Sweet Charity

Duncan Sheik is doing a good deed. While promoting his North American tour for his new album Whisper House, he is working with Ebay Giving Works to auction off these Meet and Greet packages to benefit Amnesty International USA:

• Vista Theater in Los Angeles, CA on 19 February.
• The Triple Door in Seattle, WA on 28 February.
• The Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA on 13 March.

The package includes 2 tickets and backstage passes and 2 autographed copies of Whisper House. You'll meet Mr. Sheik before he performs.

Songwriters (or budding musicians), you can bid on a one hour personal songwriting lesson with Duncan in the Sony Music offices in the Big Apple. If you don't live in NYC, you have to provide your own transportation and lodging.

If you can't meet and greet Duncan Sheik, he is also auctioning off the following signed memorabilia, with 100% of proceeds also going to Amnesty International.

1. Lyric Sheet and CD
2. Photographic Print and CD
3. T-shirt and CD
4. CDs

Happy Valentine's Day to all! Sing. Dance. Laugh. Love. Do good.

Duncan Sheik's gone and done it now

Thanks to Dana Saltzman from Sony/BMG, I got hold of Tony and Grammy Award-winning Duncan Sheik's latest album Whisper House. The album was written for a theatrical piece that will premiere in a Delaware regional production sometime this year.

First of all, I love the drawings in the CD booklet. According to Broadwayworld, the beautifully haunting artwork is by Swedish illustrator Klaus Lyngeled. I've always loved Mr. Sheik's voice, ever since Barely Breathing. The CD also features the lovely vocals of Holly Brook, who reminds me of Marketa Irglova and Vanessa Carlton's voices.

The plot centers around a boy sent to live with his lonely spinster aunt in a New England lighthouse. The grief-stricken child begins to hear ghostly voices singing to him at night. I can almost imagine the staging as I listened to the songs. The music is pop-rocky yet typical Duncan Sheik-esque melancholy. Moody, introspective and even eerie at times. The main themes are sadness, unfulfilled love, prejudice and bigotry. I think I like this better than Spring Awakening...there I said it! (I wonder if my love for lighthouses has anything to do with it.) If you want to see Mr. Sheik perform live, starting this month, he is touring with original SA cast member Lauren Pritchard. Click here for the schedule.

And then there's another one

After the success of Spring Awakening, Duncan Sheik will be writing a new Broadway musical based on his new album, Whisper House. Here's the first video from the album, a song entitled Earthbound Starlight. You can visit Duncan Sheik's website for more information.

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