Alicia Witt: London Album Release Show- Between Heaven and Earth (and David Lynch)
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Alicia Witt brings her new David Lynch inspired album to London. Starting as Alia in DUNE (1984), Witt has described Lynch as having 'changed my life in every way a life can be changed'. She celebrates with two album release shows at Crazy Coqs in Brasserie Zedel.
Between Heaven and Earth is produced by 3x Grammy winner Joe Henry and features pianist/singer-songwriter Witt and a band of five musicians - recorded live in studio in New York City. Tonight's show features an intimate London based band accompanying Witt on the grand piano.
"Witt's ballads sometimes recall Sarah McLachlan, breathe the spirit of the Great American Songbook and, in the more playful moments ("You Just Do"), exude some of the charm of Stephen Sondheim's musical evergreens."”
— Rolling Stone Germany
“Gorgeously sung… if this is what ‘directing from the beyond’ sounds like, it’s rather beautiful.”
— The Times UK
“The record is a tribute to David Lynch that blends mystical, piano-led jazz ballads and acoustic folk stylings from The Civil Wars' John Paul White”
— Nashville Scene
"It's a warm, wistful album that spends at least as much time on gratitude as on grief."
— All Music
"An intimate, spontaneous album."
— The Sun
Pre-show meet and greet reception tickets available at the ticket link. This is extremely limited availability and includes a meet and greet, a photo with Alicia, and autographing (up to 5) brought items and/or anything purchased at merch table. Start time is 2 hours before door.
Between Heaven and Earth, the haunting and deeply personal new album from Alicia Witt, arrived August 28 via Thirty Tigers. Recorded live in New York City with acclaimed producer Joe Henry and a band assembled specifically for the project, the album exists in a space suspended between transcendence and intimacy, channeling what Witt describes as “eternal unconditional love” and “the place suspended between heaven and earth.”
The album was profoundly shaped by the influence and memory of David Lynch, whose impact on Witt stretches back to her first film role as Alia in Dune at age seven. “I can’t imagine who I would be without David Lynch,” Witt reflects. “He is weaved throughout the fabric of my life.”
Throughout Between Heaven and Earth, Witt explores what she learned from Lynch “regarding love. The eternal nature of it, the idea that only love is real.” She describes his presence as palpable throughout the making of the record: “David was with us every day in the studio. All six of us in the band felt his presence.”
While widely recognized for her acclaimed acting career spanning film, television, and stage, music has remained a constant throughline in Witt’s life. A classically trained pianist who supported herself as a musician when she first moved to Los Angeles, Witt has long integrated music into her creative identity, both through her own songwriting and in many of the roles she has portrayed onscreen. She's released multiple full-length albums, including Revisionary History (2015), The Conduit (2021), and I Think I'm Spending Christmas With You (2024).
Tracked live over four days with vocals and instrumentation recorded simultaneously, the album embraces what Witt calls a “visceral and eternal” energy, one that “could never be replicated.”
Guided by Henry’s vision and the chemistry of the musicians in the room, the songs were created instinctively and in the moment, with minimal overdubs and an openness to what Witt repeatedly refers to as “that place” — the transcendent emotional state she connects to through Transcendental Meditation, prayer, creativity, and Lynch’s work itself.
Between Heaven and Earth is produced by 3x Grammy winner Joe Henry and features pianist/singer-songwriter Witt and a band of five musicians - recorded live in studio in New York City. Tonight's show features an intimate London based band accompanying Witt on the grand piano.
"Witt's ballads sometimes recall Sarah McLachlan, breathe the spirit of the Great American Songbook and, in the more playful moments ("You Just Do"), exude some of the charm of Stephen Sondheim's musical evergreens."”
— Rolling Stone Germany
“Gorgeously sung… if this is what ‘directing from the beyond’ sounds like, it’s rather beautiful.”
— The Times UK
“The record is a tribute to David Lynch that blends mystical, piano-led jazz ballads and acoustic folk stylings from The Civil Wars' John Paul White”
— Nashville Scene
"It's a warm, wistful album that spends at least as much time on gratitude as on grief."
— All Music
"An intimate, spontaneous album."
— The Sun
Pre-show meet and greet reception tickets available at the ticket link. This is extremely limited availability and includes a meet and greet, a photo with Alicia, and autographing (up to 5) brought items and/or anything purchased at merch table. Start time is 2 hours before door.
Between Heaven and Earth, the haunting and deeply personal new album from Alicia Witt, arrived August 28 via Thirty Tigers. Recorded live in New York City with acclaimed producer Joe Henry and a band assembled specifically for the project, the album exists in a space suspended between transcendence and intimacy, channeling what Witt describes as “eternal unconditional love” and “the place suspended between heaven and earth.”
The album was profoundly shaped by the influence and memory of David Lynch, whose impact on Witt stretches back to her first film role as Alia in Dune at age seven. “I can’t imagine who I would be without David Lynch,” Witt reflects. “He is weaved throughout the fabric of my life.”
Throughout Between Heaven and Earth, Witt explores what she learned from Lynch “regarding love. The eternal nature of it, the idea that only love is real.” She describes his presence as palpable throughout the making of the record: “David was with us every day in the studio. All six of us in the band felt his presence.”
While widely recognized for her acclaimed acting career spanning film, television, and stage, music has remained a constant throughline in Witt’s life. A classically trained pianist who supported herself as a musician when she first moved to Los Angeles, Witt has long integrated music into her creative identity, both through her own songwriting and in many of the roles she has portrayed onscreen. She's released multiple full-length albums, including Revisionary History (2015), The Conduit (2021), and I Think I'm Spending Christmas With You (2024).
Tracked live over four days with vocals and instrumentation recorded simultaneously, the album embraces what Witt calls a “visceral and eternal” energy, one that “could never be replicated.”
Guided by Henry’s vision and the chemistry of the musicians in the room, the songs were created instinctively and in the moment, with minimal overdubs and an openness to what Witt repeatedly refers to as “that place” — the transcendent emotional state she connects to through Transcendental Meditation, prayer, creativity, and Lynch’s work itself.
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Where is it happening?
Brasserie Zédel, 20 Sherwood Street, London, W1F 7ED, United Kingdom
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Host or PublisherAlicia Witt
