Heather Lee Wynn

“Her soul beams with the true fire and light of music.”

This is how Heather Lee Wynn was reviewed by a music writer at a recent performance. The truth is, this could be said of HLW at any show — any night — anywhere.

Raised in a musical family, Heather Lee grew up singing along with the 50s and 60s era American R&B that her grandfather’s band played. Rhythm - Melody - Lyric. To her, these were the key ingredients to a great song. The music needed to move you in your body, in your heart, and in your soul. Enter Heather Lee as her own songwriter.

Drawing from her roots, she began writing songs with a deep sense of place. Songs crafted around personal experience — joy and longing. Songs desiring to be heard, and received, and engaged with. Songs with a melody that could stay with you all day long and not become a bother, but a friend. To be honest though, the fact that Heather Lee Wynn is such a stellar songwriter is often nearly overlooked. It’s her voice that’s most immediately affecting. Her voice.

Garnering comparisons to singers such as Adele, Brandi Carlile, and Susan Tedeschi, Heather Lee Wynn has the vocal presence of very few performers. With HLW though, it’s not just about the “high notes”. It’s about the feeling you get when you hear them and sing along with them. She relates the emotion of real life, not fabricated fluff, into each note. Her voice isn’t used just as a single-sided statement, but more so, as a means to start a conversation between the listener and herself. Returning back to where it all began, her songs speak to the listener in such a way as to move their body, heart, and soul.