Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich, the acclaimed songwriting duo, make an exciting studio recording debut with the release of Marcy & Zina: The Album on November 3, 2009 from Yellow Sound Label. Best known for their romantic comedy songs, hit musicals and sold out concerts, Marcy and Zina step into the studio with this self-titled album, which offers a definitive collection of their work together.
With Marcy & Zina: The Album, these hopeless romantics invite listeners to join them on their search for love from Antarctica to Baltimore, with a big stop smack in the middle of Manhattan. Assisted by some of the best musicians on the New York scene, this recording is a true collaboration of style, sentiment and toe-tapping melodies. Marcy & Zina: The Album is a collection of some of the duo's most celebrated works, an exciting offering for existing fans, and a fantastic introduction of their talent to the rest of the world.
Collaborators since 1993, lyricist
Marcy Heisler and composer
Zina Goldrich are responsible for some of the New York concert scene's most lovable character songs, including "Taylor, the Latte Boy," made famous by
Kristin Chenoweth, and "Alto's Lament." The pair earned a 2009 Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for their work on Dear Edwina, which will be returning to New York's DR2 Theater this winter. They were also recipients of ASCAP'S 2002
Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award and were nominated for the 2005
Lucille Lortel Award for their Off-Broadway musical Junie B. Jones.
To celebrate the release of Marcy & Zina: The Album, Goldrich and Heisler will perform as part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series, presented by
Jim Caruso's Cast Party on November 2. Special guests to included
Alan Cumming,
Stephanie J. Block,
Scott Coulter,
Jill Abramovitz,
Elena Shaddow and
Stephen Bogardus. Followed the release of the album, tour dates in Los Angeles, Chicago, Waco and other cities will be announced.
For more information please visit www.birdlandjazz.com.
TRACKLISTING:
1. Make Your Own Party
2. Fifteen Pounds
3. Taylor, the Latte Boy
4. Love Like Breathing
5. Compromise
6. Alto's Lament
7. There's Nothing I Wouldn't do
8. Gabriel's List
9. Oh How I Loved You
10. Los Pinguinos (sung by Jill Abramovitz)
11. Baltimore
12. Welcome the Rain (sung by Scott Coulter)
13. The Last Song
14. Menemsha Moon
For more information please visit
www.marcyandzina.com Yellow Sound Label is a cutting-edge record label that produces both established performers and up-and-coming artists. As a boutique label, the award-winning founders
Michael Croiter and
Bill Sherman take a hands-on approach in nurturing and producing their artists. Their goal is to become the go-to independent label for passionate, focused performers and composers who seek a partner in the development and creation of quality, noteworthy recordings. On the heels of its debut release from
Alan Cumming entitled I Bought a Blue Car Today, Yellow Sound Label will follow with new albums from established stars and hot up and comers including: Tony Award® winners
Chita Rivera (The Rink, Kiss of the Spider Woman) and
Karen Olivo (West Side Story),
Christopher Jackson (The Lion King, In the Heights), the celebrated songwriting/performing duo Marcy and Zina ("Taylor, the Latte Boy") and Jeremiah James, a member of the all-male vocal quartet Teatro.
For more information, please visit: www.yellowsoundlabel.com.
Photo Credit: Peter James Zielinski
