new singlE
"START WITH A BANG"
with the Broadway sinfonietta
"hand in hand"
BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award Winner!
Best Commercial Album
Read about the album in the HuffPost here.
"The perfect Fannie Brice for our time, Ms. Benko may have had a secret weapon: the collaboration with her husband, the jazz pianist and composer Jason Yeager... They make us realize what an incredible song [People] actually is. Ms. Benko sings it like she truly is a person who needs people — or 'one very special person,' at the very least."
"Benko is an utterly charismatic performer and seemingly fearless.... With Yeager, she digs into standards, theater and originals on the release and each track reveals something different. And the album version of “People,” with its subtle Latin underpinning, is very different again from what you’ll hear at the August Wilson this month."
-New York City Jazz Record
"You have to hand it to the Hand in Hand duo who not only do all the duties themselves and sound comfortable in all styles and periods, but are equally convincing in all attitudes and characterizations... Close your eyes and the drapes and all seems right with the world."
"Tracks... are completely reinterpreted with a joyful and jazz-inspired glee that is as relaxed as it is refreshing... The result is a beguiling record, perfect to while away these late summer evenings." -There Ought To Be Clowns