Swept Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Featuring Music And Lyrics By The Avett Brothers, Set For Release In Early 2025
“This year’s best of Broadway.” - SPIN Magazine
December 3, 2024: The official cast recording of The Avett Brothers’ new Broadway musical Swept Away, named a “spectacular” New York Times Critic’s Pick upon opening on November 19, has been announced today and is set for release on February 7, 2025 via Joy Machine Records. Swept Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording) features music and lyrics by The Avett Brothers and is produced by Brian Usifer, Chris Miller, Will Van Dyke and Madison Wells Live.
A "spellbinding” (The Washington Post) tale of survival and brotherhood, Swept Awayincorporates songs from The Avett Brothers’ 2004 album, Mignonette, and others in their catalogue, plus one new song - “Lord Lay Your Hand on My Shoulder” - written by Seth Avett for the production. See below for the full tracklist.
The principal cast members and vocalists on the cast album, reprising their roles from the show’s previous sold-out and critically acclaimed runs at Berkeley Repertory in 2022 and Washington DC’s Arena Stage in 2023, include Tony Award winner John Gallagher Jr.(Spring Awakening), who delivers “a fierce star turn” (The Wall Street Journal), the “magnificent” (The Wrap) two-time Tony Award nominee Stark Sands (Kinky Boots), Adrian Blake Enscoe (Apple TV+’s Dickinson) deemed a “revelation” (Deadline), and Wayne Duvall (1984) who “gives a stellar performance” (EW).
Pre-order the digital album (out February 7, 2025) HERE.
Watch a behind-the-scenes making of the album HERE.
The anticipated Broadway debut of Swept Away is the latest in a highlight-filled year for The Avett Brothers. In May, they released their first new album in five years, The Avett Brothers - now a Grammy nominee for Best Recording Package - followed by an extensive US tour and appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CBS Saturday Morning, NPR's All Things Considered, and more. The Avett Brothers were recently presented with The North Carolina Award - their home state’s highest honor - by Gov. Roy Cooper.
Watch The Avett Brothers and Tony-winner John Gallagher Jr. chat about the show on CNN's Amanpour HERE.
Watch The Avett Brothers perform “Swept Away” alongside the principal cast members live on NBC’s The TODAY Show HERE.
To download production photos, click HERE // To download photos from opening night, when the Avetts joined the cast for a special curtain call performance of the show’s title track, click HERE.
For more information on Swept Away, please see below and visit https://sweptawaymusical.com/.
Swept Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Tracklist:
1. Go to Sleep
2. Hard Worker
3. Nothing Short of Thankful
4. Swept Away
5. Lord Lay Your Hand on My Shoulder/Ain’t No Man
6. May It Last
7. Murder in the City
8. Complainte D’un Matelot Mourant
9. A Gift for Melody Anne
10. Through My Prayers
11. Satan Pulls the Strings
12. No Hard Feelings
13. The Once and Future Carpenter
Additional Praise for Swept Away:
“[The Avett Brother’] chanteys, stomps and lullabies are rousing and soothing and subtly placed … [Director Michael] Mayer’s staging is exemplary, keeping the action varied and supple … I was fully entertained and harrowed.”
The New York Times, Critic’s Pick
“Stunning… a show that will blow you away.”
- The Wrap
“Enthralling… a taut and captivating new folk musical featuring the gorgeous songs of the roots-rock group The Avett Brothers and an impeccable cast headed by John Gallagher Jr. and Stark Sands.”
- Deadline
“Swept Away is a musical that will keep viewers on their toes until its final moments… The powerful performances and message of brotherhood and sacrifice will stick with you long afterward.”
- Entertainment Weekly
“Swept Away is an anomalous Broadway musical: refreshingly modest in scale but suffused with an ambitious desire to expand the possibilities of the form.”
- The Wall Street Journal
“A spirited and thought-provoking musical.”
- SPIN Magazine
About Swept Away
From the chart-topping folk-rock band The Avett Brothers comes “a spellbinding tale” (The Washington Post) of shipwreck, salvation and brotherhood set on the high seas.
An odyssey of “mythic proportions” (San Francisco Chronicle), Swept Away features a book by Tony Award® winner John Logan (Red, Moulin Rouge! The Musical), direction by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening, American Idiot) and choreography by Tony Award nominee David Neumann (Hadestown).
The Swept Away ensemble includes Josh Breckenridge, Hunter Brown, Matt DeAngelis, Cameron Johnson, Brandon Kalm, Rico LeBron, Michael J. Mainwaring, Orville Mendoza, Chase Peacock, Tyrone L. Robinson, David Rowen and John Sygar. Swings include John Michael Finley and Robert Pendilla.
The Swept Away creative team includes Tony Award-winning set designer Rachel Hauck, Tony Award-winning costume designer Susan Hilferty, four-time Tony Award-winning lighting designer Kevin Adams, Tony Award-winning sound designer John Shivers, music arranger & orchestrator Chris Miller, music arranger & orchestrator/music supervisor Brian Usifer, music director Will Van Dyke, and casting director Jim Carnahan, Jillian Cimini, and Alexandre Bleau, CSA.
Swept Away is produced on Broadway by Matthew Masten, Sean Hudock and Madison Wells Live. Wagner Johnson Productions serve as Executive Producers.