Alexandra Leigh Winston is an American indie pop rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Biography edit:
Winston was born and raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She moved to New York City in 2010 to work with production duo The Knocks.
She has covered artists like Chuck Berry (for whom she was a former opening act), Jack Peñate, The Rolling Stones, Mumford & Sons and others in some of her online releases. Alex's 2010 single, "Choice Notes", is the background music to the European and UK advertisement for the Hyundai ix20 and TK Maxx. Also, Alex's 2011 song "Velvet Elvis" is the background music to the Google Chrome advert entitled Julie Deane. Winston played a set at Bestival 2011 on the Sailor Jerry's stage. She has also been filmed by the YouTube channel "watchlistentell" and has performed "Choice Notes" with the "Sister Wives".
Record label edit:
The New York based independent record label Heavy Roc Music took on Winston in 2009. This was followed by The Basement Covers EP, which was released as a free download. Two singles, "Choice Notes" (2010) and "Locomotive" (2011) were released and a music video was made for the latter. These two songs would later appear on the Sister Wife EP, released in February 2011. In early 2011, Winston signed with Island Records, and subsequently released her debut album "King Con"
and Francis and the Lights. And if an MP3 isn't enough to satisfy you, The Knocks are also offering up double A-side limited edition 7-inch of "Choice...
structures and digital bells and whistles. (Fun fact: She once toured with Ted Nugent.) She seems to be headed down the same path as Brit songbirds li...
for later) hones in on the song's distinctive element and pulls it, swapping that backbeat for snares that pop like Bangladesh's did on "A Milli," add...
performances from the white kitty's puke scene and Alex's business casual/bare-legged wardrobe for keeping things light, and airy. Take it: Alex Winst...
In the video for her catchy, sprightly pop tune "Choice Notes," Detroit singer Alex Winston dances through some sort of outsider-artist scrapyard. Als...
Detroit's Alex Winston plies in an interesting fusion of funk, blue and pop, piling in lots of influences without sacrificing accessibility and sticki...
Andrew Catlin has self-published a book about the Jesus and Mary Chain, featuring text from lead singer Jim Reid and previously unseen photos of the b...
