Hem posted some Twelfth Night recording pictures at their Facebook
page. Go check them out! As a reminder, there are also a bunch of
studio pictures at All About Hem's Twelfth Night discography page
(different from the ones at Facebook).

The Twelfth Night discography page now has track-by-track details
providing performers on each song.

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
All Hem, all the time
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Online music seller Amie Street is celebrating "Twelfth Night" by
having a sale on Hem's albums. They're each $5 or less. If you don't
already have Hem's albums, including "Twelfth Night," you can right
that grievous wrong now by visiting Amie Street:
http://amiestreet.com/music/hem/

-Christina

--
All Hem, all the time
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Hem's fifth full length album, "Twelfth Night," with music by Hem and
words by Shakespeare (who, you may know, is a pretty good writer) is
in stores today. Go buy it! It's available almost everywhere as a CD
at places like Newbury Comics and Amazon and as a download at places
like iTunes. When you're done, come back to All About Hem to visit the
"Twelfth Night" discography page with tons of information about the
album and about this summer's Shakespeare in the Park production in
New York's Central Park that included the music on the new album and
whose cast sings all the show's songs on the album. And it's a great
cast, including Anne Hathaway, Audra McDonald, Raśl Esparza, and David
Pittu.

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
All Hem, all the time
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Hem's "Twelfth Night" album is still set for release on October 27.
Pre-order the Twelfth Night album from Newbury Comics (only $7.99),
and you'll get an autographed copy. Go on, order until supplies are
exhausted and everyone has very sore signing hands. If you're not
familiar with Newbury Comics, it's an independently owned music
retailer with a couple dozen very fun stores in New England.

Sign up for Hem's new mailing list and get a free mp3 of the
instrumental song "Sebastian & Antonio" from "Twelfth Night." Even if
you think you're on Hem's mailing list, sign up now. They're using a
new email service, and you won't get any official email updates from
the band unless you follow the link in today's news update. Thank you
for already being on All About Hem's mailing list!

-Christina

--
All Hem, all the time
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Visit today's news update to enjoy a stream of Hem's upcoming album
"Twelfth Night." I particularly recommend the songs "Full Fathom
Five," "O Mistress Mine," "The Wind And The Rain," and "Where Is Fancy
Bred?" (my selections of which may possibly be biased since those are
the songs Hem worked on the superb day I visited the studio). Go, now!

-Christina

--
All Hem, all the time
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Visit today's news to read an article at Billboard.com about Hem's
upcoming "Twelfth Night" album available October 27. Dan talks a bit
about the project, and the song he's talking about from "The Tempest"
is "Full Fathom Five," which I can attest is awesome. You can find a
permanent link to the article at the interview archive and a lot, a
lot, a lot about the album on the "Twelfth Night" discography page.

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Now streaming as a super free gift on Hem's Facebook page is an early
Hem version of the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You
Want." Follow the link in today's news and look for the music player
down in the left hand column of the Facebook page. Go, listen, now!

The "Twelfth Night" discography page is updated with the complete
28-song track list with the songs in the order you'll find them on the
album. It was mostly right before, but now it's all right.

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Visit today's news to see the album cover for Hem's "Twelfth Night"
album due out October 27. Looks like someone found amusement in the
rain that affected the summer's play performances almost daily. You
can also visit the "Twelfth Night" discography page for that picture
and much, much more about the album and the June-July 2009 play that
inspired it.

Also in today's news is a link to a new, detailed Question & Answer
session about the "Twelfth Night" album with bonus end content
regarding Hem's upcoming all-originals album, "Departure and
Farewell." You can find permanent links to this article at the
interview archive, the "Departure and Farewell" discography page, and
the "Twelfth Night" discography page.

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Guess who is on Paste Magazine's new list of the Best Voices in Indie
Rock? "Ellyson's voice is the very essence of pretty." Well,
obviously. That list and more about Hem from Paste is in today's news.
Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

The Twelfth Night album page has a bunch of new updates today:

* CD and digital album release date: October 27, 2009
* CD available NOW (with limited packaging) only at the Delacorte
Theater in New York's Central Park
* Pre-ordered CDs will be autographed (by who I don't yet know, but
definitely not by Shakespeare)
* The full 28-song track list
* Album may also include spoken vocal excerpts from the play
* Link to a Broadway World article from today where Dan talks about
making the album (also at the articles archive)

The discography page for "Departure And Farewell," Hem's upcoming
album of all-Hem, all-the-time songs is updated with a Spring 2010
release date and with the previously-unnamed Rolling Stones cover
track, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (unless you smartly want a
Hemmed-up, toned-down Stones track, in which case, congratulations!).

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Hem's "Twelfth Night" album is now slated for release in October. More
details should be available at All About Hem on August 24th or 25th,
so please check back! In the meantime, find lots of information about
the show and the album on the "Twelfth Night" page, which you can find
through today's news update.

