Josh Groban teams up with super-producer Rick Rubin for the singer’s fifth album, Illuminations. “These are my stories,” says Groban, who co-wrote 11 of the 13 songs on the collection where folk meets classical, art meets intimacy and immediacy meets timelessness. Groban expresses himself more fully and truly than ever before with most of the recordings made live in a casual setting. Groban plays piano and sings alongside acoustic guitarists Matt Sweeney and Smokey Hormel and iconic organist Spooner Oldham. The full bodied orchestrations are crafted by David Campbell and James Newton Howard. Brazilian Carlinhos Brown creates the dynamic setting for “Voce Existe Em Mim (You Exist In Me)” and includes the power of an all-girl drum corps – the only drums on the album! Illuminations in brief: * Groban's Rich melodic voice with classical settings * Moving ‘Les Mis’ style songs and lyrical ballads * Uplifting vocals with full scale orchestration
