News: Duke Special to release 3 new records in March!
Duke Special, returns with three unique new projects to be released simultaneously on March 1st 2010 in a box set under the title “The Stage, A Book & the Silver Screen”.
1) “The Silent World of Hector Mann” album based on “The Book of Illusions” by Paul Auster – recorded by Steve Albini in Chicago and featuring Neil Hannon and Ed Harcourt
2) “Huckleberry Finn” album. An unfinished musical by Kurt Weill based on Huckleberry Finn – Duke is the first person ever to record this suite of songs
3) “Mother Courage” album – Duke has written the music to a new production of Brecht’s “Mother Courage” and has played to 100,000 people at the National Theatre over the last 2 months – the entire production is based around his music and the band’s performance. The show is being taken to Broadway next year.
Duke Special will be self-releasing the three albums after raising capital via a unique fan funding model called Pledge Music http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/131
