The new debut concert album by Kim David Smith, Live at Joe’s Pub, has now been released on digital and streaming platforms and is also a physical CD. The album showcases Smith’s devotion to the glitter, doom, and decadence of Weimar-era Berlin, intertwining Friedrich Hollaender and Kurt Weill with The Supremes, Kylie Minogue, ‘80s pop confections, classic standards, art songs and new numbers. The album features music direction, piano and backing vocals by Tracy Stark, in addition to Skip Ward on bass. Jeremy Katz and Clay Mills serve as executive producers.
The award-winning Australian singer and performer has been hailed as “slyly subversive” by The Wall Street Journal, “a male Marlene Dietrich” by The New York Times, and the “David Bowie of cabaret” by BroadwayWorld.com. Live at Joe’s Pub incorporates music from 10 years of cabaret programs—including celebrations of Smith’s personal muses Kylie Minogue and Marlene Dietrich. Highlights include Smith’s wry, theatrical take on “Dracula’s Tango,” the campy chart hit from 1980s British new wave group Toto Coelo, Friedrich Hollaender’s “Jonny, wenn du Geburtstag hast?” interwoven with strains of Madonna’s “Erotica” and a ballad interpretation of “All the Lovers,” Kylie Minogue’s dance hit of 2010.
Smith’s most recent cabaret programs include Mostly Marlene (2020) and A Wery Weimar Christmas (2019) debuted at Club Cumming, while Kim Sings Kylie premiered at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in 2018. He also starred as Salomé in Oscar Wilde’s classic and controversial play as part of the Provincetown Theater’s 2017 season, while 2016 saw Kim portray the Emcee in Hunter Foster’s production of Cabaret at the Cape Playhouse. In 2009, Smith was presented with the Backstage Bistro Award for Special Achievement as an Outstanding Performer, honored alongside Liza Minnelli and Charles Aznavour. He has also been nominated for the Helpmann Award, Australia’s highest honor for the performing arts.
Other Smith albums include the electro-pop Nova, Supernova, and cabaret EP, The Tease, available on iTunes. For more information, see KimDavidSmith.com
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