Anna Coogan: News

Greetings from Fairfield, Iowa. Windchill: -5. Took the California Zephyr from Chicago to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and I must say, it was some of the most pleasant 5 hours of my recent life. Thank you, Amtrak, for holding on against all odds. This week it's Fairfield, Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis, then on to Brooklyn for a week of writing and a stop at Pete's Candy Store in Williamsburg. It feels good to be back on the road, even in this cold. I've got lots of down in my suitcase.

Nice review this morning in No Depression:


Anna Coogan
The Wasted Ocean
(independent)

In the liner notes to her latest album Seattle singer/songwriter Anna Coogan said that after spending a summer in Alaska, she spent three weeks last February relearning the traditional songs she listened to in her youth. Inspired by that exercise, she then took a month and wrote some original material based on the sea shanties and traditional tunes she rediscovered these many years later. The result is a breathtakingly beautiful collection that sounds like the songs she intended to emulate, all brittle ballads and tales of lament driven by the inspiration of old wayfarer narratives. Yet even those who know nothing about whaling ships and pitting mind, body and spirit against the ocean’s fury will be able to embrace the sentiment that shines through here. “Blood on the Sails,” “Come the Wind, Come the Rain” and “Come Ashore, Love” ring with a harrowing heartbreak that’s cinematic in style and yet intimate in the finer details. Fans of folk music – particularly as recorded by the likes of Gordon Lightfoot, Stan Rogers and the Clancy Brothers -- will find welcome harbor here.

Thanks to Lee Zimmerman!

Happy New Year from Ithaca, NY! What I've learned so far: zero degrees is really, seriously cold. It's all sweaters, long coats, hats, gloves, scarves, and salted sidewalks for us. Still not much in the way of snow though, although I have been promised it will come.

2012 is going to be a fun year, already the calender is filled with travels: Chicago and the midwest in a few weeks, NYC in late January, Memphis for Folk Alliance in February, Seattle and Oregon for March, and in April....ROME! to record a duo album with Daniele Fiaschi.

We are also getting going on the US release of "The Wasted Ocean", including a big radio and press mailout. If you would like a copy for your local station, please let me know.

Lot's of love,

Anna

Hello my festive friends!

Happy Holidays! Things are appropriately cold (finally) here in Ithaca, NY—although no snow yet! — and we’ve got the house covered in festive lights to ward off the darkness. We’ve been settling in to our new town—it’s got great coffee (don’t worry Seattle, I still love you best), a super-hip loft office space where I write these emails, and, well, gorges galore.

I want to thank you so much for all your support in 2011—it’s been an amazing year! It started off on the stages of Boston’s Club Passim and the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, and took me (and Daniele Fiaschi!) to Ireland, England, Scotland, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and all over the Lower 48 and Alaska. I’ve shared stages with the Alison Brown Quartet, Carrie Newcomer, Frazey Ford, Alejandro Escovedo, and many others, flown in over 20 airplanes, and driven thousands upon thousands of miles in tiny rental cars. I also got the pleasure of teaching a very talented bunch of teens about vocal performance and many tourists a little bit about playing rock-n-roll at Seattle’s EMP. (I also taught 80 six year olds about the legend of Jimi Hendrix—but that is another story!)

“The Wasted Ocean”, my 2011 record that you guys funded, debuted at #4 on the Euro-Americana Charts and was described as “album of the year” by the Sheffield Star (UK). “Come Ashore, Love”, my duet with Edie Carey, got extensive airplay on RTE 1 (Irish National Radio). Hooray for Irish roots! A huge, huge thank you to all who were involved.

I will be releasing “Wasted” across the US all through 2012, tour dates listed below! I'll be adding lots of dates in the next few months, so keep touch!

I wish you all the snow, dessert, light, love, and festive beverages in the world for this holiday season!

Big love,

Anna C.
http://www.annacoogan.com
Current Tour Dates (many more TBA!):


Jan 19- Café Paradiso- Fairfield, IA
Jan 20- Uncommon Ground Devon-Chicago, IL
Jan 21- House Concert- Milwaukee, WI
Jan 22- House Concert- Minneapolis, MN
Jan 27- Petes Candy Store- Brooklyn, NY
Feb 3- House Concert- Washington, DC
Feb 10- House Concert- Rochester, NY
Feb 12- Felicia’s- Ithaca, NY
Feb 23- Folk Alliance International Official Performance Alley Showcase- Memphis, TN
Feb 24-Feb 26 Folk Alliance International Unofficial Showcase TBA- Memphis, TN
March 1- Cambridge Drive Concert Series- Santa Barbara, CA
March 2- Fox and Goose- Sacremento, CA
March 3- House Concert, Sacremento, CA
March 4-March 10: Washington, Oregon, dates TBA.

