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Giveaway Thursday: New Joshua Bell Album: At Home with Friends


Today I am so excited to be giving away a copy of the new Joshua Bell album, At Home with Friends. I was not familiar with Joshua prior to receiving this album, and all I can say is wow. I have been missing out.

Joshua is a ridiculously talented violinist.

Seriously. Even if you don’t like classical, I don’t know how you couldn’t enjoy his music.

I have really enjoyed listening to At Home with Friends all week while working. I find myself humming along with his strings and just being really relaxed, which is something I have needed lately. At Home with Friends is a duet album with some incredible artists including Sting and Regina Spector.

What I find craziest about Joshua’s talent is that he is so young! He was discovered at age 14 and is now in his early thirties. If you like Josh Groban, I think you will really dig this album (and Josh and Joshua do a duet on it!).

Album Tracklisting (Originally performed by):

  • I Loves You Porgy featuring Chris Botti, trumpet
  • Come Again featuring Sting, vocals
  • Oblivion featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon
  • Cinema Paradiso featuring Josh Groban, vocals
  • Para Tí featuring Tiempo Libre, various
  • My Funny Valentine featuring Kristin Chenoweth, vocals
  • Maybe So featuring Edgar Meyer Sam Bush and Mike Marshall, strings
  • Grieg: Sonata No. 3 featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff (Zenph re-performance)
  • Eleanor Rigby featuring Frankie Moreno, piano & vocals
  • O, Cease Thy Maiden Fair featuring Nathan Gunn, baritone
  • Il Postino featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon
  • Left Hand Song featuring Regina Spektor, piano & vocals
  • Chovendo Na Roseira featuring Dave Grusin, piano
  • Look Away featuring Edgar Meyer, bass and Chris Thile, mandolin
  • Variant Moods: Duet for Sitar & Violin featuring Anoushka Shankar, sitar
  • I’ll Take Manhattan featuring Marvin Hamlisch, piano
  • Left Hand featuring Regina Spektor, vocals

If you are interested (and can stay awake!) Joshua is going to be on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien tomorrow night.

To win a copy of the album, just leave a comment! Easy-peasy.

For additional entries (leave a comment for EACH additional entry):

  • Follow me on Twitter AND tweet this giveaway using this tweet (one entry- include your twitter handle): @JessicaNTurner is giving away the new Joshua Bell CD featuring @joshgroban, Sting, Regina Spector and more http://su.pr/2lryGQ Pls RT
  • Become a public follower of this blog (if you are a follower already, that counts too!)
  • Subscribe to this blog using a reader like netvibes, google reader, etc.
  • Become a fan of The Mom Creative on Facebook.
  • Become a fan of Joshua Bell on Facebook.

I will post the winner on Sunday! Good luck!

Updated: I just did a YouTube search of Joshua and realized he is the violinist in this Washington Times experiment of would people stop and listen to one of the world’s greatest violinists? Turns out I HAVE seen him before… and you probably have to. Remember this?

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138 Comments

  3. Yes. I am a public follower, I'm going to be tweeting, and sure, I'll be a fan on Facebook. All for a very good cause – I WANT that album. I don't have that one of his yet.

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  41. i love violin music. i've never heard of him, but would love the chance to win. my grandfather played the violin and i always wish i had learned it as well as piano.

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  61. I have never heard of him but I would love to get the cd. I am sure I would play it a lot… I have a cd of a lady named Lucia Micarelli that I found through Josh Groban that is on repeat everyday in my office. (she is a violinist).I love her stuff so I am sure I would love Joshua Bell. 🙂

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  65. I posted a comment on Facebook by accident. Does that count?? 🙂 We'd love to add this album to our classical repertoire…my son LOVES the violin. =)

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  74. I have never actualyl heard him but our pastor used the story of him in the train station as an illustration just a few weeks ago. I would love the album

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  77. thanks for the great info about him and I hope I win! (I will also DVR the show in case I fall asleep – LOL!)

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  91. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win this. You should look into Josh Vietti, he's amazing also, but is strictly violin! My husband and I saw him play in Santa Monica!

    =)

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  97. I played the viola for 8 years in middle/high school and this is the first classical giveaway I've ever seen. 🙂

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  101. Joshua Bell also did the soundtrack for Ladies and Lavender, and it is a truly beautiful album. 🙂 It was the first time I had ever heard him.

    Someone once mentioned how he played in a Metro stop, but I had never seen it. It amazes me all the beautiful things we pass by so easily sometimes..

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  102. Hi Jessica!

    I would love to win a copy of that CD. When Joshua Bell was 3 yrs old my dad sold his parents a new car! He grew up in Indiana, and my dad ended up selling his parents quite a few cars. He remembers little Joshua running around the showroom! He turned out to have an amazing musical talent!

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  103. I would love to win this! I bought my husband a violin just so he would learn and play for me ; )

    andreaandtyler [at] hotmail.com

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  107. I remember watching that video and thinking, "What in the world is wrong with these people?!?" I had no idea who he was, but always wanted to live in a city where music played on street corners.

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  108. His music is heavenly! I brought his CD and Josh Groban's with me when I was hospitalized and on bedrest for four months with #6…always was the perfect antidote for relieving stress!!!

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  111. Hi! I found your blog through Angie Smith's. Love it! So excited about the scrapbooking site you have a class on. Anyways, I love classical music, especially on the violin. Thanks to you and Angie for you awesome blogs and for hosting the book club for Crazy Love…loving that book!

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  124. Oh how I love Josh Groban so I'm positive I will love Joshua Bell. I am going to check out that youtube vid now! 🙂

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  131. I am always looking for new music for my kiddos, ages 5 and 9. This would be great for my daughter who is about to begin violin lessons.

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  137. I am loving your post about baby products! Very helpful and I know you research the items which is nice b/c I get frustrated and confused with all of the research!

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