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Here, with Swiss icon Polo Hofer, “Bring it Home to Me”.

This year has been a year full of big changes for our favorite singer and teacher. For those of us who follow her tweets, we’ve not been quite sure which continent she’s on at any given moment.

So for inquiring minds, Hedreich was on hand for Jeff Strain, long time friend and CEO of Amante International to answer a few questions  about the reasons behind the re-launch of hedreich.com.
Enjoy!

The Voice, American Idol, name-a-country’s Got Talent… wherever you hear the newest generation of singers you hear the strains of Aretha, Ella, Luther, Michael, Chuck, Duke, Basie, Scott and all those who have gone before. From African Griots to field hollers, from ragtime to Rock ‘n’ Roll, from Bebop to Hip Hop, the influence is immeasurable and ever-present. Without the African-American experience in the US, the music of the world would not be what it is today. Hedreich shared this message in a fun and informative presentation with the Sagamore Hill student body. Our favorite music and performing arts workshop leader did a morning music and drama workshop and in the afternoon, directed a student cast of 17 students in a theatrical presentation about music history. Their performance was stellar, applause was thunderous and the students and teachers were especially blown away when Hedreich sang her classic rendition of “Listen”. Expect more educational seminars in the near future as Hedreich expands her student base in the US.  Stop back by to see if something is planned in your area.

She’s here. No, she’s there. No, wait, where is she?!
Don’t bat an eye or you’ll surely miss everybody’s favorite singing commuter. After a few days in the US, Hedreich boarded the train–ahh, make that plane–and headed to Switzerland for a benefit concert with the local Adliswil orchestra. With guests from the organization insieme, Hedreich and the musicians were able to spread joy and even make music with the concert-goers. It was a wonderful experience for everyone present and worth a weekend of international travel 100 times over.

This past week culminated in Hedreich submitting one of her newest compositions to DRS3 to be considered for Eurovision 2011. Our favorite Swiss wanna-be is hoping to represent her home of choice at this year’s international event in May. Recorded in one single take, she shares with you an up close and personal version of the inspiring and dynamic “I’ll Go On”. Voting starts on November 3rd but you can have a listen beforehand on Mx3 or of course, directly on her youtube channel.

Although Swiss temperatures have been less than summer like, the summer release from Hedreich is hotter than July…in Texas! “Song About…”, the second single release from Hedreich’s Time Now is out now along with the new video clip. The groovy mix of hip-hop and latin sounds will have you wiping the sweat from
your brow even in the coolest of temperatures. Check it out on
youtube! And if you haven’t already, get your copy of
Time Now now at cede.ch!

For those of you who saw Art on Ice you got to hear some really great music from Daniel Powter backed by the GSB. “It was really great working with Daniel. He writes great singable songs and is specific about what he wants from the band. He asked if I’d be interested in touring with him so it’ll be interesting to see what comes of that.”

And for those of you who wrote in about “Listen”, Hedreich will be in the Studio at the end of the month so expect the single to be available soon thereafter. Okay folks, that’s about it for now. Stop back by. We’ll leave a light on for ya…