9 August 2010                                                               greatscottproductions@earthlink.net

A night ablaze inspires Lee Nestor’s Midnight Wednesday

Singer-songwriter’s fourth album arrives October 5^th prefaced by “Roller Coaster”

Los Angeles, CA: Having lost everything except the T-shirt on her back, a pair of faded jeans, the bunny slippers on her feet and her three dogs that she bravely rescued after a spontaneous fire burned her house to the ground, singer-songwriter Lee Nestor turned to what she had left: her music.  While one might expect that she would pen songs of loss, anger, and bitterness, Nestor emerged from the midst of the burning embers clarified and inspired to write a thirteen-song collection about love and relationships that uplift, offer hope and are just plain fun.  Her fourth album and debut for the Moonwatcher Music label, Midnight Wednesday, will be released October 5^th.  Previewing the release, “Roller Coaster,” a thrill ride about the exhilarating highs, bottomless lows, and unpredictable twists and turns of romance, will be serviced to radio in September. 

Although based in Los Angeles, Nestor recorded the initial tracks for Midnight Wednesday in New York where she felt creative comfortably ensconced in her co-producer Keith Lentin’s Manhattan studio.  The pair shared production duties with Mark Newman in addition to a few songs that were produced by Joseph L. Briggs and Prasanna Bishop.  Grammy winner Steve Churchyard (The Pretenders, INXS) remixed three songs: “Midnight Wednesday,” “Sometimes” and “The Flame.”  Working with only twenty-four tracks promulgated simplicity and put the emphasis on writing well-crafted songs.  On edgier rock tracks like “Rose Garden,” “Change” and “If I Care,” Nestor’s voice takes on a sense of urgency laced with passion and desire while fiery electric guitar riffs add grit and intensity.  The majority of the disc is filled with acoustic adult rock songs boasting sticky pop melodies and graceful vocals brimful of heart, emotion and vulnerability.  The title track, first single, “Sometimes,” “Lemonade,” “Where I Want You” and “You Are My It” are amongst the numerous infectious standouts that bode to firmly establish Nestor as one of the preeminent female singer-songwriters on today’s adult rock-pop beat.            

“Midnight Wednesday was conceived from a songwriting perspective.  This album is about discovering what really matters, that love is always with us…the simplicity of it all and timelessness.  Writing and playing music is just that: simple, timeless and lasting.  I strive to be completely in the moment when writing and playing.  Through my songs, I hope to contribute love, joy, positive energy and harmony to the world,” said Nestor.

Nestor, who has gigged extensively throughout the U.S. and internationally as a headliner and an opener for the Goo Goo Dolls, Darden Smith, Tommy James and Big & Rich amongst others, plans to support Midnight Wednesday with club dates in New York City and Los Angeles scheduled around the album release date.  The photogenic beauty was captured wearing an array of fashion icon Oleg Cassini’s designs in the July issue of Long Island’s The Boulevard Magazine and will appear in a second spread again modeling Cassini in the glossy magazine’s September issue. 

Born in Geneva, Switzerland and raised in Manhattan, Nestor headed to the left coast where she works on a variety of television and award-winning film projects simultaneous to her recording career.  After making her debut with the rootsy rocker Stronger Than This, Grammy nominated guitarist Joe Taylor tapped Nestor as a lead vocalist for the Celtic crossover group Oracle’s Pool of Dreams album.  Nestor’s second album, Call It What It Is, was led by “Still With Me,” a song about the unexpected passing of a dear friend, Peter Gould, who directed one of her music videos.  The captivating cut charted on the Adult Contemporary and Hot AC playlists and earned acclaim as a spirited homage of hope while Nestor was praised for her honest, straightforward vocal delivery.  Nestor’s adept skills as a writer have been recognized by the Billboard International and John Lennon Songwriting competitions.  Changing directions musically, her third offering, Luminous, explored ambient pop grooves and was recorded in New York and London, the latter locale being where she collaborated with Hugh Padgham (Sting/Trisha Yearwood).  An engaging live performer, Nestor premiered music from that collection at the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.  After hearing early samples of Midnight Wednesday posted online, Taylor recruited Nestor to sign with his Moonwatcher Music imprint.  Additional information is available at www.leenestor.com.

The songs that comprise Nestor’s Midnight Wednesday album are:

“Rose Garden”                                                 

“Midnight Wednesday”                                     

“Birthday Bash”                                               

“Roller Coaster”                                               

“Sometimes”                                                    

“Lemonade”                                                    

“Where I Want You”

“Change”

“If I Care”

“You Are My It”

“Do You Get The Feeling”

“Better Left Said”

“The Flame”

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