Hank sounds like everyone else...just different.

Jersey born Singer/Songwriter Hank Woji has quietly been building a strong catalog of work, and an avid following in and around Houston, TX since relocating there from New York City in March of 2001. Drawing comparisons to Arlo Guthrie, Dave Van Ronk, Bruce Springsteen and Cat Stevens, he was one of six Texas Regional Songwriters picked for recognition in the 2002 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Competition. He has received Honorable Mentions in the 2006 Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Contest and the 2006 SongDoor International Songwriting Contest and was most recently chosen as a Finalist in both the 2007 South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition and the Suwannee Springfest 2007 Songwriting Contest and Semi-Finalist in the Dallas Songwriters Association 2007 Songwriting Contest.

A long time veteran bass player and band leader, in the NJ/NYC club and concert scene, Hank’s bands have shared the stage with such diverse artists as: Hot Tuna, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Cliff, The Wailers, Toots & the Maytalls, The Radiators, Jon Bon Jovi, Johnny Winter, Room Full of Blues, The Nighthawks, John Hammond Jr, Clarence Clemmons & The Red Bank Rockers, The Smithereens and Merl Saunders & The Rainforest Band.

In the late 80s he began studying African and Brasilian drumming and percussion and by 1995 was also performing regularly, as a drummer/percussionist, with Jersey based batucada group Mzume Carnaval, at jazz & blues festivals, colleges, clubs and concert halls throughout the NY/NJ metro area. www.mzume.com

In 1990 Hank composed, arranged and performed music for “Earth Mother” a New Age Meditation & Music album, which he also co-produced with Karla LaVoie, noted author of the critically acclaimed “For Time and All Eternity: Love Never Dies”.

His first CD as a songwriter, “Medallion”, released in 2005, combined elements of Folk, Blues, and Rock with Brasilian, Cuban, African and Indian rhythms. Recorded in studios across Texas, Colorado and New Jersey, over a 2 ½ year period, “Medallion” features an outstanding supporting cast of some of the best friends and finest musicians Hank has performed with over the last 15 years. For his outstanding production work on “Medallion”, he was nominated for the 2006 Producer of the Year award, by the Academy of Texas Music. In January 2006 Hank released his first CD single - “Patriot Games” - a hard hitting commentary on today’s culture of corruption, hypocracy and wars without end.

Most recently, as a performing Singer/Songwriter, he has shared the stage with Texas favorites Shake Russell, Dana Cooper, Darden Smith, Ken Gaines, Saylor White, Jimmy LaFavre, Colin Brooks, Richard Bowden and Freddy Krc & The Shakin’ Apostles and has been a frequent participant and performer at Peace & Anti-War actions and benefits in the greater Houston area.

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