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Award-winning songwriter and performer Wendy Colonna’s music is a savory gumbo of southern soul and poetic lyricism borne of her rich Gulf Coast heritage. Evocative and powerful, her voice ignites both memory and desire.
Among her recent accolades, Wendy was voted “Best Singer Songwriter” in Austin (Austin American-Statesman), received Grand Prize in the Famecast International Talent Competition and has earned multiple songwriting awards.
The inspiration for Wendy’s latest album – “We Are One” – is clear: you only truly know something when you’ve both lived it up close and viewed it from afar. That’s why this album isn’t a return to her Louisiana roots so much as it is a harnessing of those roots toward a new purpose – gathering up the ghosts and teaching them a new dance.
Acclaimed producer Papa Mali joined Wendy in producing a collection of songs that are dirty, swampy, soulful, and sticky with gulf-coast humidity and harmonies.
Accolades
What folks are saying. . .
“Wendy Colonna is not just a singer-songwriter. . . she’s a force of Nature”
~Austin American Statesman
“WE ARE ONE perfectly demonstrates Wendy Colonna’s unceasing maturity as both songwriter and vocalist. Papa Mali appears to be just the sort of producer capable of capturing her incredible range in both areas – an ability to emote everything from gentle sweetness to belting it out like a full-blown, scorching Soul Queen.”
~ Cecil Doyle, Program Director at KRVS, Lafayette LA
“Colonna’s fourth album is a cohesive mix of funky blues that immediately carries you into the swampy sounds of Louisiana. The music is a mix of horns, funky oldschool organs and hard driving blues guitar that flow together with Colonna’s voice and lyrics for a category five storm. . . . “We Are One” captures Colonna’s talents as a songwriter and gives listeners a full immersion in the Louisiana musical mojo. Colonna hits her musical stride. The album is the Colonna album to own and one to grab in case of an evacuation.”
- Karen Wink, Lake Charles American Press
“Colonna’s recently been named best singer/songwriter by the Austin American-Statesman, and this time around, I’m going to agree with them, and go a step further. She’s the best singer songwriter to come out of Lake Charles, Louisiana, anytime in recent memory.”
- Jambalaya News
“Wendy Colonna was there [The Ghost Room] to introduce her gloriously soulful CD, “We Are One.” The crowd drank in her delicious voice. ”
– Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, “Out & About”
Wendylicious Buzzzzz. . .
- 2010 NACA National Showcasing Artist
- Awarded First Prize (AAA/Alternative) of the 5th Annual International Acoustic Music Awards
- Winner of “Critics Pick” and “Fenom” on FAMECAST Competition
- “Best Singer Songwriter in Austin” -the Austin American-Statesman
- Featured on John Platt’s “On Your Radar” Series, (WFUV, NYC)
- Winner of multiple songwriting contests including Indiegirl, Int’l Acoustic Music Awards, 100% Music, Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest
- Wendy’s “Right Where I Belong” Featured in Central TX Time Warner Cable Advertising
- Selected “Best New Artist “by Jody Denberg (KGSR, Austin, TX)
