Hello everyone,

This year really has flown by. It only seems like yesterday we were debuting our new Christmas song, Santa, You’re Still My Friend at A West End Christmas 2012 and now we’ve just had A West End Christmas 2013. We loved writing Reindeer Wives and Sophie Isaacs, Harriet Thorpe and Christopher Howell (currently starring in Stephen Ward) brought these reindeers to life so beautifully and hilariously. Check out the video from the night here.  West End Bares was also so much sexy fun this year and we had the pleasure of writing Bare It At The Funfair performed by Michael Xavier and Frances Ruffelle as the closing song of the show. Check out the video here.

In less than one week on the 16th December we will be debuting our very first songbook album entitled ‘You Are Home: The Songs of Anderson & Petty’ It’s a culmination of some of the work that we have composed over the last few years and we can’t wait for you to hear it. The album will be available for download on amazon and iTunes and will come with a digital booklet. The physical release will follow soon and will be available on amazon.com.

U.S. performers featured on the album are Jen Burleigh-Bentz (Mamma Mia), Brent Michael DiRoma (Avenue Q nat’l tour), Josh Franklin (Anything Goes), Natalie Gallo (Jersey Boys), Autumn Hurlbert (Legally Blonde), Jason Kappus (American Idiot), Jonathan Rayson (Because of Winn-Dixie), Coleen Sexton (Jekyll & Hyde), and Lucia Spina (Kinky Boots).

U.K. performers are Matthew Barrow (Merrily We Roll Along), Gina Beck (Wicked), Kieran Brown (Love Never Dies), Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple, I Can’t Sing – The X-Factor Musical), Debbie Kurup (Olivier Award nominee – The Bodyguard), Sophia Ragavelas (Les Miserables), and Tony Award winner Frances Ruffelle (Les Miserables).

Track listing for ‘You Are Home’:

1. Beautiful Day – Brent Michael DiRoma

2. Suddenly – Cynthia Erivo

3. Only Me – Matthew Barrow

4. You Are Home – Coleen Sexton

5. The Rain It Falls – Natalie Gallo

6. Forever Child – Gina Beck

7. This Time I Know – Jen Burleigh-Bentz

8. Tell Me – Jason Kappus

9. Superman – Autumn Hurlbert

10. Christmas Eve – Jonathan Rayson

11. We Stand Together – Frances Ruffelle

12. Take Me Away – Josh Franklin

13. Love Will Find Its Way – Lucia Spina

14. A New Star Tonight- Kieran Brown

15. River, Slow Down – Debbie Kurup

16. Stand Up (bonus track) – Sophia Ragavelas

 

In March of next year we will be presenting songs from ‘You Are Home’ as well as new material from upcoming projects in concert at the St. James’ Studio in London.  We are also planning a New York City concert for August.

 

So as we come to the close of this year we would like to wish you all the very best for the Holidays and once again thank you so much for all of your support.

 

Barry and Mark :) x

Hi guys,

Welcome to our summer update. The last few months have been a whirlwind of activity for us and the results of this will be seen over the coming months. Firstly we wanted to extend our congratulations to Maud Millar who received a special commendation at The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Competition where she performed our song Love Will Find Its Way as part of the Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Award.

In June, Barry and I began preparations for our album which will be a songbook of our work up until this point and will be available for Christmas on Great White Wax Records. You will know most of the songs as they have already been performed in our showcases but there will also be a few new ones on there so we are very excited to see what you think of them. We have already recorded all of the US vocalists for the album and Barry will be arriving in London this evening as we begin the recording sessions with all of the UK vocalists over the coming week. Rehearsals have been going well and we can’t wait to get into the studio with everyone. We will be tweeting and uploading photos and videos from these sessions over the coming weeks.

We have also been commissioned by MADTrust (the Make A Difference Trust) to write the closing song again for this years West End Bares show on Sunday 1st September. Click here to purchase tickets. Our song entitled ‘Bare It At The Funfair’ will be performed by Frances Ruffelle and Michael Xavier. Michael is currently playing Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music at The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre to rave reviews and Frances has recently completed sell-out shows in London and New York for her ‘Behind The Dress’ show and will be debuting her brand new show ‘Paris Original’ this October in London at The Crazy Coqs.

Thank you as always for your continued support :) x