Seeking House Concerts:

March 4-March 10 WA, OR, CA
March 15-April 30- New England, PA, NY, DC
May- Southwest

***HOLIDAY SALE!****

Get any one of Anna's CD's for only 10 dollars each! Each CD will be signed with a personal message and will include a festive holiday card from Anna. Please specify name and if you would like it gift wrapped! Excellent gifts!!

CD Options

The Wasted Ocean (2011) The Nocturnal Among Us (2010) Sleepwalker (2007) Glory (2005)

A personal favorite because this is the first time I have ever seen the words "Anna Coogan" and "groupies" in the same sentence.

http://www.johnnysgarden.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=924&Itemid=127
And a nice pic from our acoustic session at this festival, one of my favorite shows of the tour:

Anna Coogan grew up in New England and, having trained as a marine biologist, it seems only natural that she should turn to the sea for inspiration.

She initially studied opera but couldn't relate to this music and may have abandoned singing altogether had she not been entranced by Alison Krauss; "Hearing old time country changed the course of my life", she says.

This is her second solo album, after 2010's The Nocturnal Among Us.

The original songs for The Wasted Ocean were written in a living room in Seattle and "inspired by haunted tales of shipwrecks and isolation"..

Aside from eight original compositions, there is also a cover of Dick Swain's Blood On The Sails (with words by Phil and June Cloclough) .

The record was produced by Evan Brubaker at Forgiveness, Tacoma, Washington and on it Coogan is backed by a skilled group of musicians on dobro, mandolin, banjo and violin.

The one song without a nautical theme is dedicated to her father; an 8 minute version of Phil Och's The Crucifixion. Fine though this is, in the context of this album it sticks out like the proverbial sore thumb and would have been better held back for another record.

You'll find no drunken sea shanties here. What she calls "the weary ocean" in Streamers is portrayed as a desolate and unforgiving beast that takes away lovers and claims lives.

In its vastness, victims of shipwrecks are "condemned to live forever in that desperate corridor of blue and green" (The Sons Will Join Their Fathers). In Come The Wind, Come The Rain, the reflections become almost hymnal as she refers to the "heavenly seas".

While the prevailing mood of the record is melancholy, its lyrical grace and the pitch perfect arrangements give the songs a desolate beauty.

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Great review of "The Wasted Ocean" in the esteemed German folk Magazine "Folker":

Von einer, die mit 19 Jahren ihre Heimat Neuengland verlässt, nach Salzburg zieht, um am Mozarteum Opernsängerin zu werden, nach Nordamerika zurückgeht, diesmal aber an die Westküste, um in Seattle Biologie zu studieren und anschließend den nördlichen Pazifik als Limnologin zu erkunden – von einer solchen Frau muss man wohl auch erwarten, dass sie irgendwann anfängt, Songs zu schreiben und Gitarre zu spielen. Die Musik von Alison Krauss lenkte Anna Coogan auf diesen Weg, was im Opener ihres zweiten Albums auch durchscheint: „The Sons Will Join Their Fathers“ klingt in seiner Ruhe und mit den eingeflochtenen Dobrolinien ähnlich. Allerdings wirkt die Stimme Coogans weniger ätherisch als die ihres Vorbilds, erinnert eher an die Schwestern McGarrigle, und von Bluegrass ist auch kaum etwas zu finden. Lediglich das Instrumentarium könnte auch zu einer Band aus Nashville passen – musikalisch wirkt die Music City jedoch weit entfernt. An der rauen Küste gehen die Uhren anders, Anna Coogan erzählt, wie. Immer wieder taucht der Wasted Ocean als Thema in den Songs auf, dazu die Weite, die Einsamkeit und Verlorenheit, etwa im Fiddle-Lament „Come The Wind, Come The Rain“. Traurig, schön.

Translation soon to follow....

