Milk and Honey (musical) Milk and Honey (musical) Milk and Honey is a musical with a book by Don Appell and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. The story centers on a busload of lonely American widows hoping to catch husbands while touring Israel and is set against the backdrop of the country's struggle for recognition as an independent nation. It was Herman's first Broadway book musical following a succession of off-Broadway revues. Herman was playing the piano for "Parade", his most recent revue following "I Feel Wonderful" and "Nitecap", when he was approached by theatre producer Gerard Oestreicher, who was seeking a composer
The Milk and Honey Band XTC singer Andy Partridge, who was setting up his own record label and invited The Milk and Honey Band to sign to it. The Milk And Honey Band signed a distribution deal with Partridge’s label, Ape Records, in 2004 and released a third album "The Secret Life Of The Milk And Honey Band". This was in many ways a continuation of the work on the previous album. It contained four reissued songs from "Boy From The Moon" – the title track, "Sold My Star", "Satellite" and "Junior" (the last of which was retitled "Message") The band later released two download-only