Josh Groban "Awake" Music Videos and Wallpaper

We have been busy at ClassyMusic creating new videos and wallpaper. If you have not seen our latest wallpapers, including our most current above, stop over at Josh Groban Music Wallpapers and pick up a few in your size.

If you are missing seeing Josh while he is on International Tour, remember to stop by and see our "Josh Groban Awake Moments" video!

Josh Groban at Bridgewater Hall - Review

Josh Groban @ Bridgewater Hall
Manchester Daily News
Helen Tither
28/5/2007

WITH his bouncing brown ringlets, clean-shaven good looks, and charming smile, Josh Groban is the kind of young man your mum would love you to meet.

He's nice. Too nice, in fact, for his own good. Which is how he comes to be wearing a not-too-attractive England football shirt emblazoned with 'Groban 1' for half of his show - a present from a fan who tells him to put it on.

He's just too polite to take it off, poor lamb. Plus, he says removing it would mean we might see him naked. Which only serves to excite the fluorescent wristband-waving women in the audience even more.

A crossover pop/opera artist in the Russell Watson mould (only, I would argue, lacking the vocal power of Salford's own superstar), Groban has built up a band of female followers, known as 'Grobanites', back in the US.

Judging by his reception at the Bridgewater, as he walks around singing and hugging the audience, such adoration is catching this side of the pond too. . . . more...

Josh Groban "Awake Moments" Performances Video

Josh is on International Tour and the fans are sorely missing him here in the States so we have put together an "Awake Moments" video of Josh's performances for you to keep you company until he returns for the second leg of the U.S. tour. Get your hearts and tissues ready...it is incredible! You can view it here at YouTube:
Josh Groban "Awake Moments"

Josh Groban "You Are Loved" and "February Song" in Sweden

Josh performs "You Are Loved" and "February Song" in Sweden. Wow, glorious performances!
"You Are Loved" and "February Song" Be sure to check out all of the new clips at YouTube for Josh from his International Tour fans!

Stunning Josh Groban Video: February Song

If you did not know it by now, you will! We at JJG love Josh's "February Song" and it is hands-down the favorite of our members here. One of his most stunning performances we have now enhanced and placed up on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. See Josh at his best and visit us over at YouTube. Here is the link: ClassyMusic at YouTube
p.s. watch for our new unseen video coming this week!!!!

Don't You Just Love Josh Groban!

We have been very busy at ClassyWallpapers designing new Josh Groban wallpapers. We think you will love these of two of our favorite tunes from his "Awake" album! Be sure to visit our JoshGrobanMusicWallpapers for your favorite size!

Josh Groban on Paul Simon’s Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes & More..

Going for a song
Josh Groban on Paul Simon’s Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
The Sunday Times, May 20, 2007

I remember becoming interested at a young age in sounds and styles of music that were pretty left of centre from what was normally heard on the radio and television. Los Angeles, where I grew up, was a great melting pot for cultural activity, and I was lucky enough to have cool parents who, without being pushy, made sure that my brother and I were exposed to as many performances and albums as possible. Every now and again, though, an album or a song comes into your life that doesn’t just entertain you, it totally changes the way you think about music and the possibilities it holds as a universal language. For me, the album was Paul Simon’s Graceland, the song was Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, and I was eight years old. ...read more here...

A GLOBAL TURNING POWERHOUSE
Josh Groban, a global touring powerhouse with shows in Europe, Australia, the Pacific Rim, South Africa and the U.S. scheduled for the remainder of the year, was named the Number 5 tour of the first quarter by Pollstar...

BILLBOARD MAGAZINE
Billboard— Billboard magazine
CONCERT TOURS 1. Justin Timberlake. 2. Rod Stewart. 3. Eric Clapton. 4. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band. 5. Josh Groban. — Pollstar

Top Concerts Week ending 5/13/07
1. Kenny Chesney
2. The Police
3. Josh Groban

Josh Groban, A Songbird Without A Pigeonhole

Songbird without a pigeonhole
The Australian News
Iain Shedden
May 18, 2007

He has sold more than 20 million albums. Maybe Josh Groban doesn't need a genre:

LOG on to Josh Groban's website and you can get yourself a nice set of JG pyjamas, presumably so you can make yourself cosy while listening to his latest CD, Awake. You can buy the album too, of course, along with the other two the 26-year-old Californian singer has made since his breakthrough six years ago. If you already have the jammies and the albums, chances are you're a Grobanite, the name created to describe his more hardcore fans. To date Groban has sold 20 million albums, has sung with Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion and Elton John, and landed a starring role on the television show Ally McBeal when its co-star Robert Downey Jr was fired.