Yesterday was the 36th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior. This tragedy was immortalized by the great Gordon Lightfoot in the epic song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" which details the disaster. Daniele and I started playing this on our last tour, and recently released it as a single. You can stream it here (thanks to Josh for this cool website):

http://www.obitoftheday.com/post/12609380113/edmundfitzgerald
and purchase it at

CDbaby The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Today is also veterans day. If you are a veteran or active duty soldier and would like a copy of "The Wasted Ocean" or "The Nocturnal Among Us", please email at anna@annacoogan.com. Thank You!

Anna and Alejandro Escovedo, from a show on Oct 8 2011 at the Jumpin' Hot Club in Newcastle, England. Photo by Sidney Carne.

After several thousand miles of travel, including a 7 hour car ride with a neurotic plotthound rescue and a 4 month old corgi puppy, I am home in my new house in Ithaca, NY. Already, I am loving this quiet town with all it's many gorges and fall colors. It's been blazingly sunny and crisp since I've been home, which I have been assured is not the normal weather pattern for this area, which is apparently a lot like Seattle. Hmm.

I'm setting up the front bed room to be a music room, and it gets November sunlight streaming through the windows all day. I've got a big wide library desk (currently covered in mortgage papers, but soon to be a hotbed of songwriting inspiration, maybe), a closet full of CD's, a bunch of guitars, one languishing ukelele, and a nice bed to nap in. All in all, a wonderful thing to come home to. (The husband and dog aren't too bad, either). Probably my most taxing to-do in the next 2 months will be to find proper Christmas lights, because I am going to decorate the living s**t out of this house.

Prepared to celebrate Christmas for 2 months straight,

Anna

Well, after 5 weeks, 6 countries, thousands of kilometers, 35 something odd shows, and only a very few arguments, the 2011 European touring year has come to an end. What a wild, wild ride. I'm wired and bleary at the same time here in Amsterdam airport, awaiting my flight to Boston that will take me to my new life back on the East Coast. I can't believe that it's over, in many ways I can't believe we survived!

For some fun pictures, check out this link:

http://www.marcelhouweling.nl/photos/photoset.html?id=72157625713030327
A million thanks to Marcel for his amazing work. Also, wonderful and somewhat haunting shots from Lub Pasterkamp:

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/lub_pasterkamp/sets/72157627858429443/
Now, with this CD release tour behind me I am turning my sites to the future: releasing "The Wasted Ocean" in the US, attending my first folk alliance, making a duo EP with Daniele, and starting fresh in Ithaca. Big love from a big ass airport!

***editors note: after my last post about the joys of touring, our beloved tour manager fell down the stairs and broke his leg and has spent the rest of the week in the hospital, and we got stuck in mind blowing traffifc around Kologne. But then, the show was great, so, win some, lose some. ****

Things have been a little pensive and sad in my journal entries lately, so I just have to interject here and say this: this is the most beautiful morning in the whole world. It's got to be pushing 70 degrees, here in Bruehl, Germany, the sun is shining, the trees are in full fall foliage. Just took a run up to a little lake in the hills and had my requisite 30 minutes of nature. I am going to take a bath. Nobody, and I mean nobody, does bubble bath like the Germans. I love being on tour. Marburg Turmcafe tonight, 3 more shows to go. Then to discover my new life in Ithaca.

xo

A

We are nearing the end of this 5 week advenutre. When we started, it was summer here- 90 degrees and sunny on the English Coast. I went swimming in the ocean. Now, it is solidly fall, moving past fall even, heading into winter. The air has a chill and the sky is getting grey. I went for a short run this morning, through Haarlem, and it smelled like bakeries and butchers and Christmas. There are Christmas decorations in the store windows, especially in Germany, where they take Christmas pretty seriously. Seeing those gives me a big fat homesick hole in my heart. I am glad that I will be in Vermont for Christmas, with my family, my dog, my husband, and my sweatshirts. (I am really missing my clothes right now). I am also glad that I will be on a plane for halloween and do not have to (cannot) dress up.

It has been a hard few days, as I found out I lost my grandmother on Monday morning. It is a sweet release for her, as her mind left this plane of living a few years ago. I even got to say goodbye, about a month ago, as we passed through Michigan on our cross country move. I think she might have known who I was, or at least that I was someone special to her. I am so glad I had the chance to say goodbye.

