Grammy and Tony award-winning musician Duncan Sheik's forthcoming album LEGERDEMAIN is exclusively streaming on NPR Music's "First Listen." The album will available worldwide this Friday, October 9, via Kobalt Music and is offered via pre-order via iTunes and Amazon. NPR Music says "...ambition, meet economy - Duncan Sheik has a happy home for both of you" you can read the full post HERE.
Recorded at Sheik's very own Sneaky Studios in Garrison, New York, this album marks his first production of original material, not attached to a theatre production, since 2006's White Limousine. To celebrate the release, Sheik is heading out on a full headlining U.S. tour this fall performing selections from his diverse back catalogue surrounding the theme "Songs From New York City From Bleecker Street To Broadway." See the full list of tour dates below. In addition to his new album, Sheik's critically acclaimed musical adaption of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho will premiere on Broadway in 2016, as well as Deaf West's interpretation of Spring Awakening (2007), for which Duncanorchestrated and went on to win eight Tony awards. Sheik alone earned two awards for "Best Orchestration" and "Best Original Score" as well as a Grammy award for "Best Musical Show Album," which he produced. He followed with the musical theater production Whisper House, which was directed by Peter Askin (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and written by Kyle Jarrow, and Hans Christian Andersen's The Nightingale.DUNCAN SHEIK TOUR DATES:
*co-headlining with Suzanne Vega
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