A classically trained vocalist who aspired to a Broadway career, the eloquent and handsome Groban now finds himself a pop star, albeit one who doesn't fit the mould of disposable Idol candidates.

"It doesn't fit in any particular box," he says of his music, "so the fact that it has done so well is a blessing."

Some critics have tried to place Groban in the pseudo-classical or mock-opera basket, but he doesn't subscribe to either description.

"You get those," he says. "It's very simple how I react to it. Opera is not where my CD has ever been placed in the store. This is pop music. I would much rather widen the walls of an increasingly narrow genre such as pop than say this is pseudo-classical or a twist on opera. But I'm not going to make apologies for my voice. It is what it is when I wake up in the morning. It's important for me to stay true to that voice and to the classical training that I've had."

Groban has yet to become a household name in Australia, but that may change after he makes his concert debut in September. Certainly the small gathering of music industry and media types who gathered for a one-off, intimate performance at Sydney Opera House's Utzon Room two weeks ago were impressed by the purity and passion of his delivery.

It's true that terms such as opera, classical, pop and the dreaded easy listening are often employed in an effort to describe the sweeping melodrama and pitch-perfect enunciation of his material.

"I've always fallen between a pop and classical sound," he says over lunch at his Sydney hotel. "I think that's why I want to do theatre one day, because that's kind of where my voice fits in." ...read more here...

Josh Groban "Mix of Voices"

Mix of voices
Catriona Mathewson
Couriermall
May 17, 2007 12:00am

SOME people have it tough, don't they? Poor old Josh Groban is torn between the voice he has and the voice he, at times, would like to have.

Not that there's anything wrong with his voice, he hastens to add. It's just that it dictates, or limits, the style of music he feels he can perform.

Falling halfway between pop and opera – "popera", if you like – Groban's mellow voice has helped him sell more than 15 million albums, earned him audiences with Nelson Mandela, The Pope and Oprah Winfrey, and won him a legion of fans who call themselves the Grobanites.

So he's certainly not ungrateful. "I wouldn't exchange it for any voice in the world," he says, "but there are voices in my head and my heart too that want to come out sometimes."

And those voices are a little more experimental than his back catalogue of staid tenor ballads would suggest.

This inner battle is perhaps best illustrated by a glance at the US singer's iPod.

It holds such an unexpectedly random collection you'd think someone's technophobic grandad had accidentally downloaded it.

"There's some Massive Attack, a Vietnamese jazz called Nguyen Le, Postal Service, Phil Collins," Groban begins, scrolling through his playlist, "the Orlando Pops Orchestra playing Phantom of the Opera, Rufus Wainwright, System of a Down, Thom Yorke's solo album, an episode of South Park, Annie Lennox and some tenor stuff."

They're some varied influences, but ones Groban is trying to incorporate into his music as he edges further away from the classical and more towards the pop side of the game.

"I love what I do, but at the same time, as I feel more confident about going into other areas," Groban says. "There are different styles I would like to tap into just because I feel that's a huge part of who I am even if people have a certain idea of me."

His most recent album featured collaborations with Ladysmith Black Mambazo (acknowledging a deep love of African music which dates back to childhood), Dave Matthews and the legendary Herbie Hancock.

But Groban is conscious of not dramatically altering his style. "I want to always make music my fans want to listen to. It's about taking their hand and guiding them slowly. It's about pleasant surprises not shocking." . . .more...

Josh Groban, A Beautiful Love Story

Josh Groban's beautiful "My Heart Was Home Again" set to a poignant love story. Is there anything more beautiful in music than his voice and especially when it tells a story? Watch this video and you will be taken away to a lovely place of melodious and visual beauty....
"Josh Groban, A Beautiful Love Story"*

*Another wonderful production of JoyPals Design Studio

Josh Groban Reaches Young And Old With Romance

Josh Groban Reaches Young And Old With Romance
(CBS News)

NEW YORK Josh Groban has been called "the boy wonder of the voice," with a classic sound and a repertoire that defies categorization, even in a record store.

"When I go into music stores, I find it, you know, all over the place," he told Sunday Morning correspondent Sandra Hughes. "I like to think of what I do as pop music. I think of my voice as a pop voice. But it's not without its classical training and classical influences and world music influences and that kind of thing."

He's not a big fan of the catchy term some people have given to his style of music: "Popera."
"I've never been fond of those kind of gimmicky kind of words for things" he said. "I really hope people listen to me and say, 'Oh, that's just Josh.'" ...more...

