#SkyBlueSky PreProduction
It starts with the music. I’m not sure how technology works, but we were able to somehow bend the time-space continuum to have a little Philly-to-Rio jam session. Facetiming some chill Brazilian rhythms at Bruno Migliari’s 8VB studios. I met Bruno Migliari back in 2011, when I performed several shows with the magical Denise Reis in venues all over […]
#SkyBlueSky Recording
I’m finally getting back in the studio! Or, make that: Studios. Because i’ll be recording my song Sky Blue Sky via satellite in Brazil! As you can see in the photo above, I’ve been teleconferencing with producer Bruno Migliari in Rio de Janeiro who will be assembling a band of renown Brazilian musicians to help me capture the […]
Philadelphia Songwriters Project Finalist
The Philadelphia Songwriters Project just released the names of this year’s songwriting competition finalists, including me and my song Sky Blue Sky! Narrowed down from hundreds of entries, only the songwriting finalists will get to perform and winners will be announced on May 31 at The Ardmore Music Hall. The show is sponsored by 88.5 WXPN, with an esteemed panel of […]
East Coast Spring Tour – May 2015
In the infamous words of early Renaissance poet Sir Mix-A-Lot: you get sprung. And Spring has got me totally Sprung. I’ve got so much great news and tons of exciting adventures to last you all the live-long May. I’m a songwriting contest finalist, I’m recording in Brazil, AND i’m coming to see you. I’m packing up my piano and […]
House Concerts & May Tour
This May I will be heading to several living rooms across the east coast (many of them will be open to the public), and spending a few days in Nashville soaking up the culture (and BBQ sauce). There’s still time for you to host an Avi Wisnia House Concert this season! It is a great way to provide […]
Holocaust Remembrance Day
In honor of April’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, my grandfather, Cantor David S. Wisnia, and I will recount our recent travels in Poland, with stories from Warsaw and Auschwitz, and music that we will perform together in two very special events that are free and open to the public. There was much interest in hearing more of […]
Cape May Songwriter Festival 2015
For the 8th year, I’ll be heading down to the southern-most tip of New Jersey for the Cape May Singer/Songwriter Festival! I can’t wait to return to the Bed & Breakfast Capital to perform as part of this music industry conference. I will also be hosting the After-Party, a special midnight songwriter’s jam on the last night […]
Poland Part 1 Postlude
I’ve been going through my pictures from Poland and this is the last one in the roll. My grandfather gave me this Russian hat to keep me warm on the days we were walking around Auschwitz. Appropriate, since the Russians were the ones to liberate the concentration camp. On our last morning in Warsaw, I […]
Poland Day 8 Part II
Wherever we went in Poland, there were signs for Kantors, or Money Exchanges. Some were regular Kantors, open during normal business hours; and some were open at all times, the 24-Hour Non-Stop Kantors. And that was the big joke between us, because that has been my grandfather’s title for the past several decades. The Cantor. […]
Poland Day 8
Just in case you didn’t think we were staying at a classy hotel, there is a glass candy dish at the front desk. I unwrapped a candy and put it in my mouth before I noticed it had my name printed on the wrapper. In Polish, wiśnia means cherry. You can find Wisnias in lots […]
