Anderson & Petty Announce ‘WISH’ Holiday Concert to Benefit Housing Works

WISH: A HOLIDAY CD RELEASE CONCERT TO BENEFIT HOUSING WORKS is a celebration of our second studio album “Wish: The Anderson & Petty Holiday Songbook.” Net profits from the sales of the album will benefit Housing Works, a local organization supporting those living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

The concert will be held on Monday, December 4th at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in The West Bank Café, 407 W 42nd Street (at 9th Avenue), New York, NY 10036, two shows at 7:00 & 9:30pm.

Hosted by MTV & VH1’s Amy Paffrath, the evening will feature songs from the album sung by many of the original recording artists along with other performers from stage and screen. Scheduled to appear are (in alphabetical order): Christy Faber (Les Miserables, Kinky Boots), Katie Goffman (Ghost tour, Wisco Queens webseries), Ellen Harvey (Present Laughter, How To Succeed…), Leah Horowitz (Follies, Thoroughly Modern Millie), Natalie Joy Johnson (Legally Blonde, Kinky Boots), David LaMarr (Jersey Boys tour, La Mirada’s Dreamgirls), Kyle Taylor Parker (Kinky Boots, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory), Jonathan Rayson (Little Shop of Horrors, A Year With Frog & Toad), Brian Charles Rooney (Threepenny Opera, Bedbugs), Drew Seeley (Another Cinderella Story, The Little Mermaid), Lucia Spina (Legally Blonde, Silence! The Musical), and Allie Trimm (13, Bye Bye Birdie).

Musical Direction by Cameron Moncur (Finding Neverland, Tuck Everlasting) and Directed by Lucia Spina (sMOkeyTOWN, 54 Sings 1776). Tickets are $25-$40 each (plus $20 food/beverage minimum) and will include a copy of the CD “Wish”. A VIP Package is available which includes premium seating, bonus CDs, and other goodies. Tickets can be purchased at www.westbankcafe.com/laurie-beechman-theatre.

Housing Works is a healing community of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Our mission is to end the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS through relentless advocacy, the provision of lifesaving services, and entrepreneurial businesses that sustain our efforts. www.housingworks.org

See you there….Barry & Mark :) x

 

Check out this video from last years Christmas show in London :) x

Playing Mrs. Claus – Vocal Session at Auburn Jam Records with Natasha Barnes

Had the most wonderful afternoon laying down vocals for Playing, Mrs. Claus with Natasha Barnes for our upcoming Christmas album with Simon Beck on the keys and Joe Davison from Auburn Jam Music twiddling the knobs brilliantly #HoHoHo 

‘An Anderson & Petty Christmas’ Live from the St. James Studio, London – Videos Now Available On Our YouTube Channel!!!!!

Hello everyone and Happy New Year to you all. What a whirlwind of a year it’s been and we have even more exciting things to look forward to in 2017. We ended the year with a Christmas concert at The St. James Studio in London with a host of West End and TV stars celebrating our music and helping to raise money for The Make A Difference Trust (MAD Trust – TheatreMAD) We have now added a special playlist on our YouTube channel where you can view videos from the night and also a special highlights video of just the Christmas songs. We hope that you enjoy them, especially if you weren’t able to make it on the night and if you did then please relive the wonderful performances that everyone gave. Personally we would like to thank all of the artists involved – Haydn Oakley, Gloria Onitiri, Jaime Adler, Ilan Galkoff, Harriet Turnbull, Katie Brayben, Laura Jane Matthewson, Amy Lennox, Julie Legrand, Christopher Howell, Carolyn Maitland, Natasha J Barnes, Lynne Wilmot, Laura Main, Declan Egan, James Cunningham, Nathaniel Morrison, Vicky Hoyles, The West End Gospel Choir and Justine Balmer….our amazing Musical Director – Simon Beck, our fantastic band – Lawrence Addison (Bass), Nick Pinchbeck (Acoustic Guitar & Electric Guitar) and Todd Knapp (Drums)…..our backing vocalists Daisy Amphlett and Danielle Irvine, everyone at the St. James Theatre for being so incredibly helpful and accommodating, our videographer Edward Rolfe and our Sound Engineer Joshua Robins.