Josh on CBS Sunday Morning Show - Mother's Day, May 13

CBS Sunday Morning Show

SUNDAY PROFILE: Josh Groban His lyrical voice has made him a rising star. He was just 20 when he released his first album of ballads and love songs. Now 26, he’s sold more than 16 million records with hits such as the uplifting "You Raise Me Up." Correspondent Sandra Hughes introduces us to Josh Groban in this Sunday Morning Profile.

For more information: JoshGroban.com or RepriseRecords.com

UPDATE: If you missed this appearance you can download it from ThatJoshGrobanGuy!

Josh "Awake Tour" US Summer Second Leg!! Get ready, get set, go!!

Josh Groban "Awake Tour" US Summer Second Leg!! Get ready, get set, go!!

If you have not purchased tickets for Josh's "Awake Tour" (Summer, Second Leg), you will definitely miss the most fantastic music tour of 2oo7! Tickets for the following cities are still available and several cities will be available later this week. Check out JoshGroban.com and Friends of Josh Groban (the official fan club) for more information. Tickets are available through Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

07/17/07 Greenville, SC, USBi-Lo Center
07/18/07 Charlotte, NC, USCharlotte Bobcats Arena
07/20/07 Norfolk, VA, USScope Arena
07/21/07 Atlantic City, NJ, USBoardwalk Hall
07/24/07 East Rutherford, NJ, USContinental Airlines Arena
07/25/07 Uniondale, NY, USNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
07/27/07 Manchester, NH, USVerizon Wireless Arena
07/28/07 Albany, NY, USPepsi Arena
07/30/07 Uncasville, CT, USMohegan Sun
07/31/07 Wilkes Barre, PA, USWachovia Arena
08/03/07 Hershey, PA, USGiant Center
08/04/07 Pittsburgh, PA, USMellon Arena
08/07/07 Milwaukee, WI, USBradley Center
08/08/07 Green Bay, WI, USResch Center
08/10/07 St Paul, MN, USXcel Energy Center
08/12/07 Winnipeg, MB, CAMTS Centre
08/14/07 Edmonton, ALBERTA, CARexall Place
08/15/07 Calgary, ALBERTA, CAPengrowth Saddledome
08/17/07 Vancouver, CAGM Place
08/18/07 Seattle, WA, USKeyArena
08/21/07 Nampa, ID, USThe Idaho Center
08/22/07 Portland, OR, USRose Garden Arena
08/24/07 Stockton, CA, USStockton Arena
08/25/07 Anaheim, CA, USHonda Center (Form. Arrowhead Pond)
08/28/07 Salt Lake City, UT, USDelta Center
08/29/07 Denver, CO, USPepsi Center
08/31/07 Omaha, NE, USQwest Center Omaha

Josh is currently preparing for his International Tour. If you are not US/Canada, try one of these dates and venues:

International AWAKE Tour 2007
05/16/07 Reykjavik, ISLaugardalsholl A
05/18/07 Oslo, NOSpektrum
05/19/07 Stockholm, SEAnnext
05/21/07 Amsterdam, NLHeineken Music Hall
05/22/07 Frankfurt, DEAlte Oper
05/25/07 Birmingham, GBSymphony Hall
05/27/07 Manchester, GBBridgewater Hall
05/28/07 Glasgow, SCOTLAND, GBClyde Auditorium
05/30/07 Dublin, IEThe Point
06/02/07 Brussels, BECirque Royal
06/03/07 Paris, FRPalais de Congres
06/06/07 London, GBHampton Court Festival

Josh Groban, American Idol & Kids-Josh Treats!

You asked and we listened! Josh, American Idol and the African Children's Choir wallpaper and new wallpaper closeups of Josh. We hope you enjoy them! You can download your size by going to our Josh Groban Music Wallpapers

Josh Groban Steals the Show and More!

Josh Groban Steals the Show
VERNON, CT -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 01, 2007 TicketNews announces its exclusive weekly Top 10s and analysis for the week of 4/23/07 - 4/29/07.

Josh Groban is the big mover this week, eclipsing other events by debuting on the Top Events chart in the number five position and the Top Concerts chart in the number one position.

Josh Groban
Concerts: #1 Events: #5

TOP 10 CONCERT EVENTS
Event
Josh Groban
Kenny Chesney
The Police
Dave Matthews Band
Tool
Soul2Soul: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Gwen Stefani
Jimmy Buffett
Rush
Céline Dion

Josh Groban has come a long way from his 2001 appearance on "Ally McBeal," all the way to the top of the concert chart. Recent performances on "Dancing with the Stars" and "American Idol" were well-timed to prepare devoted fans for this weekend's on sales. Groban rockets from the outskirts of oblivion to number one after tickets for the second leg of his U.S. and Canada tour were made available to the public on Saturday.