Wendy Webb is an American singer, songwriter, musician whose music combines elements of folk, pop, rock and jazz with sophistication. Webb’s compositions have an affinity to Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones and Laura Nyro. She has performed in Cuba, Paris and New York.

Born in Iowa and self-taught on piano and guitar, Wendy began performing at age 14. She wrote her first song “Children On The Blue” at college while playing venues in and around the Chicago area. She says, “Those formative years listening to the records of the great songwriter poets, to Miles Davis and The Band, and groups with that Philadelphia Sound were the best”.

Relocating from the midwest to Los Angeles was pivotal for Webb when she was fortunate to meet Joni Mitchell’s engineer, Henry Lewy, who offered her studio time and mentoring. She recalls, “That’s when I learned about recording and my own performance”. Wendy’s voice can be heard on “Lonely Teardrops” by Blue Oyster Cult and ”Loving Time” by Michael Martin Murphey. While signed to Columbia, Epic and later Ariola Eurodisc labels, her band played the classic Troubadour, Whiskey a Go Go, Palomino Club and the Golden Bear and continued to perform solo at venues around the city.

Wendy found greater access to top studio musicians in Nashville and a comfortable environment in which to record. “Having a house in town made the recordings more organic and it was convenient for studio players to stop by the house after their day sessions to play on what I thought were some artful demos”. Those demos became Morning in New York, released in 2003. It was Webb’s first solo album. Her songs, “Driving In A Dream” and “My Baby” received honors in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and “Camden Town” placed top ten in the Lilith Fair Songwriting Competition.

Webb says, “Moving to SW Florida gave me a fresh start and a boost”. Inspired by trips to Cuba in 2007 and 2008, she released Moon On Havana in 2009 followed by Edge Of Town in 2011, both garnering critical acclaim. Her next two records, This Is The Moment and Step Out Of  Line, brought even greater recognition internationally. “This lady has made an album of absolute world class”- Holly Moors, NL. “This is Premier Division song writing. Add to that a glorious voice and faultless production values”- Simon Redley, UK.  Wendy has been a guest on NPR’s WGCU with Amy Tardif, performed for the Florida House in Washington, DC, recorded at Radio Progreso, Havana, played Harry’s Bar in Paris, the Bitter End NYC and concerts at BIG ARTS, Sanibel Island.

Webb began recordings for Silver Lining at a studio close to her island home with accomplished musician producers Danny Morgan and John McLane. Before the album could be completed, a catastrophic hurricane hit Sanibel Island leaving her, and so many others, homeless. Fortunately, the studio was spared. Wendy says, “It has taken us extra effort, time and love to finish this album and Silver Lining feels like a real celebration”.

Webb is married to New York Times best-selling author, Randy Wayne White and currently in the process of rebuilding their home on Sanibel.

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"I’m an Iowa girl, we had a big family and an old upright piano. When I first heard Dusty Springfield’s voice I knew I wanted to sing. My Dad bought me the record and a guitar, my Mom got me a Joan Baez songbook of classic English Ballads and I taught myself to play. After I left home Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell albums were constant companions. Other poets such as Leonard Cohen, Robbie Robertson, John Lennon, Jackson Browne, and Bob Dylan inspired me, as well as The Philadelphia Sound, Bill Evans, and the genius of Miles Davis".

  "To create anything I have to be in the moment. I’d like to think that whoever is listening to my music feels that I’m in the room with them, singing for them, that I’m their friend. That vibe or feeling is what brings us together".

  "Composing music or writing lyrics happens when I’m alone in a room with the door closed. That space becomes sacred. I have to have time to linger at the piano or with my guitar and see what happens. Music usually comes first and that sparks a lyric but I have done it the other way around when my Nashville friend and poet, Charles John Quarto, sends me a lyric and we end up with a song neither of us would have written without that collaboration. Mark Keller and I have also written many wonderful songs.

Looking forward to meeting you.

