December 1, 2025 • 9 mins
We spoke with Alicia Witt about her full length holiday album "I think I'm Spending Christmas With You" and her 17 date "Spending Christmas with Alicia Witt" Tour.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. Thank you for listening to Community Access. My
guest this morning is Alicia Wit, the award winning actress
and musician.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Good morning, good morning, very nice to talk to you. Allison.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Oh my gosh, I'm totally starstruck. You are a movie star,
a TV star, a pianist, a vocalist, a songwriter, a
child prodigy. Is there anything you can't do? And you're beautiful?
So not fair?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Oh you're so kind. Thank you for saying that. Well,
I have a face mask on my face at the moment.
I'm glad this is radio, but you know, oh, please
you a little self care as I can.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yes, whenever you can. Right, you're very, very busy. You
just put out a beautiful Christmas album. It's called I
Think I'm Spending Christmas with You. Tell us all about it.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
The album is nine originals and three traditionals. I named
it I Think I'm Spending Christmas with You after the
title track, and I had this idea, I guess inspired
a bit by the Hallmark Christmas movies I've made, and
all of those romantic holiday movies we love where you
(01:14):
fall in love at Christmas and everything is filled with
possibility and.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Magic and I wanted to write a song from the
perspective of just being in that crush phase where you're
dreaming about that special someone, but.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
It's too early to know for sure if you're gonna
spend Christmas, but something just tells you you might. I'm
spending Christmas with you.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
I love that, And then I thought it's a great
title for an album because I would be honored if
I'm spending Christmas with those who are listening while they
trim their tree and have their family over and whatever
they might be doing.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
How nice is that? Wow, it's a double meaning.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yes, yeah, thank you. I recorded it in Nashville. I
played piano and sang on it and wrote all of
the original songs either by myself or with other incredible
writers who live here, and we recorded it live, so
the band was all playing together. It's got that nineteen
(02:24):
fifties classic energy where you're all recording at the same time,
instead of one track at a time.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Like the old days. You couldn't mess up. You had
to do everything perfectly. It wasn't going to work.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
That's right, that's right. I think it gave it the
energy we were looking for, and even my vocals on
the last two tracks, those were also live. Some of
the traditional way to do vocals is to perhaps record
them live, but then you might go into the booth
and get them really perfect. And on those two, which
(02:59):
are I'll Be Home for Christmas and December twenty sixth
with John Paul White, I just there was an energy
to the live vocal that I didn't even want to
try to improve on. It just felt like it was
meant to be. So what you hear is exactly what
we recorded in the moment.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
And it's beautiful. It's lovely. You have a jazz quality,
but you can make it a little bit more country
or a little bit more pop, and you're very versatile.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Thank you very much. I realized that the songs were
kind of different genres, and I wanted to make each
recording what felt best before that specific song, rather than
trying to make the whole album feel like it was
the same genre. I think the song dictates that.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
And why a Christmas CD.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Well, having made ten Christmas movies at a certain period
in my life and those still play on Palmark and
Lifetime in various places, and a lot of those have
my Christmas songs in them, original songs that I've written
that were used in the movies, or some of the
movies I even played and sang on screen. So I
(04:14):
came to realize that a number of people discovered that
I even make music in the first place through those
Christmas movies. And plus I just love Christmas. I love
when it comes to be that time of year when
you can start playing Christmas music. And this is my
seventh album overall that I've put out, and it just
(04:35):
made sense for me to make a Christmas record. At last.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
I was reading about you, and you're considered a child prodigy.
Was music part of that? Did you begin singing and
writing and playing the piano as a child.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
I started playing piano when I was seven, and I
did take to that really quickly. I began competing in
classical music contests only a few months after I started
taking piano lessons. And I will say I always disliked
the child prodigy term, even though I know that I
was advanced in certain things. The truth is I was
(05:12):
advanced in some things. I'm not advanced in other things.
So I just I love making music and I love
playing characters. And I made my first movie when I
was seven, as well as a total I would say coincidence,
but it feels more like fate because I wasn't a
child actor, I didn't have an agent. I lived in Worcester, Massachusetts,
(05:34):
you know it was. It was a very blue collar
world that I was part of. So through a series
of crazy, magical events, I found myself in Dune and
knew almost immediately that I'd found part of my destiny.