Dealing with loss while on the road is tricky. I am so blessed to be in the arms of my loving European family-- and it's a big family that spans quiet a few countries and languages. I have received so much love and am forever grateful. We have 5 more days, 5 more shows, all in Germany. It is surely a lesson in being strong willed, stubborn, and calm in body and mind. Daniele is pretty good at those things. I am learning.

We've had some amazing times in the last week, too. We wandererd through Amsterdam on a clear, sunny day- it is a city that never fails to shock and awe. We climbed to the top of the Catherdal of Kologne on a winding, narrow stone staircase that opened up to a brilliant view of the city after 1500 steps. We ate a huge, HUGE pile of Gruhnkohl and potatoes and meat and drank too much Kologne beer and then staggered to a show in a hip little club in the student quarter. We've eaten dutch food in a tiny little town on a canal that we would never have seen in a million years if not for the tour. Lot's of eating. We've seen beautiful wooden tall ships in the Sunday morning sun light in Hoorn, NL.

To everyone who's come out, become and fan and friend, thank you so much!!!

xoxoxo

A

We've got 1.5 weeks and 11 more shows to go. I am pretty tired right now-- slowly starting to feel ready to go home. Touring is such a combination of wonderful/absurd/exhausted/lost/found that I find it hard to even describe, especially in my current state. I just took a long walk in the woods here in Germany, which helped ground me a bit. Ran home in the thunder and rain. Sometimes it takes a few moments of being alone to remember who you are. Sometimes I feel like I lose myself a bit out here, with so little time to just be.

But, all exhaustion aside, we've experienced so, so much love on this tour. From audiences, from our many hosts, from the people who have cooked us dinner and bought us drinks and bought the CD's and chatted with us in a hilarouis combination of languages--even from our little 4 door rent a car that somehow fits everything in it. I thank my lucky stars a million times over that I get the chance to do this, right now, despite all the uncertainty out there in the world. Thank you!

1) A GPS without battery is very little help. Tears and swear words.
2) Too much mayo! Mayo on everything! Mayo on Salad! Mayo on french fries!
3) I know even more ways to say 'ball breaker' in italian. My Italian is very limited to road rage.
4) Roepaen Festival = AWESOME.
5) Audiences = AMAZING. WE LOVE YOU.
6) first day off in 15 days = totally fried. I will write more later.

For one, I can say "you break my balls" or any number of variations of that in Italian. My teacher then accuses me of having a dirty mouth inappropriate for a woman. I am learning that Dutch, while it sounds a lot like english, is very, very hard to pronounce. I am learning that setting an alarm for 5 pm does nothing to help you make your 7 AM flight, and that sometimes my internal iphone breaks down. (I've always had a stellar sense of direction and time, but it seems to be a bit lost of the tour. When an Italian is ready to go before you each and every time, you know you have a problem.)

I am learning that touring is a mix of the sublime and the simply awful-- playing with the incredible Alejandro Escovedo one night, and the next day removing shoes/belt/coins/underwear/etc at 7 AM in airport security before you've had any coffee. I am once again stunned by the generosity of our hosts in every country-- from feeding us, providing us with beds, concerts, and love. I am finding that returning to a venue you've played before is wonderful. I am remembering that skype is the best invention of all time.

We are in Haarlem, the Netherlands now. We had a simply fantastic time at my favorite Sunday afternoon gig, and are heading down to Eindhoven today. 2 weeks in, 3 to go!

xo

Today is our last day of the UK tour, before we head down to Amsterdam to begin our German/Dutch leg of the tour. It's gone awfully fast-- a whirlwind of motorways, travellodges, stunning churches, great shows, and different accents. We've had the good fortune to spend the last 2 days in my favorite city of them all-Glasgow, Scotland, first playing the stunning St. Andrews in the Square (pictures to follow) and then last night to play a rollicking house concert. (Ending at 2:30 AM with the hosts apologizing that it was an early end). Surprise appearance by Glasgow rocker Mince Frattelli on drums. You truly never know what you are going to get. Acoustics in St. Andrews were amazing and we loved seeing Bap Kennedy's set.

