For those not in the know, Kane Kalas is a classically trained crooner. His style evokes music’s Golden Age with a contemporary twist. In addition to being a recording artist, Kane is also recognized as one of the highest earning professional poker players in the world.

Furthermore, Kane is a mainstay at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, where it has become a tradition for him to sing the Star-Spangled Banner each season at the Philadelphia Phillies’ home opener and when they make the playoffs.

Kane Kalas’ debut album, High Hopes is a tribute to his late father, Phillies’ HOF broadcaster, Harry Kalas. Here, Kane offers a new and refreshing take on some of the music’s most celebrated standards.

1. Take Me Out to the Ballgame
2. All of Me
3. I’ve Never Been in Love Before
4. On the Way to Cape May
5. Luck Be a Lady
6. French Foreign Legion
7. This is the Moment
8. Guys and Dolls
9. On the Street Where You Live
10. High Hopes
11. You Make Me Feel So Young
12. If Ever I Would Leave You
13. The Way You Look Tonight
14. Fugue for Tinhorns
15. Eagles’ Victory Song
16. Edelweiss
17. Bridge Over Troubled Water
18. Goodnight My Someone

Opening on the piano-led tribute Take Me Out to the Ballgame and the sparkling All of Me and they are followed by the dulcet ballad I’ve Never Been in Love Before, the mandolin-hued On the Way to Cape May, the strident Luck Be a Lady, the military-styled French Foreign Legion, the sweeping This is the Moment, the perky, playful Guys and Dolls and then comes the finger-snapper On the Street Where You Live.

Along next is the animated High Hopes and the dashing You Make Me Feel So Young and they are in turn backed by the Latin swing found within If Ever I Would Leave You, the lush The Way You Look Tonight, the harmonized duet Fugue for Tinhorns, the impassioned Eagles’ Victory Song, a dutiful Edelweiss, the recording rounding out on a most beautiful Bridge Over Troubled Water and a pleasurable Goodnight My Someone.

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