A veteran singer-songwriter who\u2019s been part of the Cleveland music scene for decades, Anita Herczog, who\u2019s better known by her stage name anitakeys, has\u00a0finally\u00a0written, recorded and released a Christmas song. She\u2019s just put out \u201cWintertime,\u201d<\/a> a song inspired by her family house on Lake Erie.<\/p>\n \u201cThey bought [the house] \u2014 my father\u2019s dream come true \u2014 50 years ago, and me and my siblings pretty much raised our kids on daddy\u2019s\/Grampa\u2019s beach,\u201d she says in an email. \u201cWe\u2019ve watched hundreds of sunsets and the coastline shift and the land shrink- despite our best efforts at conservation. [We watched] the family grow and adult kids move away, the holidays come and go and our parents and two sisters pass away and still we remain here with our lovely lake and countless memories.\u00a0I know I\u2019m not alone in feeling that Christmas is a lovely but melancholy season, and I tried to put that in a song.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWintertime\u201d\u00a0is widely available on all digital platforms and will be included in all of anitakeys\u2019s December performances. She performs on Dec. 3 at Brent Kirby\u2019s 10X3 at the Bop Stop, on Dec. 6 at St. Andrew\u2019s Episcopal Church Annual Jingle Jam, on Dec. 18 at the Third Thursday Songwriter Showcase at Gatewood House, on Dec. 19 with the Friends Band at the Millard Fillmore Presidential Library and on Dec. 21 at Wintertime on Waterloo.<\/p>\n Anitakeys has released five full-length albums to date and has a sixth in the works.<\/p>\n Subscribe to Cleveland Scene newsletters.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Google News<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>NewsBreak<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Reddit<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Instagram<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Facebook\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/a>|\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/p>\nRelated<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n