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Where does Hem fit on this week's Approval Matrix in New York
Magazine? Visit today's news to find out.

The rabbitsongs.com downloads page is updated with one additional
song, "The Beautiful Sea" at BBC Radio Scotland in 2002, that was
missing due to a tragic, inadvertent oversight that I would blame on
the All About Hem research staff if I wasn't the only staff member.

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

As promised earlier this week, my photos from visiting Hem in the
studio recording the "Twelfth Night" album are here! Visit today's
news update or the Twelfth Night discography page to see all the
pictures. Thanks again go to Hem for so kindly welcoming me and making
it possible for you (and me) to get a glimpse into the album-making
magic.

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Today's New York Post has an article called "Band of the Bard" where
Steve talks about being in the Shakespeare in the Park production of
"Twelfth Night," and he and Dan discuss Hem's music that was written
for the show. Now there is finally a 2009 print interview at the
interview archive! Today's news also has a few more new reviews for
"Twelfth Night," in case you've finished reading the long list of
great reviews I posted a couple days ago.

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Official opening night of Twelfth Night was June 25, which means that
reviews started flooding in on June 26. Many discuss Hem. Find a big
list of links to reviews in today's news and on the Twelfth Night
discography page.

Over the weekend I had the excellent fortune of visiting Hem in the
studio as they worked on the Twelfth Night album. The variety of songs
I heard from the show sound more lush and clear than possible in an
outdoor theater, and the bonus songs not in the show were extremely
exciting. The bonus songs are thematically relevant to the Twelfth
Night characters but have roots in other Shakespearean plays. In
particular, the song "Where Is Fancy Bred?" (from The Merchant of
Venice, and probably not coincidentally, Willy Wonka) sung by Orsino
(Raśl Esparza) was a marvel, with a melody and orchestration that
created a goosebump extravaganza that made my jaw drop each time the
song rang through the studio. Every song sounded gorgeous, and you
should preorder the CD right now! I took too many photos for speedy
sorting and sharing, so please visit All About Hem again in a few days
for pictures from the studio that are bigger and better than the
little preview in today's news.

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Hem's "Twelfth Night" album is available for preorder! Go! Get it! CDs
ship in August. Links are on the news page and right here:

Preorder:
http://www.werkshop.com/store/item.action?artist_id=1203&item_id=AHEEM000009

All About Hem's "Twelfth Night" page:
http://www.allabouthem.com/disc/twelfthnight.htm

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Lots of news today.

1. It was my pleasure to see (and hear!) the Public Theater's
production of Twelfth Night, which as you surely know includes
original music written and recorded by Hem. Pictures and recording are
not allowed inside the theater, but you can find photos of the
playbill and posters outside the theater on the new Twelfth Night page
of fun.

2. Twelfth Night is slated to be a Hem album. Within the next 2 weeks,
the album should be ready for your listening enjoyment. Pre-ordering
details should be available at performances of the show shortly, and
I'll share ordering information for everybody else as soon as I know
it. The album will include the cast singing and the music from the
show (recorded songs and live-performed songs) as well as a number of
songs that did not end up in the final version of the show.

3. The discography page formerly known as the "new album" page is now
officially renamed with the name of the album, "Departure and
Farewell.". The page is also updated with some new details about some
previously-shared songs ("A Wolf in the Woods" and "Last Call") and
the addition of some new songs ("So Long" and "Departure and
Farewell"). Expect the album in early Autumn 2009.

4. "You Don't Know About Me Without You" at long last has a
discography page! The album is a collection of 43 songs each having a
name of one the 43 chapter titles in Mark Twain's book "The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn." Hem has already collaborated with a number of
artists for about 10 songs in progress, and the album is planned to be
completed following "Departure and Farewell."

Links and more are on the news page. Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

The Public Theater's summer production of Twelfth Night in New York's
Central Park  starts today, June 10, and runs through July 12. Go
watch, and especially go listen to the music made by Hem. Seen the
show? Show or tell All About Hem or go talk about it at Hem's message
board!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

You already know that Hem is writing and recording original music for
performance at the Public Theater's summer production of Twelfth Night at
the Delacorte Theater in Central Park from June 10 - July 12. New to the
ensemble cast is Hem's own Steve Curtis. Now you can go hear AND see some
of Hem!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Visit today's news update to see an ABC News Now segment from October
11, 2004 featuring Hem in the studio recording "Eveningland," plus a
bonus take of "Lord, Blow The Moon Out Please" from "Rabbit Songs."
The 10 minute piece also includes a lot of commentary from Sally and
Dan about Hem's genesis, album themes, and more. Go. Watch. You be
very happy. You can also find a link to the video at the interview
archive. Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Exciting news! Hem is providing original music for The Public
Theater's summer production of "Twelfth Night" at the Delacorte
Theater in Central Park. The show runs June 10 - July 12 as part of
the free, annual Shakespeare in the Park series in New York. The cast
is great and includes Anne Hatheway and Audra MacDonald. Hem will not
be performing the new music live every night, but do not despair
because the new music recorded by the band will be played with live
accompaniment. Links are on the news page to read more about this
fantastic show at the Public Theater's site and in a couple articles
that mention Hem's involvement at the New York Times arts blog and
Broadway World. Also go see what Hem has to say about giving
Shakespeare the musical treatment at MySpace and Twitter.

