After years of playing alongsid
e bands like The California Honeydrops\, Rainbow Girls and Handmade Moment
s\, Zoe Winter is recording her first full length studio album.\n
A bay-area local who’s been compared t
o Laura Marling and called the Joni Mitchell of Sonoma County\, Zoe discov
ered her perfect pitch and ability to play music by ear at the age of 7. H
er career began playing keys in the graffitied classrooms of SF’s School o
f Rock and performing as a vocalist in her father’s band. As her influence
s shifted from rock and roll and R&B to jazz pianists like Bill Evans and
Robert Glasper and vocalists like Eryka Badu and Thom Yorke\, she moved to
acoustic guitar and removed all unnecessary sounds. “To stand on a stage
alone and sing clearly through a microphone with no effects\, playing a gu
itar with no effects\, is the most punk rock thing to me.”
Then her relationship with a folk singer
abruptly ended.
“I had t
o drive from New Mexico back home to Sonoma County and that 3 day drive wa
s the most excruciating but empowering time of my life. One day I just pul
led over\, walked out into the side of the desert\, and laid down. I went
back to grab my guitar and that was when I started writing my own songs.”<
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Attending a Zoe Winter con
cert feels a bit like lying down beside her in the desert after that break
up. Whether she’s alone on a dark stage with her guitar or singing with a
full band\, her voice gives you an excuse to crack open and confront whate
ver it is you’ve been running from. That said\, she likes adding comic rel
ief between songs so you have plenty of laughter to go with your tears. <
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Unlike her stripped-back s
olo EP\, New Mexico\, her upcoming album will act like a Best-of-the-Bay f
eaturing the many musicians she’s played with over the years. “One of my f
avorite parts about music is having all your best friends be your biggest
inspirations.”
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You can cat
ch her playing at Lost Church\, Freight and Salvage\, the Oregon Country F
air\, Bodega Day\, Lucidity Festival\, and on the side your local highway.
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