I felt like I would do that for the rest
of my life, with no question. Writing my own songs,
(05:55):
though that took a while to build the confidence to
sing and especially to share my original songs. I dabbled
in it, and I wrote some tunes that I would
play for friends or play for I played them for
a couple of producers here and there and got some
interest when I was younger, and then I would get
(06:18):
discouraged because I'd write the next song and think it
wasn't very good. And it took me a while to
realize that if you want to be a singer songwriter
and take that seriously, you have to just constantly write
and write lots and lots and lots of songs that
nobody's ever going to hear. And that's not only fine,
its as it needs to be. So once I figured
(06:41):
that out, the music just poured out of me and
I really haven't stopped writing songs for almost twenty years now,
just a part of my blood.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
What can people expect on this holiday tour.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
I hope that when people come to see this tour,
whether it's in person or on the many live stream
shows that we're doing, I hope that for an hour
and a half, everyone can forget about the stress of
life and the parts of the season that are stressful
(07:20):
even and just connect with love and with peace, and
hopefully laugh a little bit and just feel connected to
everyone else that's watching the show through those songs. Hopefully
everyone will leave with a smile on their face.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
And where can people get tickets?
Speaker 2 (07:42):
You can get tickets to all of my upcoming shows,
including Northampton on December eighth in Massachusetts at the Iron
Horse Music Hall at Alicia witmusic dot com. I also
have vinyl this The album is available on vinyl, the
(08:03):
first printing of it, every copy of it I have
personally autographed, and it's a double vinyl as well, because
it's just a little bit too long to optimally put
on just one on one vinyl, so It's two and
that's also available on my website or Amazon or a
(08:25):
number of independent record stores also are selling it.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Isn't it amazing? Did you ever dream that all of
this would come to fruition?
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I guess I did dream it. But when you realize
that to make a dream come true, you have to
just believe it. You have to believe it, you have
to be able to see it. And I think of
when I was a tiny child practicing my music in
my living room in Worcester, Massachusetts. I'd look out into
(08:57):
the empty, darkened room and and I would imagine there
was a crowd there that had come to see me play.
So in a way, I feel like I did sort
of dream this into existence.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
I love.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
I think in a way, that's what that's what life is.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Yes, I'm speaking with Alisha Witt, Award winning actress and musician.
Her Christmas album is I Think I'm Spending Christmas with You,
and she has a seventeen date holiday tour. Go to
Alisha witmusic dot com. Such a pleasure speaking with you today, you.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Too, Thank you so much for taking the time. Allison
Good morning. Thank you for listening to Community Access. My
guest this morning is Alicia Wit, the award winning actress
and musician.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Good morning, good morning, very nice to talk to you. Allison.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Oh my gosh, I'm totally starstruck. You are a movie star,
a TV star, a pianist, a vocalist, a songwriter, a
child prodigy. Is there anything you can't do? And you're beautiful?
So not fair?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Oh you're so kind. Thank you for saying that. Well,
I have a face mask on my face at the moment.
I'm glad this is radio, but you know, oh, please
you a little self care as I can.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yes, whenever you can. Right, you're very, very busy. You
just put out a beautiful Christmas album. It's called I
Think I'm Spending Christmas with You. Tell us all about it.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
The album is nine originals and three traditionals. I named
it I Think I'm Spending Christmas with You after the
title track, and I had this idea, I guess inspired
a bit by the Hallmark Christmas movies I've made, and
all of those romantic holiday movies we love where you
(01:14):
fall in love at Christmas and everything is filled with
possibility and.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Magic and I wanted to write a song from the
perspective of just being in that crush phase where you're
dreaming about that special someone, but.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
It's too early to know for sure if you're gonna
spend Christmas, but something just tells you you might. I'm
spending Christmas with you.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
I love that, And then I thought it's a great
title for an album because I would be honored if
I'm spending Christmas with those who are listening while they
trim their tree and have their family over and whatever
they might be doing.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
How nice is that? Wow, it's a double meaning.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yes, yeah, thank you. I recorded it in Nashville. I
played piano and sang on it and wrote all of
the original songs either by myself or with other incredible
writers who live here, and we recorded it live, so
the band was all playing together. It's got that nineteen
(02:24):
fifties classic energy where you're all recording at the same time,
instead of one track at a time.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Like the old days. You couldn't mess up. You had
to do everything perfectly. It wasn't going to work.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
That's right, that's right. I think it gave it the
energy we were looking for, and even my vocals on
the last two tracks, those were also live. Some of
the traditional way to do vocals is to perhaps record
them live, but then you might go into the booth
and get them really perfect. And on those two, which
(02:59):
are I'll Be Home for Christmas and December twenty sixth
with John Paul White, I just there was an energy
to the live vocal that I didn't even want to
try to improve on. It just felt like it was
meant to be. So what you hear is exactly what
we recorded in the moment.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
And it's beautiful. It's lovely. You have a jazz quality,
but you can make it a little bit more country
or a little bit more pop, and you're very versatile.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Thank you very much. I realized that the songs were
kind of different genres, and I wanted to make each
recording what felt best before that specific song, rather than
trying to make the whole album feel like it was
the same genre. I think the song dictates that.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
And why a Christmas CD.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Well, having made ten Christmas movies at a certain period
in my life and those still play on Palmark and
Lifetime in various places, and a lot of those have
my Christmas songs in them, original songs that I've written
that were used in the movies, or some of the
movies I even played and sang on screen. So I
(04:14):
came to realize that a number of people discovered that
I even make music in the first place through those
Christmas movies. And plus I just love Christmas. I love
when it comes to be that time of year when
you can start playing Christmas music. And this is my
seventh album overall that I've put out, and it just
(04:35):
made sense for me to make a Christmas record. At last.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
I was reading about you, and you're considered a child prodigy.
