blockbuster 5x-platinum Christmas album, ‘Noël’, which spent five consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. Groban and his recordings have been nominated for more than a dozen awards including an American Music Award, a World Music Award, a Juno Award, two Grammy Awards and anAcademy Award for ‘Believe’ from the 2005 film ‘Polar Express’.
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