Becca Stevens Releases New Single

Wednesday December 14, 2011

In honor of the holiday season, The Becca Stevens Band has just released on iTunes a digital single of our version of “Walking in the Air” from The Snowman. Happy winter!

Click here to purchase for $0.99:

A note about the song from Becca Stevens:

“Walking in the Air” was written by composer Howard Blake for Dianne Jackson’s 1982 animated film of Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman. The story relates the adventures of a young boy, and a snowman who has come to life. In the second part of the story, the boy and the snowman fly to the North Pole. “Walking in the Air” is the theme for that journey. This has always been one of my favorite winter-themed songs, and one that I wouldn’t mind hearing more in this season. In 2009, I attempted to arrange a new cover song for every month of our then monthly gig at the 55 Bar, NYC. For December, our last cover tune of that year, I chose “Walking in the Air”. Writing the arrangement, I heard harmonies for four voices, two female and two male. I asked Gretchen Parlato to debut it with the band. The blend of her voice with mine, Chris’ and Liam’s was perfect. She joined us at Sear Sound a few months later to record “Walking in the Air” as a bonus track, and “No More” for the 2011 release of Becca Stevens Band’s Weightless.

Becca Stevens – guitars, voice
Gretchen Parlato – voice
Liam Robinson – accordion, pump organ, voice
Chris Tordini – acoustic bass, voice
Jordan Perlson – drums, percussion

Produced by MATT PIERSON
Recorded by CHRIS ALLEN at Sear Sound, NYC
Assistant Engineers: DAVID SCHOENWETTER & TED TUTHILL
Additional recording by ANDY TAUB at Brooklyn Recording, Brooklyn, NY
Assistant Engineer: BEN LISCIO
Mixed by FAB at Flux Studios, NYC
Mastered by GREG CALBI at Sterling Sound,
Artwork by BECCA STEVENS
Graphic Design by TOM KORKIDIS/ROB HUGHES
Released on 12.20.11, Sunnyside Records

Also! While 23 have your attention, a few months ago the band released an iTunes deluxe edition of their newest release, Weightless. This includes two re-recordings of tracks from our first record, Tea Bye Sea, as well as a special cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Help Me”. You can find all these tunes via the same link pasted above.

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