Author: Spencer Day

Hollywood Life debuted Spencer’s newest creation, a Spanish-language acoustic recording of the ABBA classic, “Fernando.”

“The song now has multiple layers of meaning for me,” he told the online magazine. “On one level it’s a love song that reminds me of first unrequited crush when I was teenager on a two week exchange program with a school in Mexico.”

“And it crossed my mind again because, for the past few years I have been bicoastal between New York City and San Diego. Living right at the border, I become involved with Border Angels, a nonprofit that helps migrants and deportees stranded at the border.”

It was after talking with a deportee that felt “lost” between two worlds that the song re-entered his mind. “So much to lose, but we still try to remain brave and have no regrets. I actually think the lyrics might be more poignant in Spanish,” he said.

Read the original Hollywood Life post.

via Broadway World

THE GREEN ROOM 42 Broadway’s newest intimate concert venue has announced the return of acclaimed singer and songwriter Spencer Day.

He continues his residency of packed houses and critical raves with Friday night shows at 7:00 PM on March 22 and April 19. The shows will include material from his recent album Angel City and a preview of his upcoming Broadway-based collection of Rodgers & Hammerstein (Bali Ha’i), Lionel Bart (Who Will Buy), Jerry Herman (It Only Takes a Moment) and more.

Spencer’s upcoming national tour dates include Rockwell Table & Stage in Los Angeles, CA (April 7), SOLD OUT shows at The Palm Springs Arts Museum in Palm Springs, CA (March 11-13), Blues Alley in Washington, DC (March 20), and Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle (June 4-5).

The Washington Post praised his cool jazz sensibilities and cleverly crafted tales, with Time Out New York calling him a compelling, quirky singer-songwriter. According to The San Francisco Chronicle, his melodies are infectious, his arrangements are dazzling and, most of all, his delivery is heartfelt and, often, heartbreaking. He is not only a superb pianist, but a brilliant arranger, who consistently celebrates the partnership between his voice and the piano.

World-renowned jazz pianist Judy Carmichael explores the questions What inspires the people who inspire you? and How do creative people create? with her guests every week on her nationally syndicated public radio show Judy Carmichael’s Jazz Inspired.

Celebrated artists discuss their creative process and how their passion for jazz has inspired their work. They share their favorite recordings with the listener as well as insight into their life and art. Past interview highlights include Tony Bennett, Seth McFarlane, Blythe Danner, Robert Redford and more.

Visit the Judy Carmichael’s Jazz Inspired website to listen.

If you haven’t heard of “Little Known Facts,” it’s Ilana Levine’s podcast described as “a podcast where you will hear unfiltered, raw, honest and uniquely funny interviews with artists you love as they talk about the art they love to make.”

Visit the Little Known Facts website to listen.

Excited to finally share this video with everyone. The song and video are about some very personal challenges I know many of you can relate to. I want to thank Ben Hecht, Henrick Vartanian , Erik Kertes, Kent Leithold, Zach Udko and STILETTO Entertainment for helping make it happen. And of course, a BIG thanks to People!

http://people.com/music/spencer-day-72-and-sunny-music-video/

On Monday night, Spencer Day made a triumphant return to the Birdland stage with a celebration of his new CD, “Angel City.” Called his most complex concept album to date, “Angel City” features all-new original songs, as well as concert favorites and a few reimagined interpretations of previous recordings. Using Los Angeles as a backdrop, “Angel City” continues Spencer’s meditations on love, fame and narcissism. Incorporating slices of life from the legends and nobodies who built the place, the concert included some concert favorites including “The Ghost of the Chateau Marmont” and “72 and Sunny.” The concert, like the album, was at once smart, witty, dark and wildly musical.

Check out photos from the evening below!
The Broadway at Birdland concert series takes place every week on the stage of the historic music room, located at 315 West 44 Street, in the heart of Manhattan’s Theater District.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Photo-Flash-Spencer-Day-Returns-to-Birdland-to-Celebrate-CD-Release-20170623

 

 

Feinstein’s/54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Spencer Day on June 30th, 2016.

Day’s new show LOVEFOOL will take on love gone right, love gone wrong, and, of course, love that’s fit for song. This versatile and unique show features classic standards, original compositions, and interesting takes on new standards by the Cardigans, Michael Jackson, and more. LOVEFOOL is sure to get even the most cynical romantics in the mood.

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If there is a just and fair God in this world (and I believe there is), then something’s gotta be done about the fact that crooners like Spencer Day and Jake Simpson are not as well known as Mike Bubbles, as everyone knows…BUBBLES IS A MAJOR POSER!!! If nothing else, the team of Day and Simpson showed that in this day of canned voices, you are still able get music that can combine Rat Pack hip and 6 Pack muscle, mixing sounds of the past, present and future is shaken, not stirred into an intoxicating cocktail of song.

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