Wendy  

Sanibel

Barrier Island SW Coast of Florida, USA

PREVIOUS ALBUM highlights

Webb’s previous album This Is The Moment was enthusiastically received.

“Platinum plated singer-songwriter AOR of the highest order” - Mike Davies, UK

“This lady has made an album of absolute world class” – Holly Moors, NL

“This is a fine record and the mark of a gifted, mature, and talented artist”  – Paul McGee,

Step Out Of Line was awarded the 2017 'Gold Philby' by WHFR's Phil Maq as #1 BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR - ALL GENRES.

"Venus Is Rocking In The Cradle Of The Moon" from This Is The Moment was selected #1 Song Of The Year' by Phil Maq at WHFR 89.3 Dearborn, MI in Dec. 2015. Three more songs from "This Is The Moment" were listed in Hot 100 Songs. Phil Maq also honored Webb with the bronze 'Philby' award for BEST POP ALBUM

WENDY WEBB has Performed at these Venues

BIG ARTS

HERB STRAUSS THEATER

WENDY WEBB CONCERT

Sanibel, FL

BIG ARTS - SCHEIN HALL

WENDY WEBB CONCERT

Sanibel, FL

BIG ARTS - PHILLIPS GALLERY

WENDY WEBB CONCERT

Sanibel, FL

SIDNEY & BERNE - DAVIS ART CENTER

WENDY WEBB CONCERT

Fort Myers, FL

CENTER FOR THE ARTS BONITA SPRINGS

WENDY WEBB CONCERT

Bonita Springs, FL

THE ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG STUDIO

Captiva, FL

NPR - WGCU

AMY TARDIF - Interviews

LISTEN: NPR - WGCU Gulf Coast Live -Arts Edition w/ Amy Tardif

RIVERSIDE PARK AMPHITHEATER

CREW CONCERT

Fundraiser: Land and Water Trust

with Grammy Winner Kat Epple

SANIBEL COMMUNITY HOUSE

SONGWRITER'S CONCERT

Sanibel, FL

HARRY’S BAR

Paris, France

RADIO PROGRESO

Recording

Havana, Cuba

HEMINGWAY DAYS

Key West, FL

EDDIES ATTIC

Decatur, GA

Opening for Ellis Paul

THE BLUEBIRD

3RD AND LINDSLEY

DOUGLAS CORNER

Nashville TN

DOUGLAS CORNER

Nashville TN

COLORADO COLLEGE

BEMIS HALL

Feminist and Gender Studies

Colorado Springs, CO

BARNES & NOBLE

BORDERS BOOKS

Fort Myers, FL and

Bonita Springs, FL

GASPARILLA BEACH CLUB

Boca Grande, FL

COLLIER INN

Useppa, Island, FL

THE QUEEN MARY 2

HISTORIC DECATUR HOUSE

Performance for FLORIDA HOUSE

Washington, DC

FLORIDA HOUSE

FUNDRAISER

Jewelers Trade Shop

Pensacola, FL

SEPTEMBER CONCERTS SERIES

OLYMPIC TOWER ATRIUM and

TIME WARNER CENTER

Darryl Pottorf Trust Gala

NYC

THE BITTER END - NYC

CAFFEE VIVALDI - NYC

THE EXPLORERS CLUB

GREENWICH VILLAGE BISTRO

NYC

THE BLUEBIRD

DOUGLAS CORNER

3RD AND LINDSEY

Nashville TN

RIVER MUSIC EXPERIENCE

Davenport, IA

THE EARL OF OLD TOWN

THE QUIET KNIGHT

ORPHANS

other venues, colleges & universities

Chicago, IL

THE TROUBADOR

WHISKEY A GO GO

THE PALOMINO

THE STARWOOD

THE GOLDEN BEAR

AT MY PLACE

McCABES

GENGHIS COHEN

BLA BLA CAFE

HIGHLAND GROUNDS

Los Angeles, CA

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