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Duncan Sheik to Release Album of '80s Cover Songs

Duncan Sheik, singer-songwriter and Broadway composer, will release an album called Covers 80s that features reworkings of tracks like Depeche Mode’s “Stripped,” New Order’s “Love Vigilantes” and The Cure’s “Kyoto Song.”...  read more

Duncan Sheik Composing Music for American Psycho Musical

In 2008, we told you about the musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho, because the only thing scarier than a smart, handsome serial killer with a penchant for powder and Phil Collins is a smart, handsome serial killer with a penchant for powder and Phil Collins who also sings and dances....  read more

Duncan Sheik: Whisper House

Six albums in, Duncan Sheik deserves credit for...  read more

Live at Paste: Duncan Sheik

Click above to watch Duncan Sheik perform songs from his new album and musical Whisper House. Duncan also discusses his unique take on writing  for the album, and the show that features the music. Related Links: Duncan Sheik talks Whisper House, covers album, more Duncan Sheik: Fixing It in the Mix Duncan Sheik on MySpace...  read more

Duncan Sheik talks Whisper House, covers album, more

Only two years after including "I Don't Believe in Ghosts" on...  read more

Duncan Sheik plays the Paste studio

Only two dates into his Fall tour, singer-composer Duncan Sheik stopped by the Paste office to preview a few tracks off his upcoming album, Whisper House, due in late Jan. 2009. The songs, which were written by Sheik and librettist Kyle Jarrow, are the musical quotient for the Keith Powell-directed (that's 30 Rock's Toofer to you) production about a boy who comes to live with his aunt in a lighthouse in New England after his father dies in WWII, only to find that there are ghosts and spies around as well....  read more

Colin Meloy, Spring Awakening team in musical talks

Last week, we told you about the Decemberists' new album Hazards of Love and its past life as a would-be musical. We also mentioned that frontman Colin Meloy was "still working with" some producers on "another project” for the stage, and while we didn't expect to hear much else about it for a while, well, we have.  ...  read more

Former Grammy Nominee Duncan Sheik Wins Tonys

The Duncan Sheik-composed rock opera Spring Awakening scored big at Sunday night’s Tony Awards, winning eight of its 11 nominations. Among them were Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Orchestration and Best Original Score – an award Sheik shared with lyricist Steven Sater. It’s been more than a decade since Sheik was a Grammy nominee for “Barely Breathing,” a tune one must admit was more genuinely heartbreaking than most top 20 singles. So, it makes complete sense for him to write songs for a hormonally charged story about teen-age love and regret. Based on an 1891 Frank Wedekind...  read more

Duncan Sheik

If you don’t like the sound of Duncan Sheik’s new CD, there’s an easy solution.  read more

Duncan Sheik - Daylight

You expect Duncan Sheik's music to drip with longing, to ooze the melancholy heard on his self-titled debut with his first (and biggest) hit, "Barely Breathing"...  read more