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"     Photo: Sam Jones   Emmy Rossum has often sang to a different tune. While her childhood peers fawned over the latest pop sensations, she crooned Frank Sinatra and The Andrews Sisters, thanks to her mother&amp;#039;s oldies devotion. Rossum&amp;#039;s latest endeavor, a collection of classic Americana covers from the &amp;#039;20s through the &amp;#039;60s, pays homage to her adolescent musical education as well as the 12 months in the year. Sentimental Journey, which happens to bare the same name as Doris Day&amp;#039;s (one of Rossum&amp;#039;s idols) first number one hit circa 1945, includes songs such as &amp;quot;Summer Wind&amp;quot; (1965) for June, and &amp;quot;Autumn Leaves&amp;quot; (1945) for October. The track list boasts a variety of old standards\u2014from brooding torch songs to ragtime ballads\u2014and is yet another reminder of her dynamic soprano range.   An integral part of the album&amp;#039;s antique sound was the way in which it was produced at The Village recording studio in L.A. Rossum sung into an old-fashioned microphone inside a vocal booth, while the instrumental ensemble recorded live in a different room. The old-fashioned process added a palpable layer of authenticity during a time when most music is digitally mastered. In anticipation of Sentimental Journey&amp;#039;s release on January 29th, ELLE.com caught up with the actress and singer\u2014who currently stars in Showtime&amp;#039;s hit series Shameless as Fiona Gallagher and in the upcoming feature film, Beautiful Creatures (February 2013).  ELLE: The album&amp;#039;s title is Sentimental Journey; what are the different sentiments you attach to the songs on the album? Emmy Rossum: I grew up listening to this kind of music. A song that&amp;#039;s on the record called &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time&amp;quot; is something that my mom used to sing to me as a bedtime lullaby. While all of the other kids were listening to &amp;#039;N Sync, I was listening to music from the &amp;#039;30s. I&amp;#039;m a bit of an old soul. I just really gravitate towards a nostalgia for a time when things were simpler. When beauty was more classical and glamorous. ELLE: The songs on the album were popularized by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, and The Andrews Sisters. How have these artists, and others from the same eras, impacted you as a singer and performer? ER: I love the songs and the lyrics. The lyrics are so beautiful and personal\u2014not watered down. I think there&amp;#039;s a poignancy to that which really influences me. I suppose I made the record with my own money, because I really wanted it to be exactly what I wanted\u2014to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. I partnered with Warner Bros. Records to release it, and they loved it as is. It was kind of the best of both worlds for me. As far as the performers go, I love Judy Garland, I love Doris Day, I love Marilyn Monroe. I love everything that comes from that era. The music is just beautiful and powerful\u2014and simple. That&amp;#039;s what makes it so great. ELLE: Many of the songs were originally sung by male crooners, what was it like to cover them as a modern day woman? ER: Interestingly enough, some of the songs were actually written by women back then. &amp;quot;The Way You Look Tonight&amp;quot; was actually written by a woman for Frank Sinatra. I learned that a couple of days ago, and I&amp;#039;m fascinated by that fact now. I suppose that it doesn&amp;#039;t matter whether a song is written or sung by a man or a woman. If the sentiment is there, it captures the audience.  ELLE: You chose and ordered the tracks with the 12 months of the year in mind, could you tell us more about that? ER: I had the idea as I was looking through all of these old albums\u2014there were 12 songs on all of them, and I thought, &amp;quot;Well, that&amp;#039;s a similarity to the 12 months of the year.&amp;quot; So I decided to do a calendar theme. I started looking at old pin-up calendars, and that&amp;#039;s why I also made an actual calendar to go with the album. As you go through the record, each song takes you on a journey through the mood of that month. ELLE: Decades past have certainly influenced your music. In terms of fashion, how has history affected your style? ER: Well, I&amp;#039;ve never been a person who focused on trends. I&amp;#039;m influenced and inspired by trends, but I don&amp;#039;t always subscribe to them. So, for me, I&amp;#039;ve always loved the fashion of the &amp;#039;30s and everything that came with the Art Deco era\u2014the jewelry and the glamour. I also love the silhouettes of the &amp;#039;50s that were feminine and womanly without being too revealing. I&amp;#039;ve always gravitated towards that kind of sense of style and fashion. I do try to update it and bring it into this era, but a lot of my hair and makeup, and everything I pull for inspiration, is [drawn] from old photographs. Keep up to date on the latest breaking pop culture news stories.  Photo: Sam Jones  Photo: Sam Jones  Photo: Sam Jones "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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