Barbra: "A Happening At Starbucks"

Barbra's new album, "What Matters Most" is being released on August 23rd. Needless to say, I'm ecstatic about it! The album is a collection of songs by Marilyn & Alan Bergman who've written countless songs, shows, and concerts for Barbra. She's recorded over fifty of their songs including "The Way We Were", the score of "Yentl", and a song both Andrew and I love, "What are you Doing The Rest Of Your Life", Which I was lucky enough to see her sing live (to perfection) in 2006 The Bergmans are two of my favorite composers and they also wrote one of my all-time favorite songs called "Fifty Percent" from the musical "Ballroom" which any actor or actress in their right mind would kill to be able to perform! The new cd is a compilation of songs she's never sung before and is also being released as a two disc set with a second disc of some of her favorite (previously released) numbers she's done by Alan & Marilyn. You can listen to some of them on Youtube. So far my favorite is "That Face". It makes me think of Andrew. Such a cute song! I can't wait to hear the rest of the album!

So, once again, Barbra has pulled a genius trick out of her fabulous hat! A few months ago, she performed a charity concert gala for the MusiCares foundation in which she sang some of her hits along with a few songs from the new album. From August 23rd to the 30th, the concert will be streaming on Starbucks' wi-fi network! You can go to any Starbucks with your laptop or internet capable phone to watch it. I think it's a great promotional idea! And considering I'm a bit of a Starbucks junkie, it's perfect for me! I'm going on the 23rd with my dear friend and fellow Babs devotee, My own Barbara, Barb Angelini <3 and naturally, buying the album that day as well. I'm sure I'll be seeing it a few more times since I'm in Starbucks all the time anyway and it's my duty as a die-hard Barbra fan! I only hope that they eventually release it on DVD! Any live performance of Streisand's is historic and should be recorded and treasured. She's the number one best selling female recording artist of all time and in my opinion the best singer we have living today. Even Judy was a huge fan of hers! So, if you love Babs, stop into Starbucks and to all my friends, if you want to come see it with me that week, let me know! :)

Here's the track listing for the new CD:

Disc: 1
1. The Windmills Of Your Mind
2. Something New In My Life
3. Solitary Moon
4. Nice n Easy
5. Alone In The World
6. So Many Stars
7. The Same Hello, The Same Goodbye
8. That Face
9. I ll Never Say Goodbye
10. What Matters Most
Disc: 2
1. The Way We Were
2. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
3. You Don’t Bring Me Flowers
4. Papa, Can You Hear Me?
5. Pieces Of Dreams
6. The Island
7. The Summer Knows
8. How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
9. After The Rain
10. A Piece Of Sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJYe98lGfT0