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Holiday Gift Suggestion: Give the gift of music. Take advantage of CD BABY's SPECIAL OFFER of select CDs FOR $5 EACH when you buy three or more at the same time. All of Winston's CDs, except "Alias: Zimmerman" (which is a double album) are included in this offer. "A Is For Apple" by Pa Apple (Winston) is also included in this offer and makes a great gift for children of all ages.

Upcoming performances:

January 20, 2012 - Live performance on KKFI (90.1 fm in Kansas City stream on-line at kkfi.org). Winston will perform several songs Live in the studio beginning at 11 a.m.

January 25, 2012 - Czar (1531 Grand in Kansas City, Mo) Winston will be performing as part of the Indie Hitmakers Showcase. Show starts at 6 p.m and runs until 9 p.m. Winston's set will run from 7:30 to 8 p.m. There is no cover charge.

February 4, 2012 - Record Bar (KC) - A benefit for Workfare Incorporated. More info to come. For information on Workfare Incorporated, go to workfareinc.org.

News:

October 18, 2011 - Winston's new album ("Amusing Ourselves To Death") was released today. It features 16 new original compositions by Winston, half of which are overtly political and speak directly to events unfolding around our nation and the world. While most of the songs have a very serious message and tone, Winston's sense of humor remains intact and is clearly in evidence on several tracks. It is, after all, a "peaceful, joyous" revolution for which Winston is providing a soundtrack.

October 12, 2010 - Winston's first digital single ("Hallelujah" - written by Leonard Cohen) is now available on iTunes, as well as at CD Baby and most other download sites.
Although over 200 artists have recorded "Hallelujah," Winston gives the song an up-tempo, gospel tinged treatment that is different from all of the other renditions. You can hear the full track on Winston's MySpace page.

May 16, 2010 - Pete Dulin of Present Magazine has published a very insightful review of "Alias: Zimmerman! (Apple Sings Dylan)" -

"To Apple's credit, he gives these 26 Dylan songs a vigorous workout and presents them as a collection to absorb song-by-song and as a whole. He�s no doppelganger and isn't trying to imitate Dylan. Rather, imagine Apple as a Zimmerman, or an Everyman with the talent and chutzpah to tackle some of the most famous landmarks in the American songbook."

"While there is some faint semblance to Dylan�s master blueprint on a few tracks, Apple and his band take liberties and playfully apply a touch of reggae and ska, a soup�on of blues, country, exuberant classic rock, and piano bar gusto to their interpretations and bold arrangements."

Read the full review here.

April 13, 2010 - Winston's latest project "Alias: Zimmerman! (Apple Sings Dylan)" was released today. Note:"Released" is a relative term these days since the label/artist has little control over when various on-line sites actually have the album available.
"Alias: Zimmerman!" is a double album (26 songs) which features Dylan classics (and less well-known tunes) from the mid-sixties, re-arranged, re-interpreted, and re-imagined, filtered through Winston's unique production style: wall of sound rock, with a variety of influences: country, blues, reggae, ska, and folk.

Doing a double album of cover songs represents a radical departure for Winston, who had recorded a total of three cover songs prior to this project.