Most of all though we would love to thank our fans. Your continued support means the world to us and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Much love, as always…..Mark & Barry :) xxxx

Full Line-Up Confirmed for ‘An Anderson and Petty Christmas’ including Katie Brayben, Amy Lennox, Natasha J Barnes, Laura Main and more – 19th December at the St. James Studio, London!!!!!

Tickets available – click here

In addition to the stars below, ‘An Anderson & Petty Christmas’ has recently added Katie Brayben, Lynne Wilmot, and Declan Egan to the line-up of this one-night-only concert on December 19.

Transatlantic songwriting duo Anderson & Petty are thrilled to be returning to The St. James Studio to present ‘An Anderson & Petty Christmas’ featuring a host of West End and TV stars stars including Amy Lennox, Laura Main, Laura Jane Matthewson, Julie Legrand, Sam Lupton, Gloria Onitiri, Ilan Galkoff, Jaime Adler, Nathaniel Morrison, Carolyn Maitland, Christopher Howell, James Cunningham, Haydn Oakley, Natasha J Barnes Justine Balmer, and Harriet Turnbull with The West End Gospel Choir performing all-new holiday songs alongside selected tracks from their debut songbook album ‘You Are Home – The Songs of Anderson & Petty’. All proceeds from the concert will be going to TheatreMAD (Make A Difference Trust)

Their album ‘You Are Home’ features both Broadway and West End stars including (Tony award winner) Frances Ruffelle, Coleen Sexton, (Tony award winner) Cynthia Erivo, Gina Beck, Autumn Hurlbert, (Broadwayworld New York Cabaret Awards Female Vocalist of the Year 2015) Lucia Spina, Kieran Brown, Sophia Ragavelas and Debbie Kurup.

They have had sold-out concerts at Feinstein’s/54 Below, The Duplex and The Triad in New York and in London at The Delfont Room in The Prince of Wales Theatre, The Union Theatre and at The St. James Studio back in 2014.

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‘An Anderson & Petty Christmas’ at The St. James Studio, London on 19th December at 8pm with a host of West End performers…

We are thrilled to be returning to The St. James Studio in London on the 19th December to present ‘An Anderson & Petty Christmas’ featuring a host of West End performers with all-new holiday songs alongside selected tracks from our debut songbook album ‘You Are Home – The Songs of Anderson & Petty’. All proceeds from the concert will be going to TheatreMAD (Make A Difference Trust)

Tickets are available here

Over the last five years we have worked closely with TheatreMAD having written the closing song for their West End Bares shows in 2012 and 2013 which featured Mark Evans, Louise Dearman, Frances Ruffelle and Michael Xavier. We also write a brand new song for their ‘A West End Christmas’ show at The Actors’ Church in Covent Garden every year.

We will be announcing performers for our show in the coming weeks but for now you can check out the videos to our two Christmas releases from last year Stowin’ Away (In Santa’s Sleigh) feat. Drew Seeley and The Moment You Believe feat. Lauren Tartaglia and Austin Owen :) x

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Back in the recording studio…

Happy October, Friends!!

It’s been a while since our last update. We’re currently getting ready for our next concert happening in London in December! (“Ho, ho, ho…”) More to come on that very soon!

We had a great time recording a few songs at The Cutting Room in NYC this August for some  upcoming projects. Check out the fabulous Jen Burleigh-Bentz recording “I Do” here –

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJjz-36ZB-w

For more in-studio and live performance clips of our songs, head over to our YouTube channel, and click ‘subscribe’ while you’re at it!

https://www.youtube.com/user/andersonandpetty

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RealiTea co-founders, Mike Millan & Rachel Schur in the studio with Barry

 

 

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Curtis Wiley recording “He Never Lost The Fight”

 

Hope you have a great fall, and don’t be a stranger. :) We love hearing from you and seeing your performances, so if you sing one of our tunes, share it with us!

