Happy 2010!
Happy New Years Everyone! With the release of my first full length/full band album Through the Farmlands & the Cities, a spring and fall tour of southeastern USA, sharing a stage with folk legend Emmylou Harris in Nashville, killer press in the Time Out NY, American Songwriters Magazine and countless music blogs across the globe, 2009 rounded out to be a fantastic & eventful year… Thanks to you! All my love to you and your families & best wishes for a great 2010.
Love, Annie.
And a Happy Holidays from my pooch, Birdie!
New Music Video!
I have been very lucky to have had a music video of my song “Pennsylvania” directed and all together created by the talented J. Leland Malinski of Across the Bridge Productions. It can be viewed on my YouTube Channel or right here. Enjoy!
Video Clips from the Road
A few video clips from my fall tour of southeastern USA. The first is from our night sharing the stage with Emmylou Harris in Nashville at the inaugural “Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe”. The second is a few songs from my live radio performance on WDVX’s Blue Plate Special in Knoxville TN. The third – some goofy clips from the road:)
“A Song for Dolly” (by Annie Crane) at the Loveless Barn 10/14/2009
WDVX Blue Plate Special 10/13/2009
Goofy clips from the Road! 10/2009
Enjoy! Love, Annie.
SHARING THE STAGE W/ EMMYLOU HARRIS
… at the Inaugural Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe was Absolutely Amazing. I’m still coasting on the fumes of adrenaline and awe. On the MCR website, they have posted some reviews & thoughts of the historical evening. Below are some quotes about Robin & I specifically. Click on the title to go directly to the full article.
“Emerging artists Robin Aigner and Annie Crane hail from New York, where they are carrying on Harris’s tradition of refashioning folk music in a modernist and urbane guise”. - Craig Havighurst
“Annie Crane and Robin Aigner then took the stage with some generous applause. A winning duo of women from Brooklyn, they sang a nice, opening song and then hurled themselves into Hank Williams’, “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”. They shone like lovely, earnest, Brooklyn girls…”. - Jefferson Ross
Pictures on LIFE Magazine Online HERE & Zimbo Online Magazine HERE.
Read more about Music City Roots & all the amazing things they’re doing. Todd Mayo & Jon Walker have worked hard for years to bring this project to fruition. “Music City Roots: Live From The Loveless Cafe,” is a weekly show built on the remarkable Americana music scene and the legacy of WSM’s historic roots in live radio.
FALL TOUR *OPENING FOR EMMYLOU HARRIS*
Two of Brooklyn’s most dynamic acts, Annie Crane and Robin Aigner will open for folk legend Emmylou Harris on October 14 at the inaugural night of Nashville’s “Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe” airing live on world-famous WSM radio and streaming live on www.wsmonline.com. Crane and Aigner’s spring ‘09 tour was so well-received that Annie, who entices with urban Americana, and Robin, who spices things up with old-timey/gypsy folk, are touring together again; this time October 8-18, with the WSM show with Emmylou Harris just one of the many highlights. Both Annie and Robin are promoting recently released and critically acclaimed albums: “Through the Farmlands and the Cities” (Crane) and “Bandito” (Aigner).
Crane/Aigner Tour Dates:
Oct 8, Philadelphia, PA, The Fire, 8pm, $7 (412 W. Girard Ave., 267-671-9298, iourecords.com/thefire)
Oct 9, Roanoke, VA, Private House Concert (917-568-7119)
Oct 10, Aberdeen, NC, The Roosters Wife/Grand Opening of Poplar Knight Spot, 6pm, $15 (114 Knight Street, 910-944-7502, theroosterswife.org)
Oct 12, Charlotte, NC, Featured Performers at The Evening Muse Open Mic, 8pm, $3 (3227 N. Davidson Street, N. Davidson/36th, 704-376-3737, myspace.com/findyourmuse)
Oct 13, Knoxville, TN, WDVX Blue Plate Special, Radio, Noon (Knoxville Visitor Center, Gay St./Summit Hill Ave., 865-544-1029, wdvx.com)
Oct. 14, Nashville, TN, WSM, Radio (time TBD)
Oct 14, Nashville, TN, Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe, opening for Emmylou Harris, $10 (222 5th Ave., S Nashville, lovelessbarn.com)
Oct 15, Atlanta, GA, The Five Spot w/ The Little Country Giants, 8pm, $8 (1123 Euclid Ave. NE, 404-223-1100, fivespot-atl.com)
Oct 16, Asheville, NC, Hookah Joe’s, 8pm (38 N French Broad St., 828-252-1522, myspace.com/hookahjoesclub )
Oct 17, Pearisburg, VA, The Bank Food and Drink (101 N. Main Street, 540-921-2981, thebankfoodanddrink.com)
Oct 18, Mt. Olive, VA, Private House Concert (917-568-7119)
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Closing out the 2nd Annual Rochester Indie Festival 10/3 @ 11pm
Rochesterians, My First Hometown Gig!
I’m heading home to close out The 2nd Annual Rochester Indie Festival! Beth Price (also from ROC City) & her pretty soundin’ upright bass will be joining me on stage on Oct 3rd at 11pm at The Keg in The German House. It’s going to be amazing. You should come.
Saturday October 3, 2009 at 11pm @ The Keg at The German House, 315 Gregory Street Rochester NY 14620. Admission to festival shows in The Keg are FREE
The second annual Rochester Independent Music Festival (RiF2) takes place Thurs 10/1-3, 2009. From a one-night debut that featured six acts at Water Street Music Hall on October 4, 2008, RiF2 has grown to three evenings at The German House, which includes The Keg on its lower level, as well as various other venues within the South Wedge neighborhood.
Admission to The Keg is free with performances beginning at 11pm. Tickets to The German House are $10 per night (3 acts from 7:30-11pm). Or grab a three-day pass for $20.
For more info: www.rochesterindiefest.com
What Folk Are Saying About the New Record
“Local Annie Crane plays fabulous folk with enough thoughtful twang to transport you back in time…and down South”. Time Out NY
Writing from a Folk/Punk perspective, Brook Pridemore of JezebelMusic.com says, “Crane’s proven that her gentle brand of country folk carries just as much weight as the ‘insurgent’ stuff I’m regularly drawn to… In a more just world, “I’ll Be Right Here” would get as much airplay as “Not Ready to Make Nice” (or some other dogshit young country track)”. Brook Pridemore, JezebelMusic.com
“Few artists have the ability to take you along with them; to make you feel as if you’re a spectator of the travels and defining moments… Crane has assembled a wonderful, lively documentation of her experiences and she makes it easy and enjoyable for you to sing along with her”. Christopher Grzan, Praiseforwallflower.com
“This album is folk rock in its purest form… I am looking forward to what is to come in the future from Annie Crane. If you get the chance to listen, do not pass it up!” Rickard Holmgren, Melodic.net
“Annie Crane, who has a very high and pure voice, show(s) a lot of lyrical and musical talent”. Martin Overheul, Altcountryforum.nl
My Birthday Gift to You: 3 Free Song Downloads!
In honor of turning one year older, I have made available 3 free downloads from my new record, “Through the Farmlands & the Cities”. They will be available from today, June 8th through Friday June 12th.
Enjoy! Go get ‘em @ FREE BDAY MP3’s
Critic's Pick in Time Out NY!
“Local Annie Crane plays fabulous folk with enough thoughtful twang to transport you back in time…and down South”.
- Time Out NY Music Listings: the release of my debut album is a critics pick event!
CD RELEASE SHOW TOMORROW NIGHT 5/21 @ 8pm. The Bowery Poetry Club. Full Band. $5
