Shanti Wintergate is a

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/ American singer, songwriter, musician, actor and author. She has released two solo albums, and performed nationally at venues such as the

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. In 2007, Wintergate co-authored a children's book titled '' I Went for a Walk''. She continues to collaborate with other artists and is a founding member of the children's music project

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. In 2014 her book ''I Went for a Walk'' won the Creative Child's 2014 Preferred Choice Award.

Early life

Wintergate was born in

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to artist/musician parents from

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, and was raised in the mountains of

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. She attended the

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, and studied acting. Wintergate started writing music and playing guitar as a teenager, performing at local folk festivals and other venues. As a teenager, she traveled through India with a guitar, performing her own material at small venues. Further influenced by genres such as punk rock and rock during her travels, she later moved to

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Career

Early music and acting

Wintergate's debut solo album ''This Moment'' was self-released on her own imprint Allone Records in 2003. This led to performances at the

from 2006 to 2008, and in 2007 memorabilia related to Wintergate was included in the ''Warped: 12 Years of Music, Mayhem and More'' exhibit at the

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. She also embarked on a number of US and European tours such the Caballeros Akustika tour and the Vroom Vroom Vespa acoustic tour in 2010 with

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, Kepi Ghouli, and Attonito. After a couple of years of hiatus and traveling on tour with her husband Greg Attonito, Shanti partnered with Canadian producer Chris Wardman (

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) and engineer Brad Haehnel to create what would become ''Stranger Days'' (2007) and the acoustic version ''Stranger Days Stripped (2008).'' She has appeared as an actress in shows such as '' CSI:NY'', where she played a roller derby girl and suspected killer.

''I Went for a Walk'' and collaborations

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, as well as Jackson Ellis for ''Verbicide Magazine.'' In 2007 Wintergate and Atonnito toured in locales such as

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doing book readings, also singing the words with guitar. In 2011, Wintergate and Attonito jointly exhibited their art at a month-long show in

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, celebrating their first opening with a mix of acoustic covers and originals from each of their catalogs. Since her solo albums Wintergate has been involved with a number of collaborations, and she appeared on Attonito's solo debut ''Natural Disaster'' in 2011. She has been involved with the "Magic Monday" recording sessions at Noise Alchemy studios in Los Angeles, for example playing guitar on a 2012 session with Billy Manzik. In 2014, ''I Went for a Walk'' won the ''Creative Childs 2014 Preferred Choice Award. Wintergate is in the lineup "punk rock authors" to be featured in book signings at the It's Not Dead Festival in late 2015, which is put on in California by

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of the Warped tour.

Play Date

Wintergate and Attonito toured the United States doing readings and singings of their book ''I Went on a Walk'', and upon returning home, began working the book into an album of

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. She is a founding member of the

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project Play Date with partner and husband, Greg Attonito. Play Date released debut album ''Imagination'' on Fun Fun Records in 2012 receiving positive acclaim from NPR's All things Considered

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won a 2014

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. In 2013 they played ACL Fest at the kids' stage, and in 2014 they played

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Awards and nominations

Personal life

She is married to and often collaborates with Greg Attonito, lead singer of the New Jersey punk-rock band,

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. Wintergate as of 2010 has a home in

Publishing history

Discography

Solo credits

Production credits

With Play Date

*2012: ''

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'' ( Fun Fun Records) *2015: ''We All Shine'' (Fun Fun Records)

Filmography

Music videos

Film and television

References

External links

ShantiWintergate.com

Play Date
at Fun Fun Records
IWentforaWalk.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wintergate, Shanti Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American singer-songwriters American children's writers