Heidi Winzinger: News

I was tickled to be picked as the 2012 singer-songwriter "best of"!   Join me and winners from prior years at the festival.  This is a pet and kid friendly festival with a great selection of beer and vegetarian food -:).  

Working on the release of my new EP "Jersey" -It is at CDbaby already and should be up on iTunes shortly! I'm out to promote all that makes New Jersey one of the most unique, wonderful and sometimes tragic places in the world. The unique and productive soils that are the backbone of the Garden State’s agricultural industry, the amazing hotels that once graced Atlantic City only to be replaced by cheap flashy casinos, George Washington crossing the Delaware River to New Jersey to take Trenton creating the needed catalyst to eventually defeat the British and the fabled “Jersey Devil” living deep in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey which protects not only the Devil himself, but New Jersey’s most precious water resource, the Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer. I love NJ!! Hope you LOVE these songs!

I rushed to get a demo together for the North East Folk Alliance conference in November which included three new songs all inspired by New Jersey!  Bob Harris of Ampersand Records produced them all and recording with him was certainly a wonderful and relaxing experience!

Folk-Americana sampler of new and older songs redone will be out early in the year.....   

Check out some of the new live videos on my youtube site! http://www.youtube.com/hjwinzinger  Thanks to everyone who come to my shows and take great video and photos and post them!

A special thanks to all the friends who participated in the making of the Yogi Momma Video! 

The video was produced by the ultra talented Alex Diaz assisted by Matt Bogacki of Blue Light Digital Sound in Mount Holly New Jersey. 

The incredible Avery Coffee from Philadelphia plays lead guitar on the track and in the video, Alfred Goodrich (who produced and recorded my CD too!) plays bass on the track and in the video and Kevin Price is on acoustic guitar in the video.

The multi talented Beth Filla, owner of Yogawood in Collingswood and Riverton NJ, sings back up and chants on the track and is featured in the video!  She also co-directed with Alex!  

All the wonderful and grounded yogis from Yogawood!  Anita Romero, Jamie Alesi, Yvonne Chen, Monserrate Gonzalez, Erik Marrero and Leslie Neri.  

Jan Bastien from Pink Moon Yoga in Mount Holly NJ and Kate Cunningham a Riverton NJ yoga instructor who also makes incredible tables made from tree stumps!  

Camille Ryan & Judy Grove and Jess Grove from Rock Paper Scissors in Mount Holly who do incredible hair and make up for every day, photo shoots, videos and for dramatic costume parties!

My sister Robin of the Robin's Nest Restaurant in Mount Holly who provided us with nutritious food on video making day!  

 

The wonderful women of Trespass Music have officially released Honeysuckle Dream to DJ's spinning independent music in the US and Europe!  

Just returned from the North East Folk Alliance Conference!!  Wow! That was a great experience!  So many wonderful musicians and supporting businesses under one roof!!  

Recently we actually had a big Snow Storm her in New Jersey!!! So it was a perfect weekend to make a video for my song Snow Day. OK, it isn't completely pro, but hey, what a girl can do with a little video camera and a beloved Mac computer!!! You can find it here at my Products page or visit my site on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/user/hjwinzinger

I'm working towards finishing my 2nd full length CD, which I hope to have completed by the end of the year. I think you will like the new songs, which are very varied, as with Snow Day. So many things inspired me to write this past year, from the loss of my dog Sophie to my yoga class. So many things to observe and soak in, it is hard to narrow it all down.

During the past year I have been blessed with radio stations all over the world playing my tunes. From the BBC Radio in England, to Peelgrass Radio in the Netherlands and back home to WXPN in Philadelphia with many others in between. Thanks so much.

I'm so excited because my favorite Philly radio station is playing my music! Thanks to the good folks at XPN and Sleepy Hollow for playing my new song "I'm Falling Too" and "Good Night"!!

Hey, I just finished recording a couple of new tunes which are a little different than my other songs. Alfred Goodrich of the Alfred James Band and Silvertone Studio, as usual, brought out the best in my music. I'm going to upload some clips and they will be available for digital download shortly.

I"m thrilled that my songs are starting to get some radio airtime from wonderful stations who play independent music! WSTW 93.7 FM, Wilmington Delaware, XM Radio channel 43 and WRPI, Troy New York are a few stations. I have been getting request to send my CD out every week to stations across the country.

I've been really blessed to be played on a number of radio programs lately. Really I don't know how many becuase it's a little hard to find out. I know for sure XM Satellite Radio's Radar Report featured "Snow Day", WSTW 93.7 in Delaware Hometown Heroes Show and WRPI out of Troy New York.
It's really fun to hear your songs on the radio! Yahoo!!

My girlfriends Sharis, Deborah Ann and Miriam tried out our first "variety" show at the Bridgetown Pub last week. Joann joined us on her piano and Flora on her trumpet. We had a great time and had great reviews, so we are planning to do a women's show on a regular basis. More to come.....

last night I played down in Vineland NJ with my friend Norm Taylor at Fuel House Coffee. I'm a performer in training and Norm is great at showing me the ropes. I'm more of a closet writer you know. Anyway, what a great place! The stage and sound system rocked and the food was terrific. Please support your downtowns and nice local places like this one. They have music almost every night.

I went for the first time last Thursday night. Actually it was my first open mic ever! The place and people are wonderful and friendly. I'm planning to go at least twice a month to share some music. Check them out in Barrington NJ 7:30PM on Thursday nights -Heidi