All of the Carols for a Cure CDs are available at the BroadwayCares.org online store: broadwaycares.stores.yahoo.net. I'll admit that not all of the tracks are winners, but the ones that I like are probably different than the ones you'd find favorites. For example, I'm not a fan of celeb blogger Perez Hilton but you might find him and his "Perez Hilton Christmas" hysterical. Kudos to album producer Lynn Pinto, Rock-It Records, and everyone involved in this series. As I said on the show, half of these songs come from past years. Here's the complete playlist:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Cast of I Love You You're Perfect Now Change, Carols For A Cure 14 2012 (Rock-It Science)
Dominick The Donkey - Cast of Peter and the Starcatcher with Greg Hildreth, Carols For A Cure 14 2012 (Rock-It Science)
Good Queen Wenceslas - Cast of Mystery of Edwin Drood with Chita Rivera, Carols For A Cure 14 2012 (Rock-It Science)
Call Your Mom - Aaron LaVigne and the Cast of Spider-Man, Carols For A Cure 14 2012 (Rock-It Science)
You Don't Have To Be Alone On Christmas - Cast of Chaplin, Carols For A Cure 14 2012 (Rock-It Science)
The Holly and the Ivy - Cast of Mary Poppins, Carols for a Cure 10 2008 (Rock-It Science)
Deck The Halls - Cast of Les Miserables, Carols For A Cure 4 2002 (Rock-It Science)
Away In A Manger - Cast of Beauty & The Beast, Carols for a Cure 6 2004 (Rock-It Science)
It Come Upon A Midnight Clear - Cast of CATS, Carols For A Cure 2 2000 (Rock-It Science)
What Child Is This - Cast of Rent, Carols For A Cure 1 1999 (Rock-It Science)
Holiday Reverie - Musicians Union, Carols for a Cure 10 2008 (Rock-It Science)
Los Tres Reyes Magos - Cast of Evita with Ricky Martin, Carols For A Cure 14 2012 (Rock-It Science)
Silent Night - Cast of Smokey Joe's Cafe, Carols For A Cure 1 1999 (Rock-It Science)
The Wexford Carol - Cast of Once, Carols For A Cure 14 2012 (Rock-It Science)
Keep The Home Fires Burning - Cast of Rebecca, Carols For A Cure 14 2012 (Rock-It Science)
It Was Simple Then - Jenny Hill, Carols for a Cure 9 2007 (Rock-It Science)
Jolly Old St. Nicholas - Cast of Miracle on 34th Street, Carols For A Cure 14 2012 (Rock-It Science)
Too Fat To Fit - Cast of The Producers, Carols for a Cure 5 2003 (Rock-It Science)
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Dec 10 '08: Carols for a Cure
Carols for a Cure is an eclectic mix of classical choral, novelty songs, alternative rock, and world music, created and performed by singers in New York's biggest shows. For today's show, I interviewed Lynn Pinto, an actress who 10 years ago began recording Christmas songs with the casts of Broadway shows and sold the CDs to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Today's show doesn't fit into any cubby hole of music genres. Some are beautiful chorals, some have fabulous sounds that bowled me over, some are silly fun, and one song I just didn't get until Linn explained it to me. It's as fabulously mixed as the musical theater scene today. And it's a perfect foil to the oh-too-familiar music piped through stores and certain radio stations all December long.
To be perfectly honest, I put this show together with the hope that you, the listener, will go to the BroadwayCares.org site and purchase any of the Carols for a Cure series for yourself. The "for a Cure" part means all proceeds benefit research to find a cure for AIDS and services for those with the condition. (I'm a dreamer - I want an end to all diseases and life-threatening conditions, AIDS included.)
I am thoroughly grateful to everyone involved - the music directors who had creative ideas, the songwriters who donated their talents, the singers and musicians who take the time out of their performing schedules every year to make it a reality. It gives me great pleasure to listen to these songs, and I hope that these songs have the same effect on you, too.
Here are the songs I played on this show, just a tiny handful of all the great songs from the whole Carols for a Cure series:
Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel - 2003 Cast of Hairspray
I Wonder as I Wander - 2008 Cast of Spring Awakening
Good King Wenceslas - 1998 Nuns Choir of Sound of Music
Los Peces en el Rio - Antonio Banderas and the 2003 Cast of Nine
Los Peces en el Rio - 2008 Cast of In the Heights
Carol of the Bells (with Djembe) - 2008 Cast of The Lion King
Cold Christmas (by Elton John) - 2008 Cast of Billy Elliott
Eight Lonliest Nights of the Year - 2008 Cast of Avenue Q
Holiday Lament (The Fruitcake Song) - 2004 Cast of The Lion King
Tannenbaum - 2001 Cast of The Producers
The Holly and the Ivy - 2008 Cast of Mary Poppins
White Christmas - Bernadette Peters and the 1999 Cast of Annie Get Your Gun
Today's show doesn't fit into any cubby hole of music genres. Some are beautiful chorals, some have fabulous sounds that bowled me over, some are silly fun, and one song I just didn't get until Linn explained it to me. It's as fabulously mixed as the musical theater scene today. And it's a perfect foil to the oh-too-familiar music piped through stores and certain radio stations all December long.
To be perfectly honest, I put this show together with the hope that you, the listener, will go to the BroadwayCares.org site and purchase any of the Carols for a Cure series for yourself. The "for a Cure" part means all proceeds benefit research to find a cure for AIDS and services for those with the condition. (I'm a dreamer - I want an end to all diseases and life-threatening conditions, AIDS included.)
I am thoroughly grateful to everyone involved - the music directors who had creative ideas, the songwriters who donated their talents, the singers and musicians who take the time out of their performing schedules every year to make it a reality. It gives me great pleasure to listen to these songs, and I hope that these songs have the same effect on you, too.
Here are the songs I played on this show, just a tiny handful of all the great songs from the whole Carols for a Cure series:
Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel - 2003 Cast of Hairspray
I Wonder as I Wander - 2008 Cast of Spring Awakening
Good King Wenceslas - 1998 Nuns Choir of Sound of Music
Los Peces en el Rio - Antonio Banderas and the 2003 Cast of Nine
Los Peces en el Rio - 2008 Cast of In the Heights
Carol of the Bells (with Djembe) - 2008 Cast of The Lion King
Cold Christmas (by Elton John) - 2008 Cast of Billy Elliott
Eight Lonliest Nights of the Year - 2008 Cast of Avenue Q
Holiday Lament (The Fruitcake Song) - 2004 Cast of The Lion King
Tannenbaum - 2001 Cast of The Producers
The Holly and the Ivy - 2008 Cast of Mary Poppins
White Christmas - Bernadette Peters and the 1999 Cast of Annie Get Your Gun
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