Tonight we go to Newcastle to support Alejandro Escovedo. Yes. And, I just ate a bacon and blood sausage sandwich. If it get's better than this, I don't need to know.

xo

A

We've been out for about a week now, playing Western Scotland, Ireland, England (Sheringham, Sheffield, Farncombe, London), and now heading back up North to my favorite city of all--Glasgow-- to play Glasgow Americana Festival tonight at St. Andrews on the Square. It's been a mostly hilarious voyage-- late nights in our gig van, early mornings at the travellodge-- and I am so so happy to be back on the road. Playing with Daniele after a 8 month break is like being on a desert island and then jumping into an icy pool filled with guitars-- and I mean this in the best possible way. We've done numerous interviews as well in the last few days, including the super-cool House of Mercy show in London.

In other news, got a 8/10 star review in Americana UK. It means a lot because I know from experience these guys are one tough bunch. You can read it here:

http://www.americana-uk.com/cd-reviews/item/maurice-hope-28?category_id=175
Now the four of us (Hedley, road manager, Dani, Italian, me, self, and Anne, logistical expert) are off to Glasgow!

big love,

A

Today is the official release day of "The Wasted Ocean" and the single "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", and to celebrate I'm heading down to Boston to fly to Scotland this evening. Nothing quite like the anticipation of an overnight flight followed by a 5 week, 30-something show tour! Packing was near impossible-- it's warm and muggy in Vermont right now, but what is it like in Europe? What will it be like at the end of October? Suffice it to say, it is a VERY heavy suitcase. It's always hard to leave on these tours, saying goodbye to husband, dog, and new town, but once I get into "travel zone", the good times will roll. Can't wait to see Daniele and all my good friends over there!

Woke up to a lovely review from the Sheffield Star: "The result is a truly beautiful collection of plaintive, langorous songs so evocatively maritime you can practically smell the salt in the air when you listen to them. Album of the year from a class act. Check it out, me hearties."

With that, I'm hitting the shower, then lugging this 50+ pound suitcase into the car and heading out. Please keep in touch! I'll post purchase links to the records as soon as I have them.

I received this email a few weeks ago from Joe in Dublin, Ireland:

"I first heard the track Come Ashore Love on the radio as I lay dozing in bed early last Saturday morning. I
was sitting upright by the end of the track pen and paper ready, hoping the announcer would give the artist's name. He did..."

I don't think anything has made my day more than this email in a long time. Thanks to Joe and to the DJ's at RTE 1! And please, keep in touch! anna@annacoogan.com

I've been a bit slow on updating the news column as I've been in the (long, complicated) process of moving from Seattle, WA to Ithaca, NY. In the space of a week, we packed up 12 years of our Seattle life, loaded a moving van and a subaru, put the dog in her travel crate and drove 3,000 miles, saw the badlands, Wall Drug, and many, many miles of I-90, saw a real jello buffet in Minnesota, closed on our first house, unpacked the moving van, and began the process of settling in to our new life here in Ithaca. It's a beautiful town and I can't wait to explore it...in November. This week, I'm packing again and heading out for "The Wasted Ocean" release tour in Ireland, Scotland, England, Holland, and Germany.

"Wasted" has been getting some amazing radio play across in Europe, in particular on RTE 1 (Irish National Radio), BBC Scotland, and BBC Wales among many others. A boat load of thanks to the DJ's who have given it a spin!

It's also been getting some lovely reviews across the blogosphere-- check these out:

http://paulkerr.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/anna-coogan-the-wasted-ocean/
http://www.beat-surrender.com/2011/09/15/the-wasted-ocean-anna-coogan/
http://flyinshoes.ning.com/profiles/blogs/anna-coogan-the-wasted-ocean
Fall is arriving in Ithaca, and thankfully we just bought a few lamps...it's been very dark in our 1910 Victorian (no overhead lighting!!)

See you soon!

xo

A

"The Wasted Ocean" is at #4 for the "Euro-Americana" Charts for September, 2011, right behind John Hiatt, Tom Russell, and Ray Bonneville. Thanks so much to these wonderful DJ's who have been so supportive of us indie-artists over the years.

http://www.euroamericanachart.nl/
Also, here is a link to a lovely 4-star review from Ctrl.Alt.Country.:

http://www.ctrlaltcountry.be/Pagina1.htm#AnnaCoogan
English Translation (many thanks to google translate!!)

