Singer and songwriter, Willa Mamet was born in a trunk and raised by performers of all kinds. She’s made music since about that time, singing irrepressibly and playing piano and guitar. With her musical partner, Paul Miller, she recorded two albums, East Hill Road and Let Somebody Love You, both of which won the VT Times Argus “Tammy” Album of the Year in 2013 and 2015. Her next album will be born Spring 2020. Meanwhile, she plays out sola, with Miller, and other beloveds, bringing her unique blend of rapier tongue and honey heart to her audiences. Hear the voice that Patti Lupone calls, “Heartbreaking. Musical. Contemporary and ancient.”
Willa lives in Oakland, CA, with her beloved upright, her uncle’s guitar, a whole lot of elderberry bushes, and her six-pawed cat. She travels. A lot. For music.
13 Ways To Support Music and the People Who Make It
To say the very least: It’s strange, strange times. So many of us in this business has probably had months’ worth of work obliterated. Or worse. Well, as Hunter S. Thompson said, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”Clothes or Leaking Focus
Let’s start with clothing, shall we? I wear clothes. Being a musician, I even wear them to perform. Someone asked me why I wear what I wear on stage. Comfort Agency Joy I’m a jeans-and-t-shirt woman. On stage, I’m a nice-jeans-and-nice-t-shirt woman, often with a button-down – clean, patchless. All clothes must pass the Goldilocks Test; they’ve got to be jusssssst ...