http://annacoogan.com/news.html Anna Coogan: News Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:12:26 -0700 http://annacoogan.com/news.html#49
http://www.altcountryforum.nl/2010/07/21/anna-coogan-the-nocturnal-among-us/


Here's some english highlights:

"Anna Coogan has much to offer. The Nocturnal Among Us is a beautiful, glorious, but dark album."

Dank u wel, Rein!

In other news...


For those of you who have been wondering what in hell this record is about, I did an interview a few weeks ago and finally got the writing down the stories behind the record. I've posted it in the blog section of the website.]]> http://annacoogan.com/news.html#49 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Roots and Urban Americana - Anna Coogan - News http://annacoogan.com/news.html#48
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"Awash in simple, but effective melodies one-time opera trained (in Salzburg, Austria) singer-songwriter Anna Coogan’s bittersweet form of Americana cuts to the bone and then some.Young Coogan who, I believe resides in Seattle is a fine talent has an ability to stamp a feel to a song with her beautiful, sometimes aching tones. She carves out imagery of the finest order. A trained opera singer and field biologist her worth as a recording act hits a high on the likes of a big sounding, swirling organ, guitar and percussion plied ”˜Dreaming My Life Away’ such is its pumped up feel. While of a more conservative feel ”˜Crooked Sea’ is melodic and peaceful, with it containing an ambience rich is calming qualities as her wraps warm as a blanket round the listener."

More at:

http://flyinshoes.ning.com/profiles/blogs/anna-coogan-the-nocturnal

Thanks, Maurice! And thanks for the "young" part....]]> http://annacoogan.com/news.html#47 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Roots and Urban Americana - Anna Coogan - News http://annacoogan.com/news.html#46
Bob Patterson, Americana UK
http://flyinshoes.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2554640:BlogPost:5377




Thomas Kaldijk
Radio Blueprint 460 (The Netherlands)



Johanna J. Bodde
Radio Girl on Dollar Radio (The Netherlands)
http://www.rtvlogo.nl/


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In other news, it is still cold in Seattle. I'll be playing the Tractor Tavern next Tuesday, June 22 with Kelly Joe Phelps and Corinne West. Fun.

XOXO

Anna]]> http://annacoogan.com/news.html#46 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Roots and Urban Americana - Anna Coogan - News http://annacoogan.com/news.html#45 ]]> http://annacoogan.com/news.html#45 Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Roots and Urban Americana - Anna Coogan - News http://annacoogan.com/news.html#44
I want to say "Thank You" to everyone who was involved in any way in the tour or "The Nocturnal Among Us." For the first time in my life, I see music as a viable (if not particularly lucrative) way to make a living. It's like a little light has been shed on my path, and I can see a way forward in this business. It's grassroots. It is in people's living rooms, and in the indie radio stations, and in all the musicians out there criss-crossing the country in their old, beater cars. It's all very hopeful.

In the course of the last three months, I have played two converted churches, one funeral-parlor-turned-club, one jail, many living rooms, and a whole host of clubs and bars. I have driven over 10,000 miles and spent way too much money on gas. I have seen winter come late to the south and spring come early to the north. I've been stuck in snowstorms and biblical floods. I've put one 1984 VW on the market. (Any takers? Anyone??)

So thank you thank you thank you thank you. If you hosted a concert, or came out to hear us, or tuned in to a radio show, or bought a record or just a song or told a friend or just love music, thank you. I've never felt so loved or optimistic about the future of music. (My own and everyone else's).

I am now booking my October tour in the US and finishing booking a short tour in the UK for August. If you would like to host a house concert in those time frames, please let me know. I love to hear from you.

XOXO

Anna]]> http://annacoogan.com/news.html#44 Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Roots and Urban Americana - Anna Coogan - News http://annacoogan.com/news.html#43 http://annacoogan.com/news.html#43 Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Roots and Urban Americana - Anna Coogan - News http://annacoogan.com/news.html#42
I am at the tail end of my 3 month CD release tour-- got another few weeks of shows on the East Coast, then I begin the journey back to Seattle. I've just added a weekend of house concerts in/near Minneapolis (as well as my first gig at a prison) for the weekend of May 22-23. Then I board an airline that I have never heard of, cross my fingers, and fly on back to sunny Seattle, hopefully in time for the good weather.

It has been an incredible tour so far-- I really am blown away by the generosity of people around the country who have opened their homes to us-- either for concerts, or just for a warm bed and a meal, and all the people who have come out to say "hello" and catch a set.

I am also blown away by how much gas a musician uses on tour. I haven't quite sorted this part out yet. I changed the oil in my car, and less than a month later have hit the mileage for the next change. Next time I come out, I am going to try to work more with the many "Bolt-bus" type operations. I am, however, proud to say that I overcame my #2 fear in life (#1 being airplanes, which I shall never overcome) which is Driving in New York City. I lived. The Car lived. The Pedestrians lived. Victory.

I'll be playing Seattle Folklife when I get back,including the Dolly Parton Tribute show, which is going to be SO fun. I'll be laying low for most of the summer, doing a short tour with Katie Todd and Jenee Halstead on the West Coast, before I head across the pond in August for my first official UK tour. I am currently planning to head out on another US cross country tour this October.

So a million thank you's to those of you who have been involved in any way on this tour-- it is truly the most fun I have ever had (except for my wedding day, which was more fun). Please please keep in touch!!]]> http://annacoogan.com/news.html#42 Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Roots and Urban Americana - Anna Coogan - News http://annacoogan.com/news.html#41
"It’s more thought provoking in its ruthless examination of the whys and wherefores of things coming apart, of people disconnecting; and the subtlety of the arrangements and JD Foster’s evocative soundscapes offer a beautiful, compelling backdrop for the various dramas under investigation. Not the least of her music’s attributes is Ms. Coogan’s voice, which has the timbre and affecting catch in the throat of the young Natalie Merchant. It’s something a listener cannot turn away from, a voice that insists on being heard, not by dint of sheer volume--exuberant displays of vocal brio are not part of the program--but by its pronounced, persistent, aching vulnerability."-David McGee

You can read the full review here:

http://thebluegrassspecial.com/archive/2010/april10/anna-coogan-nocturnal-among-us.php


I'll be doing an interview with these guys in the May edition- stay tuned!]]> http://annacoogan.com/news.html#41 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Roots and Urban Americana - Anna Coogan - News http://annacoogan.com/news.html#40
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