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...]
The engaging singer/songwriter is a classically trained pianist who started playing at the age of 7. She recently spread her musical wings into the world of rock music, and for the past three years, she has been working hard on her own material. She only recently made the step to singing and playing her songs [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...]
Alicia performs her hit single, “Anyway” from her debut EP – live on the Craig Ferguson Show. (HQ) Alicia Witt on Craig Ferguson 2010.01.25
Alicia and Craig talk about Friday Night Lights, her piano skills, playing at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel (and the time she played “Young at Heart” for George Burns), and she improvises a bit of Shakespeare with Craig’s skull. (HQ) Alicia Witt on Craig Ferguson 2010.01.25
…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...]