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| Wendy Woo | mp3.com/Wendy_Woo |
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To get Woo news and show announcements, sign up here From one of the best music towns in the country, Boulder, Colorado, comes a singer/songwriter who has been one of its driving forces, Wendy Woo. Like the community which inspired her, Woo displays a blend of soul, vibrancy, and wild child attitude. A passionate live performer who connects instantly with her audiences, she has been playing to sold out venues every week. Whether playing by herself or with her band, she draws you in and holds you there. Her voice is simultaneously intimate and assured. Her songs are wide-ranging in style but always pure in emotion: from down and dirty blues to defiant ex-lover funks to summer day sambas to wistful ballads. Her guitar-playing includes fretwork riffs so unusual they always generate cheers. Her talent has not gone unnoticed. Her music has been featured in "Uncommon Goals," a 1999 Discovery Channel documentary about the gold medal-winning U.S. women's soccer team, and on the Food Network's "FoodNation with Bobby Flay." She has earned numerous accolades including: Best Musician (The Boulder Weekly)Best Singer/Songwriter, Best Nationally Undiscovered Artist, and Best Acoustic Artist (Denver's Westword) Best Singer/Songwriter (The Boulder Daily Camera) Best Local Artist (Colorado Daily) Winner of the Colorado Lilith Fair Talent Search (where she performed with Sarah McLachlan and The Indigo Girls) Named to music critics' "Best Colorado CDs of the Year" lists: "Ecolalia" (The Denver Post and Westword) and "Gonna Wear Red" (DenverLocalMusicScene) Woo grew up in Boulder where her parents, Jane, an artist, and Bataan, a poet, were faculty members of the legendary Naropa Institute, co-founded by Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Local music critics have lauded her as a significant member of Boulder's "organic" music scene. Her musical experience includes studying classical guitar and music theory in college, working at Boulder's most famous music venue, the Fox Theater, organizing the Women from Mars (an on-going music festival), and serving as a producer for multiple projects including CDs for herself and Sally Taylor, daughter of Carly Simon and James Taylor. Woo has released four CDs, displaying a wide variety of styles. "Angels in the Crowd" (1997) is a collection of mellow jazz and folk-inspired ballads. "Wide Awake and Dreaming" (1999) is a full band production with funk and jazz rhythms. "Ecolalia" (2000) features Woo's songs and acoustic guitar interwoven with her father's poetry. "Gonna Wear Red" (2002) is a tightly produced series of rock tunes with touches of funk, blues, and folk featuring intricate acoustic and electric guitar styles and Woo's sweet and powerful voice. Woo plays widely within Colorado and has been touring regionally and on both coasts. 
Top two photos taken by Scott D. Smith at a November 1, 2002 show at the Soiled Dove in Denver. The bottom photo was taken by David Barber (or Tommy Nahulu) of RockOnColorado at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, May 21, 2003.
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