Thanks for visiting…

Barry & Mark

Anderson & Petty present – DIGNITY (feat. Gloria Onitiri) – in aid of The Alzheimer’s Society is OUT NOW on iTunes + GooglePlay!!!!!

This is the official video for our new single Dignity featuring vocals by Gloria Onitiri which is OUT NOW on iTunes and GooglePlay. You can download it via the links below:

iTunes

GooglePlay

You can also make a donation via our just giving page at http://www.justgiving.com/andersonandpetty

Please tweet, Facebook and pass this link on to as many people as you can so that we can build awareness on this song as the more money we can raise for this wonderful charity the better.

Music & Lyrics by Mark Petty and Barry Anderson
Vocals by Gloria Onitiri

Recorded, arranged & produced at Auburn Jam Music with Joe and Nikki Davison http://www.auburnjam.co.uk
Cover Photo by Kate Scott http://www.photographybykatescott.co.uk/
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk
http://www.andersonandpetty.com
http://www.twitter.com/andersonpetty
http://www.facebook.com/andersonandpetty

You can also download our album You Are Home:

Full album on iTunes (GB) – http://tiny.cc/xd9vdx
Full album on iTunes (US) – http://tiny.cc/wb9vdx
Physical CD available on Amazon – http://tiny.cc/9hdwdx

Anderson & Petty present – DIGNITY (feat. Gloria Onitiri) – in aid of The Alzheimer’s Society

This is the official video for our new single Dignity featuring vocals by Gloria Onitiri.

The single will be available for download in the next few weeks via iTunes, amazon and GooglePlay with all proceeds going to The Alzheimer’s Society.

You can also make a donation via our just giving page at http://www.justgiving.com/andersonandpetty

Please tweet, Facebook and pass this link on to as many people as you can so that we can build awareness on this song as the more money we can raise for this wonderful charity the better.

Music & Lyrics by Mark Petty and Barry Anderson
Vocals by Gloria Onitiri
Recorded, arranged & produced at Auburn Jam Music with Joe and Nikki Davison http://www.auburnjam.co.uk
Cover Photo by Kate Scott http://www.photographybykatescott.co.uk/
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk
http://www.andersonandpetty.com
http://www.twitter.com/andersonpetty
http://www.facebook.com/andersonandpetty

You can also download our album You Are Home:

Full album on iTunes (GB) – http://tiny.cc/xd9vdx
Full album on iTunes (US) – http://tiny.cc/wb9vdx
Physical CD available on Amazon – http://tiny.cc/9hdwdx

New Official “Stowin’ Away” VIDEO!

Christmas is getting closer, and we’re excited to keep sharing more of our brand new holiday music with you guys! We were lucky to have De’Lon Grant (Check out his photography site) behind the camera in our Detroit recording sessions. He captured all the behind-the-scenes action at The Tempermill and produced two really cool music videos.

Here’s the first one, featuring Drew Seeley singing “Stowin’ Away (In Santa’s Sleigh).” Please share and enjoy!

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omQoJ3xRwVU

Stowin’ Away (In Santa’s Sleigh) ft. Drew Seeley

Hi friends!!! We’re starting to roll out some brand new songs. Have an advanced listen to our new holiday single featuring Drew Seeley – “Stowin’ Away (In Santa’s Sleigh).”

Our new holiday single - now available to hear on YouTube & Soundcloud!

Our new holiday single – now available to hear on YouTube & Soundcloud!

Check it out on YouTube and Soundcloud – available for download soon! We’ve also got a very cool behind-the-scenes video from the recording session on its way, so stay tuned for that!

Add it to your holiday playlists, share with friends, and ENJOY!! xo