Ghostlight Records continues to garner significant coverage for its trailblazing Original Cast Recordings for 'In The Heights' and 'Passing Strange'. In a cover story in Friday's Weekend Arts section of THE NEW YORK TIMES, critic Stephen Holden noted:
On In The Heights: “...a broadly sketched overview of Latin musical cultures that collide and merge in the melting pot, the score is...wildly exhilarating. The rap lyrics, however sanitized for Broadway, carry pungent streetwise inflections, and Mr. Miranda delivers them with an aggressive swagger that illustrates the power of rap as a storytelling medium."
On Passing Strange: “Because “Passing Strange" has no sugar coating, in some ways it is almost anti-Broadway. The songs, with music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald (he plays guitar, and she plays bass onstage) and lyrics by Stew, describe the personal odyssey of a rebellious middle-class African-American musician who goes from Los Angeles to Europe in a search for his identity. The galumphing rock score in which a song can suddenly change character without warning reflects the character's uncertainty about who he is."
The New York Times June 27, 2008, By Stephen Holden
PASSING STRANGE CD WILL BE RELEASED 7/15.
Ghostlight is a label created by and for the Broadway community. They are committed to bringing the music of the 'New Broadway' to a contemporary audience, using modern technology, innovative marketing and artist involvement. Utilizing music videos, digital downloads and other aggressive strategies new to the Broadway arena, Ghostlight continues to be on the vanguard of interacting with the next generation of Broadway music consumers. The label and its artists continue to generate significant attention, and their release of the double-CD OCR for 'In The Heights' recently entered the Billboard Cast Album Chart at #1. President Kurt Deutsch was interviewed by PLAYBILL, regarding the label's embrace of 'Broadway's Digital Age'.
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