ABOUT
MARIA WINTHER is a Swedish singer and song-writer based in Stockholm.
Winther is the head leader of Outline, a collaboration with the highly acclaimed New York based duo For Living Lovers consisting of guitarist/composer Brandon Ross and acoustic bass guitarist Stomu Takeishi.
Together with pianist and song-writer Sara Skoglund, Winther has released the EP Song to a Lion (2018) and two singles; Free (2020) and Where to Go (2020) under the name East of Someday.
Since her debut album Dreamsville (2006) together with late pianist/composer Gösta Rundqvist Winther has been active in various musical collaborations such as the jazz vocal group Stockholm Voices where she is one of four singers performing with a band. The group have been touring jazz clubs and concert houses since the start in 2014 and released their debut album Come Rain or Come Shine in 2015. The follow up album New Horizon will be released in March 2023.
NEW MUSIC OUT NOW!
I took the bus cross town from Columbus Circle to the Upper East Side one weekend every month for my “Master in Spiritual Science” at the University of Santa Monica. I can't describe exactly what I learned, but I can say that it changed me forever. It is usually said that if you can describe God, he does not exist, and this is often the case with the inner life - it’s difficult to put in words because it primarily doesn’t exist on the mental plane.
On one occasion when we took a break for lunch, we ended up in a small cafe with posters of jazz musicians hanging on the walls. Next to the check-out was a bookshelf. My friend Ron had previously mentioned the Sufi poet Jalal-ad-din Rumi. He had mentioned that Rumi had become very popular in the US after 9/11 - a guardian of the fragile bridge that reunited the Middle East and the West in a sign of love.
One of the books on the bookshelf was poems by Rumi. I opened it and felt a wind through my body as if in a big breath. Ron bought me the book as a present.
My first composition for Outline was a poem by Rumi. I cannot explain the divine, but I think I see a contour. Outline.
Maria Winther - vocals
Brandon Ross - guitars
Stomu Takeishi - acoustic bass guitar
Recorded by Jeff Haynes, NY
Recorded by Jack McKeever at The Maid's Room, NYC
Mixed by Nick Lloyd at Firehouse 12, CT
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone Studios, NYC
Artwork by Lyn Treloar
Release December 1st 2023, Firecracker Music
ÅRETS VINTERGÄST I SR 2023/24!
Jag har fått äran att prata om musik och inspiration i Sveriges Radio, Jazzradion.
Roligt uppdrag att få prata om musik som inspirerat, hur livets vindlande bana format den musiker och människa man är idag genom möten med människor, mentorer och framför allt musikens egen kraft.
Ser mycket fram emot skön lyssning på både julafton och nyårsafton av mina fina sångarvänner Claes Janson och Lina Nyberg! Mitt program avslutar serien på trettondagen.
24 december: Claes Janson
31 december: Lina Nyberg
7 januari: Maria Winther
SR:
De tre jazzsångarna berättar i varsitt program om sina inspirationskällor och karriärer, och spelar låtarna som har haft extra stor betydelse.
Avsnitten sänds i Jazzradion söndagar 17.00 och finns att höra i Sveriges Radio Play.