Heidi Vogel: I’m on a journey of who I want to become as a musician
Every city has its ‘scene’ those spaces where groups of people with a similar aesthetic, value system or art discipline or music style find each other. Well in London the jazz, soul, session musician scene is on one hand really big yet on the other really tiny - everyone knows each other and if they don’t, they’ll know someone who knows someone you know. And it’s through this same scene that I met today’s guest, vocalist and songwriter Heidi Vogel.
Heidi has toured the world opening for artists such as Erykah Badu; performed at Montreux Jazz festival for Quincy Jones; performed at many of the world’s major festivals and on the finest stages including Cape Town Jazz Festival, London’s Royal Albert Hall, Glastonbury, the Sydney Opera House, Coachella, Central Park Summerstage in New York, North Sea Jazz & Blue Note Jazz Festivals. She’s performed and/or recorded with some incredible artists, Bobby Mcferrin, Thundercat, Isaac Hayes, Moses Sumney, Miguel Attwood Ferguson, Chick Korea, Hermeto Pascoal and some of the UK’s most established artists on the scene (that seen I was telling you about) Soweto Kinch, Tawiah, Roots Manuva, Ty, Terry Walker to name a few.
We talk about our love of making lists and reaching musical milestones that seem to elude us. This was a really honest conversation about what it’s like being a working musician, about lifelong learning, about being too hard on yourself at times because I think artists who are really passionate about what they do live, to quote Heidi in ‘devotion to the art’.
You’ll hear a lot of laughter and a lot of reminiscing and hopefully you’ll not only hear a beautiful voice but a generous, open and deep-thinking person.
Heidi’s songs from her album 'Turn up the Quiet': Medo De Amar, Dindi (feat. Austin Peralta), Modinha, Black Narcissus
Artists on playlist: Baby Rose, Thundercat, H.E.R, Summer Walker