Wendy Webb has performed in Cuba, Paris and New York. Frequently compared to artists such as Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones, Emmy Lou Harris, Laura Nyro and Carole King, Webb effortlessly weaves poetic lyrics and elements of folk, jazz and blues into a classic style all her own. Ms. Webb's debut CD "Morning In New York", released in 2003, was a privately produced collaborative that won critical acclaim. The record features world renown musicians Jim Horn, David Grissom, Glenn Worf, Dan Dugmore, David Pomeroy, Jonathan Yudkin, Sam Bacco. Ms.Webb has received honors in both the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and in the Lilith Fair Songwriting Competition. Lyrics to three of her compositions appear in the novel "Dark Light" by New York Times best selling author Randy Wayne White. Wendy Webb has performed in concert at the Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center in Ft Myers, BIG ARTS Strauss Theater Sanibel, FL ., the Center For The Arts Bonita Springs and for the annual CREW benefit concert. "Morning In New York", was a privately produced, limited-run CD. The recording was made with Mark Keller, and some talented musician friends. As you can see, the reviews were beyond anyone's wildest expectations! REVIEWS: 'The songs are heart sprung, tender and tough, fragile and enduring. Some are jazzy, sung with sass and echoes of Carole King and Ricky Lee Jones. Others are moody, full of wee hours wisdom, or yearning and soul stirring, soaring toward heights flown by the likes of Joni Mitchell and Emmy Lou Harris. Webb is a newcomer whose music is mined in the timeless chambers of the human heart.' --Steven Dougherty, senior writer, People Magazine ******************************* 'The angelic range and hard-grit soul of Wendy Webb's voice rivals that of Emmy Lou Harris. Who would have thought that in our lifetime there would be another with a talent so pure.' --Lorian Hemingway, author of "Walk On Water" ******************************* "Laura Nyro lives! I mean that as the highest compliment. What a pleasure to listen to Wendy Webb play her piano and sing her breathtaking songs. I could go on hours talking about her complex lyrics, but it is the sound of her voice that I find so haunting, the achingly beautiful voice of real experience. This seems to me real heartfelt music -- an endangered species in today's let's-make-a-quick-buck popular culture -- from a woman who has lived a full life asking those adult questions of herself and of the people she loves, not at high noon when it is always easy to put a smiley face on matters, but long after midnight when the shadows remain hidden. I'm bowled over by Wendy Webb." --Jeff Klinkenberg, columnist for St. Petersburg Times ******************************* "Wendy Webb's precise vocal nuances breathe life and meaning into her new CD with such winners as "Shadows and the Fire," an intricate sojourn into the ultimate contrasts of darkness and flame. Her songwriting prowess leads to disarmingly intimate confessions such as "You were chasing my disguise/Such a tattered naked lie.' Wendy's her own woman with her own way of bending the notes and twisting the words into lyrics that plummet deep into the epicenter of those who love or at least try to love. Her messages wander from musical to mystical, from juiced to jaded, as her creative honesty lures the listener simultaneously into both her heart and her hurt. "Fantasia Extreme," for example, shimmers with this revelation: "This time it really brought me down/and I ain't never flown this close to the ground." "In the title cut, Webb dissects the dual entities of the Big Apple and the relationships that are the core of her life, examines them with forensic fervor, and reconstructs the city and herself in the process." These musical portraits stretch the canvas of life with vignettes that range from dark images that would do a latter day Van Gogh proud to gentle Andrew Wyeth style landscapes that color "Paradise Street." "This is not only survival of the fittest, it's survival of the finest - warts, worries and wonders jumbled in a mixed bag of despair, hope, laughter and tears. The beautiful chanteuse renders it all with the rare ability to alter viewpoints and change perceptions within the limited real time of a CD." "Bolstered by a style that vacillates from down-home funk to uptown opera, Wendy Webb displays a special talent that deserves to be discovered and cherished." -- Gerry Wood, former Editor-in-Chief, Billboard, New York City and author of "Tales From Country Music", Nashville ****************************** 'Wendy Webb's evocative voice and resonant lyrics, sung over deceptively complex compositions, are nothing less than haunting'. --Tim Cahill is Founding Editor, Outside Magazine, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone THE MUSICIANS: Wendy Webb vocals, piano, keyboards, acoustic guitar Jim Horn saxophone Dan Dugmore electric guitar, pedal steel David Grissom electric guitars on 'set me free' Dave Pomeroy bass Glenn Worf bass on 'summer' and 'fantasia extreme' Jonathan Yudkin strings Ron Krasinski drums Sam Bacco percussion Mark T. Jordan organ on 'shadows and the fire' All songs copyright Wendy Webb & Mark Keller 'Paradise Street' copyright Wendy Webb & Nancy Harris all songs published by Madvan (ASCAP)

Tracklist:

Shadows And The Fire
I Love Only You
Set Me Free
Fantasia Extreme
Morning In New York
Paradise Street
Summer
Driving In A Dream
Where The Gods Came
My Baby
This Highway

UPC: 634479441424
Label: Cd Baby
Release Date: 10.11.12
Format: CD

Wendy Webb - Morning in New York (CD)