Was music part of that? Did you begin singing and
writing and playing the piano as a child.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
I started playing piano when I was seven, and I
did take to that really quickly. I began competing in
classical music contests only a few months after I started
taking piano lessons. And I will say I always disliked
the child prodigy term, even though I know that I
was advanced in certain things. The truth is I was
(05:12):
advanced in some things. I'm not advanced in other things.
So I just I love making music and I love
playing characters. And I made my first movie when I
was seven, as well as a total I would say coincidence,
but it feels more like fate because I wasn't a
child actor, I didn't have an agent. I lived in Worcester, Massachusetts,
(05:34):
you know it was. It was a very blue collar
world that I was part of. So through a series
of crazy, magical events, I found myself in Dune and
knew almost immediately that I'd found part of my destiny.
I felt like I would do that for the rest
of my life, with no question. Writing my own songs,
(05:55):
though that took a while to build the confidence to
sing and especially to share my original songs. I dabbled
in it, and I wrote some tunes that I would
play for friends or play for I played them for
a couple of producers here and there and got some
interest when I was younger, and then I would get
(06:18):
discouraged because I'd write the next song and think it
wasn't very good. And it took me a while to
realize that if you want to be a singer songwriter
and take that seriously, you have to just constantly write
and write lots and lots and lots of songs that
nobody's ever going to hear. And that's not only fine,
its as it needs to be. So once I figured
(06:41):
that out, the music just poured out of me and
I really haven't stopped writing songs for almost twenty years now,
just a part of my blood.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
What can people expect on this holiday tour.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
I hope that when people come to see this tour,
whether it's in person or on the many live stream
shows that we're doing, I hope that for an hour
and a half, everyone can forget about the stress of
life and the parts of the season that are stressful
(07:20):
even and just connect with love and with peace, and
hopefully laugh a little bit and just feel connected to
everyone else that's watching the show through those songs. Hopefully
everyone will leave with a smile on their face.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
And where can people get tickets?
Speaker 2 (07:42):
You can get tickets to all of my upcoming shows,
including Northampton on December eighth in Massachusetts at the Iron
Horse Music Hall at Alicia witmusic dot com. I also
have vinyl this The album is available on vinyl, the
(08:03):
first printing of it, every copy of it I have
personally autographed, and it's a double vinyl as well, because
it's just a little bit too long to optimally put
on just one on one vinyl, so It's two and
that's also available on my website or Amazon or a
(08:25):
number of independent record stores also are selling it.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Isn't it amazing? Did you ever dream that all of
this would come to fruition?
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I guess I did dream it. But when you realize
that to make a dream come true, you have to
just believe it. You have to believe it, you have
to be able to see it. And I think of
when I was a tiny child practicing my music in
my living room in Worcester, Massachusetts. I'd look out into
(08:57):
the empty, darkened room and and I would imagine there
was a crowd there that had come to see me play.
So in a way, I feel like I did sort
of dream this into existence.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
I love.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
I think in a way, that's what that's what life is.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Yes, I'm speaking with Alisha Witt, Award winning actress and musician.
Her Christmas album is I Think I'm Spending Christmas with You,
and she has a seventeen date holiday tour. Go to
Alisha witmusic dot com. Such a pleasure speaking with you today, you.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Too, Thank you so much for taking the time. Allison
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