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Duncan Sheik: Whisper House

By Jeremy Medina on 8:59 AM on February 17, 2009

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

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Live at Paste: Duncan Sheik

By Culture Clubbers on 5:30 PM on November 24, 2008

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

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Duncan Sheik talks Whisper House, covers album, more

By Henry Freedland on 2:43 PM on November 10, 2008

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

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Duncan Sheik plays the Paste studio

By Henry Freedland on 11:00 AM on November 7, 2008

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

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Colin Meloy, Spring Awakening team in musical talks

By Rachael Maddux, photo by Autumn de Wilde on 4:00 PM on October 23, 2008

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

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Former Grammy Nominee Duncan Sheik Wins Tonys

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on June 12, 2007

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

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Duncan Sheik

By Reid Davis on 12:00 AM on March 23, 2006

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

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Duncan Sheik - Daylight

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on January 1, 2003

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

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