Singer – Songwriter
Acoustic Music with Exotic Twist
With her original songs, (nine recordings available in the world), she ignites connection and warmth with her audience, inspiring them to come even more alive.
Her first musical Island in the Storm is being produced in Oslo.
For booking and media inquires – deborahjeanne@gmail.com


Bio
As a singer-songwriter, I’ve toured much of the world. Like a sailor of the soul and hopeless romantic, these travels have defined my music. An avid dancer – Argentine Tango, Salsa, Kizomba, Flamenco and Folk dance – the magic in these haunting exotic melodies, syncopated rhythms that touch and trigger the unused and hidden have inspired my music.
Her songwriting has won several awards with ASCAP over the years and her recordings Briefly Mine, For the Feel of the Wind, Beneath Your Moon, Fly, Right Here and Touch the Sky are available online. She currently lives between Greece and Oslo. Her first musical Island in the Storm is being produced in Oslo and abroad.
Artist’s Statement
I write to understand life, I sing to express, to heal, to find meaning. I perform to weave connection and share the gift of sensitivity.
A native New Yorker, I’ve traveled the world at times searching for home, at times curious and hungry for magic. The magic I find in haunting melodies, syncopated rhythms and lyrics that touch and trigger the unused and hidden. That I love to dance – Argentine Tango, Salsa, Kizomba, Flamenco and Folk dance – these exotic rhythms and melodies have inspired my music.
– Deborah
Festivals, Awards & Discography
Awards
FFUK Arts Grant for musical (2022-23)
Songwriting awards ASCAP – (1995-2003)
NEA Grant for songwriting SF California (1985-1992)
List of Festivals
Bergmannstrasse Summer Festival (Passionskirche) Berlin, Germany
Festival of Cultures Berlin, Germany
Dranouter Folk Festival Dranouter, Belgium
Ghent Festival Ghent, Belgium
One to One Festival Zundert, Netherlands
Edinburgh Fringe Festival Edinburgh, Scotland
Egersund Summer Festival Egersund, Norway
Jerusalem Folk Festival Jerusalem, Israel
List of Recordings
Three Monkeys (1989) US
Wilderness in Your Eyes (1990) US
Where Do We Go From Here (1992) US
Fly – with Music and Words Label Netherlands (1996)
Beneath Your Moon (2002) TOCA Records Germany
Right Here (2005) SCAT WAV Music Buenos Aires, Argentina
Touch the Sky (2008) SCAT WAV Music Buenos Aires, Argentina
For the Feel of the Wind (2015) ARI SAM MUSIC Oslo, Norway
Briefly Mine (2021) ARI SAM MUSIC Oslo, Norway
Island in the Storm – the Musical (2022) ARI SAM MUSIC Oslo, Norway
Live Radio
WERS Boston MA (US)
WAMC Albany NY
BBC Essex, UK
Radio 1 Brussels, Belgium
NPS Radio 5 Hilversum Netherlands

Deborah Jeanne Weitzman
Deborah travels and connects with people all over the world through her work as performer, writer, dancer and truth-seeker.