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The Songs of Joel B. New, Volume II

24 selections from shows, concerts, and the trunk

Published in 2025, this second digital songbook spans nearly a decade of work since Volume I. By now, NYC composer-lyricist Joel B. New had twenty years in the city under his belt, with a catalog that had grown bolder, queerer, funnier, and more expansive. These 24 songs trace that journey — from experimental podcast premieres and concert commissions, to a full holiday musical, a Lincolnian love-hate parody, and a hat-fueled feminist fantasia. Volume II reflects an artist who has found his voice and is unafraid to stretch it, while still embracing the misfits, oddballs, and chosen families that define his work.

Selections include:

“Something New” Podcast (2016): The Night Café

MuseMatch Concert Series (2016): The Ballad of the Cluck Cluck Sisters, Sam-I-Am

Cabot Cove EP (2016): Cabot Cove, The Corpse Danced at Midnight, Dirge for a Dead Dachshund, Goodbye, Charlie, Murder in a Minor Key

Monkey Trouble Unleashed! (2019): It Could Be So Much Worse, Don’t Make a Monkey Out of Me, Welcome to My Deathmatch, (Help Me) Move This Body

Undertaking Christmas (2020): All I Want for Christmas Is a Boyfriend for My Dad, Backroll Cole, Death and Taxes and Christmas and You, Let It Out!

Tempting Mr. Lincoln (2022): Borrowed Horse, The More That You Say, Let Me Be Your Beard, Presidential

R.E.D. Hat Fight Club (2023): Old Hat / Why Fight It?, Over the Edge, A Completely Different Person or Something, Why Are You Hitting Yourself?

With its mix of unexpected audition cuts, heartfelt ballads, and sharply comedic showstoppers, Volume II offers performers a fresh collection of material that’s both resonant and ready to play. Includes voice/piano sheet music suitable for auditions, cabaret, classrooms, and live performance.

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Joel B. New is the proud recipient of the American Theatre Wing’s Jonathan Larson Grant and MAC's John Wallowitch Award for his songwriting. His work has been seen and developed at Ars Nova, New York Theatre Barn, Prospect Theater Company, Musical Theatre Factory, Broadway au Carré in Paris, and the New York Musical Festival. Joel is the creator and host of “Something New,” which was named one of the Top 20 Podcasts for Theatre Fans by BroadwayWorld.com. He is also the Founding Teacher of Broadway Sip & Sing. Joel’s first solo EP Cabot Cove -- a collection of “theatre pop” songs inspired by the classic TV series Murder, She Wrote -- is available on Broadway Records.

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Website: www.joelbnew.com