For the true successor to the wonderful "The Nocturnal Among Us" in 2010, the young Anna Coogan is inspired by what her about three years ago during a stay for her work in Alaska happened. During the day she was a biologist studying the local salmon population in the evening they enjoyed it as a musician of many a "singalong" around the campfire. And right there the seed was planted for her new CD. The next year she would indeed tireless search for "shanties" and other sea shanties. Especially by those surviving songs called after her images speak to great. And it was then, as usually the other. After several grueling months of operation especially after her previous record she set in February of this year itself on writing for sure what the content is concerned similar songs. Songs inspired by the haunting tales of old seaman suffered a shipwreck and long periods of isolation. And they were then under the aegis of the reputed productional Evan Brubaker immortalized. Besides the singing during the filming itself took Coogan also the bulk of the guitar work on its behalf. Furthermore, she fell back on the necessary assistance from Brubaker (backing vocals, electric bass and many other instruments), Colby Sander (banjo, dobro and mandolin), Brooks Miner (Hammond organ), Eyvind Kang (violin and viola), Daniele Fiaschi (electric guitar), Darrin Watkins (drums), Eric Hastings (also drums) and fellow singer-songwriter Edie Carey (absolutely delicious backing vocals). All together they sign for an album, which like its predecessor of a truly breathtaking beauty show, but still a lot more leaning towards (maritime) folk. Though of course there are enough tunes, which explicitly mark the Americana deserve. With absolutely Highlights of our opinion "Come Ashore, Love", the touching lament of a fisherman's wife left, her other half of a distance calls his battle against the mighty waters cease immediately and to return to her. That tune is so convincing Coogan brought almost immediately that this resulted in the necessary goosebumps. And the dobro playing of Colby Sander them is really to fingers and thumbs licking. Furthermore, most definitely worth here: a beautiful reading of "The Crucifixion" by Phil Ochs, on slightly different way love approximate "Love Without Strings" and we just emotionally a little to the great Patty Griffin recalling "Life In A Peaceful New World ". But chances are absolutely non-existent, that each of you on one or more other favorites will strike. As this is all just beautiful songs. In short: another great album, super talent, who dishes out Coogan us here!

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Now to finish packing and start the 3,000 mile drive to our new home.

Thanks to Allan Wilkinson at Northern Sky for this lovely review:

http://www.allanwilkinson.co.uk/node/1786
In less good news, it's been a rough week watching my hometown of Queechee/Woodstock Vermont being devastated by floods from Irene. Praying for a quick recovery, and relieved that the death toll was low. I love you, Vermont, my beautiful, amazing home state. Stay strong.

xo,

Anna

For a few more days, you can catch these amazing BBC radio programs featuring "The Wasted Ocean"!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00jkm1s
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013n239#segments
And a link to a lovely review from Ireland:

http://www.lonesomehighway.com/music-reviews/2011/8/21/anna-coogan-the-wasted-ocean-self-released.html

Hello friends,

I am finally checking in after a lovely summer (if rainy, cool, and cloudy). Compared to the heat the rest of the country has been dealing with, we've gotten off easy! I've been keeping plenty busy teaching at the EMP (our local Rock and Roll Museum)-- getting in trouble with parents by telling kids how Kurt and Jimi died (I'm not gonna lie)--traveling to Alaska, and finally, beginning to pack boxes for our long move to Ithaca, NY in a few weeks.

"The Wasted Ocean" is beginning it's journey through press and radio-- already we've been getting some lovely radio play on BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, RTE 1 (Ireland National Radio), and stations across the Netherlands and Germany. "Wasted" debuted at #20 on the Euro-Americana charts at the very start of our mailout, so thanks for that! The start of a CD release is such a beautiful, vulnerable roller coaster. I just try to hang on and enjoy the ride. One more big thanks to the sponsors that made this possible!!

Things are all lined up for a month long European release tour, including my first ever live show in Ireland as part of the amazing "Storytelling Southeast" Festival. Other highlights include Glasgow Americana Festival, (I do adore this town), the Roepaen Festival with Frazey Ford and Ana Egge among others, and many wonderful venues and living rooms across Northern Europe and the UK. I do still have 3 free dates in late October-- please contact me if you'd like a house concert in Germany/France/NL on Oct 25-27!

I'll try to keep updating on a regular basis as I head into this release. Traveling always provides hilarious stories and stressful moments, which I will do my best to recount! If you're in the US, I'll be touring "The Wasted Ocean" this winter across the states. Be in touch if you'd like a house concert!

Love and keep in touch!

Back to the boxes--

Anna