OutMusic Awards 2011
OutMusic AwardsThe OutMusic Awards recognizes achievements by LGBT recording artists and this year, I have been nominated for 3 awards! The nominations, announced in LA last December, are for Outstanding Pop Song (New Year), Outstanding Jazz Song (The Back of Your Hand), and Outstanding Video of the Year (Rabbit Hole). The awards were postponed from last year due […]
Avi Wisnia & Jennings On Tour
It may still be Passover, but I just celebrated Easter on a peach farm in Georgia. I pretended I was Moses parting the Sea of Corn, from a tractor. Enjoy that visual. (Visit the AW Facebook Page for the actual visual.) I’m on tour right now with the lovely and talented JENNINGS. We’ve already made stops […]
TIX ON SALE NOW for Show De Bola with Denise Reis
I’m just coming from a midnight rehearsals with my band and Brazilian artist Denise Reis. I can’t even describe to you how excited I am for our shows in NYC (at Joe’s Pub) and in Philadelphia (at World Cafe Live). These are going to be some ridiculously fantastic shows you do not want to miss. Reserve your […]
Big Spring Tour 2011 Announcement
2011 has been a wild year so far! I’d like to give a shout out to all my new friends in Brazil, Cuba, Texas, and the southern-most tip of New Jersey. With all this bouncing around, I hope you have been keeping up with my travels. For the best updates, stay tuned to the TWITTER […]
Cape May Singer/Songwriter Festival 2011
It may not be as warm as Texas and Brazil, but it is definitely beautiful here at the southern-most tip of New Jersey. Come out tonight for this free show in a grand, cozy room, playing some songs from my album, new covers and a few new Brazilian tunes… CAPE MAY SINGER/SONGWRITER FESTIVALAVI WISNIA featured […]
SxSW Festival 2011 Austin Texas
It was great to come back from Brazil and collaborate with my good friend Shawn Fogel in NYC and Philly. An instrument-swapping, foot-stomping good time! Of course, I had to flee the country the very next day. So, where did I go off to this time? Cuba. I just got back from a humanitarian aid […]
What Happens In Brazil…
It’s a beautiful 65 degrees today here in Yardley, PA. I mean, it’s no 90-degrees-on-the-beaches-of-Rio, but i’ll take it. It’s great to be back in the states with some renewed energy and great new ideas. This is going to be a knock-out year, and I can’t wait to roll out all the exciting events. […]
Fly Me To Brazil
I can already tell you what one of my 2011 highlights will be, and if you have been following along on The Twitter and The Facebook, you know what it is, too. I leave later this week to spend a month in Brazil! I am taking some time to find a little inspiration in the birthplace of […]
The Year That Was: 2010 Highlights
2010 was a pretty banner year for Camp Wisnia. Some highlights: The Drop of my first feature-length studio album SOMETHING NEW My debut music video RABBIT HOLE premiered at Pianos NYC (see: picture), screenings in FL, NJ and PA; honored as Official Selection at Florida Indie Film Jam and Philadelphia Film & Music Festivals CD […]
About Avi Wisnia
Singer/Songwriter Avi Wisnia presents an eclectic mix of refreshingly original songs, finding inspiration in classic Brazilian bossa nova, acoustic American folk, 1950’s west-coast jazz, and contemporary pop. A wordsmith as well as a composer and performer, Avi’s clever lyrics give a knowing nod to those that came before, while his smooth vocals and deft piano […]