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

More new details have been added to the new album page about the songs
"Jackpine" (goodbye, "Man-O-War"), "Underwater, Overnight," and "The
Tide at the Narrows."

Lyrics to the new song "Seven Angels" are now available at All About
Hem. As a reminder, the song is now streaming at Hem's MySpace page.

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Hem has a new song called "Seven Angels" streaming at their MySpace
page. You can also read a few words about the song's genesis in the
band's April 4 blog entry (written by Dan). Sorry for the delay in
reporting this free musical treat, but I've been very busy being warm
and lazy on vacation in Belize. Link to the new song plus gratuitous
link to a vacation photo are in today's news.

New details have been added to the new album page about the songs
"Traveler's Song," "Do Over," "Last Call," and "Seven Angels."

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

More updates on Hem's upcoming album are on the untitled new album
discography page, including some new possible songs for the album.
Since the last All About Hem news update Hem has posted a bunch on
Twitter (which is where Dan mentioned these new songs), so go visit if
you haven't already.

A "new" compilation CD has been added to the discography page. It is
"Live From Studio 2A, Vol. VI," a collection of live studio tracks
from KXCI in Tucson, Arizona that includes Hem performing "Hollow" in
2005.

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Tweet with all the cool kids and follow Hem on Twitter (link in today's
news). There's not much there yet, and not even one Tweet pun about "The
Cuckoo" or "Bird Song," but more updates should be on the way. If not,
keep tweeting at Hem to get them to post their every last thought that's
140 characters or less. They'd *love* that. Tell them All About Hem sent
you if you want to shift the blame.

Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Your eyes and ears do not deceive you: the first Liberty Mutual ad
featuring Hem's song "Half Acre" is back on TV! Catch it all over the
place (in the US, at least) for the next few weeks. You can also see it
online at Liberty Mutual's website via a link in today's news.

What could the latest album "Blazing Red" from Anne Heaton have to do with
Hem? It was produced by Hem's own Gary Maurer! Visit Anne's website to
hear the songs and buy the album. (I know, I know, you want to buy a new
album from Hem, but that will come soon enough. I hope. Stay tuned!)

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Your Valentine's Day would be better with music, don't you think?
Listen to Hem's cover of Bruce Springsteen's song "Valentine's Day,"
which if you don't already have (why don't you already have it?!) you
can download right now, like at Amazon or eMusic. Live versions are
also available for (free) download at archive.org, where Hem kindly
lets fans share concert recordings. You can find "Valentine's Day" as
part of these shows: Bracknell, 27 Feb 2005; Dublin, 3 Mar 2005; and
Brooklyn, 16 Apr 2005. Also listen to a 2006 Valentine's compilation
called Sweet Nothings that includes Hem's song "The Present." You can
download it for free via a link on the news page. Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Over the past few months I've added a number of new entries on the
discography page that I haven't specifically mentioned in the news
because they were all older compilations or promotional releases. For
the truly devoted, these are the newest discography additions: Not
California CD single, RabbitSongs.com Downloads, Merry Happy Christmas
compilation, The Bridge compilation, For The Kids 3 Promotional CD,
and Tracks Magazine compilation.

Also, today is All About Hem's 5th birthday. Thanks to everyone for
visiting over the years and especially to everyone who has contributed
news tips and photos to help grow the site and make it fun for me to
run. More thanks are on the news page. :)

-Christina

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For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

The download-only album "Merry Happy Christmas" is now available for
your listening enjoyment from online retailers like Amazon.com (which
lets you download two songs for free). The full track list is
available in today's news. Hem's holiday song "Peace At Last" is
included on the compiliation, and you know you want it. Unless you
already have it from the 2007 "Peace At Last" EP or the 2006 Hem
holiday e-card, in which case you know you want to listen to it again
right now. Enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com

Visit today's news update to read an article in The Washington Times
about the carnival-themed Liberty Mutual television commercial using
Hem's new song "Better Days" and the overall awesomeness of Hem. As a
bonus, the article is written by Mary Chapin Carpenter, who knows a
thing or two about musical awesomeness having made some lovely music
herself. As a super bonus, the article has a little music player where
you can hear a sample of "Better Days" more clearly than you can hear
it in the ad. I don't think it's the final version of the song,
though, because it still has the da-da-da-da-da-dum bars of the song
"Half Acre" at the end (as has become a constant in the Hem-backed
Liberty Mutual ads). Go, read, listen, enjoy!

-Christina

--
For all your Hem music needs (and more!)
http://www.AllAboutHem.com