So you gotta wonder, what’s a reasonably well-known and well-paid actress doing as the opening act on a midweek bill (she booked the gig herself) in the smaller Upstairs room at World Cafe Live? Singing her heart out for 40 people (at $10 a head), she’s clearly not in it for the money. Clearly not [read more...]
Best known for her acting roles in “Friday Night Lights,” “88 Minutes,” “Law and Order,” “The Sopranos” and “Mr. Hoalland’s Opus,” Alicia Witt showed that she’s more than just another Hollywood actress. The singer/songwriter and classically trained pianist brought her mellow melodies to the luxurious P.O.V. rooftop lounge at the W Washington, D.C. For the [read more...]
Thursday evening witnessed the Washington stop of this limited series of performances, as Witt took over the luxurious lounge area of the W Washington, D.C. hotel’s much-touted P.O.V rooftop space for a special live acoustic performance. Over the course of a well-received hour-long set that intermixed original material with a handful of easily recognizable covers, [read more...]
WITT AND WISDOM How to Conquer the Music Business with Talent and Verve, Starring Alicia Witt STORY BY MIKE METTLER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF SOUND + VISION SEPTEMBER 2011 “I’ve spent my whole life hiding behind characters in movies and TV shows. But my songs are completely me.” THERE’S A TUNE BY A FAMOUS [read more...]
Who’s your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional? I have to mention this person that I know; it’s the first answer that popped into my head. She just screams to me “Quintessential New Yorker” and I don’t know why. She’s this girl that goes by the name of Lady Rizo, and she [read more...]
You definitely know Alicia Witt – she’s been on the silver and small screen for over 20 years, including 1984′s “Dune” and in 1994 with the lead role in “Fun” – a disturbed teenager portrayal that garnered her the Special Jury Recognition Award at the Sundance Festival and a Best Actress nod at the Independent [read more...]
You might know Alicia Witt from her body of work as an actor on shows including Friday Night Lights, Law and Order and Cybill, and from the films 88 Minutes, Two Weeks Notice, Last Holiday and Mr Hollands Opus to name a few. But she is also a classically trained pianist and accomplished singer/songwriter. for [read more...]
Singer-songwriter Alicia Witt released a self titled EP that become one of our most played on the air for the year 2010 and it was wonderful to have her on as a guest to discuss her music. Alicia shared with the radio audience what served as musical inspiration for her songs and included her take [read more...]
…what a voice. It comes from tender, intimate appeals, soaring to roof raising heights, as she all the while works the piano with ease and command…where Witt really excels is in her ballads, personal and universal poems of love, longing, and everyday girl issues. Her lyrics flow with a poetic polish, and her piano playing [read more...]
Alicia Witt has been steadily holding on to her day job – that of an extremely successful working actor – until she can make real her dream job: that of singer-songwriter. That goal is becoming ever more realized now that she has debuted her self-titled EP and its well-received first single, “Anyway.” “Making my own [read more...]