Anna Coogan
Ithaca, NY | Established. Jan 01, 2016 | INDIE
Music
Press
"Fantastic new music...Americana at it's best!" - Maverick Magazine
“Her voice is sweet and engaging but has enough salt in it to bring out some of the melancholy and brooding beauty of her lyrics.” - The Daily Telegraph
“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!”- - The Sheffield Star
“The concert began with a short set from Anna Coogan- whose recent CD The Wasted Ocean I gave four stars to….Anna introduced each song with a delightful story and the songs themselves were as good as on the album…won her a legion of new fans!” (Live Review) - Maverick Magazine
"Absolutely Gorgeous" - Iain Anderson, BBC Scotland
"Her music is the Truth" - Fred Eaglesmith
"Based on her powerful pipes and the catch in her throat and her powerful pipes, she could just as easily pass for a native of Nashville..." - Kurt B. Reighly
"Coogan's voice brings to mind the sweet but striking approach of Kelly Willis and Iris Dement."
- No Depression Magazine
"Coogan's voice-well honed, sharpened tool that it is-slaloms between cues from Rosanne Cash and Alison Krauss, taking fuel from the formers grit and the latter's sweet soul....rises above the throng of local folksingers in Seattles alt-country scene." - Seattle Sound Magazine
“Her voice swoops and soars as she wraps herself around each lyric. Each melody is laced with dug-down deep poetry.” - Portland Oregonian
"Anna Coogan has a lovely voice with some affecting breaks that she uses to wring plenty of emotion out of the bands well-crafted songs."
- Don Yates, programming director
"Coogan's voice slides from note to note without ever slipping. " - Seattle PI
"She piles on sugar whenever she opens her mouth and sings. Hers is a honey-butter voice, touched by twang, drenched in sunshine."
Joe Nickell - The Missoulian (Nov 16, 2006)
- The Missoulian
"Sweet and clear voiced with a stunning range, Coogan sweeps through the dusty romanticism of her songs, using a variety of folk genres to clear a path"
- Willamette Week
"Coogan lets loose a paralyzing and smooth voice. Her range is unmatched and her songs are sweet natured illusions of loneliness, redemption and romanticism of old fashioned Americana."
- Aftertase Magazine
Discography
Lonesome Cowboy Lullaby-2003. Anna's first release.
Glory-2005 LP. Released on Tarnished Records.
6 weeks at #13 on the Freeform Americana Charts
2 months on KEXP charts
In-studio at Seattle's KEXP
National and international radio play
Opening track "Another Day" used on Television show "The Home Team"
Sleepwalker- 2007 LP. Self released.
Mixed by Grammy winning engineer S. Husky Huskolds.
Radio play on KEXP, KBCS, KMTT, KUOW, as well as national and international play.
Opening track "Rise On" featured on ABC family "Kyle XY" episode 2:16.
The Nocturnal Among Us- 2010. Produced by JD Foster (Calexico, Laura Cantrell) and recorded at the Great North Sound Society (Josh Ritter, Langhorne Slim). Mixed at Jackpot! studios in Portland.
Airplay on over 200 stations across the US, Netherlands, and the UK.
3 months on the Euro-Americana Charts
#1 on the Euro-Americana Charts for the month of August
#26 on the FAR charts for the month of August
The Nocturnal EP- 2010. A bonus EP of unreleased material from "The Nocturnal Among Us"
The Wasted Ocean-2011. Produced by Evan Brubaker (Rachel Harrington, Edie Carey) UK/Europe Release Date: Sept 26, 2011. Currently receiving extensive airplay on RTE 1 (Ireland National Radio) BBC 2, debuted at #4 on Euro-Americana charts. US Release: Feb 7 2012.
The Nowhere, Rome Sessions: 2012: Anna Coogan and Daniele Fiaschi.
Released Sept 3, 2012 on Continental Record Services. Received airplay on RTE 1, BBC 2, stations across Europe and UK.
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"Absolutely gorgeous!"- Iain Anderson, BBC 2 Scotland
"Beautiful! Who could resist the sound of that siren?"
Frank Hennessy - BBC Radio Wales
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With three record releases, five European tours and hundreds of shows across the US (many done all by Greyhound Bus) in the last three years, Anna Coogans fierce work ethic is matched by her boundless creative energy and the shear joys she takes in performing. A former opera singer and field biologist, Anna takes her audience on a poignant and often emotional journey. From conquistadors haunting the ocean floor and ghost riders on the desert plains, to a frank look at the tragic consequences of abuse, to straight up love-em-and-leave-em in high-heels adventures, her songs and expressive voice have earned her a legion of fans across the world.
Never content to stick to one genre, Anna is described by roots authority No Depression as having chameleon-like knack for molding her music to a specific genres sound, and then for transcending that sound. She did this in 2005, with her first record (with band north19), the country-roots Glory, which earned her an in-studio on Seattle tastemaker station KEXPs Swinging Doors and weeks at the top of their charts. She returned in 2007 with Sleepwalker and in 2010 with The Nocturnal Among Us, which was produced by JD Foster (Calexico, Laura Cantrell) and debuted at #1 on the Euro-Americana charts.
Her 2011 release, The Wasted Ocean (produced by Evan Brubaker) was described as album of the year by the Sheffield Star (UK) and absolutely gorgeous by BBC Radio2s Iain Anderson, received extensive airplay on the BBC and Irish National Radio, and cemented her place as one of the rising stars in todays Americana scene. She has been featured at Celtic Connections, Blue Balls, (CH), Glasgow Americana, and shared stages with everyone from Lambchop, Chumbawumba, and Reamonn to Alejandro Escovedo, Carrie Newcomer and Malcombe Holcombe.
Always excited for the next project, Anna traveled to Rome over Easter weekend 2012 to record a two-day live session with Daniele Fiaschi. The result of this weekend is The Nowhere, Rome Sessions, a gorgeous snapshot of their duo work. Recorded live at Nowhere Studios in Rome, with minimal overdubs and even fewer edits, the songs ache with emotion and the raw energy the two have become known for. The project was one of the most exciting sessions Anna can remember. My time is Rome was such a burst of sunshine, cigarette smoke, red wine, loud, fast Italian, and pure creative joy. It was one of the most beautiful weeks of my life. Also included is a live track from their performance at the 2011 Roepaen Festival in Ottersum, Holland.
The Nowhere, Rome Sessions will be released on September 3, 2012 and celebrated with a six week tour of the UK and Europe, followed by many a bus ride across the USA.
****More Press*****
"(The Nowhere Rome Sessions)-It's a true sessions record and a measure of their respective talents that it sounds like it has been record and re-recorded until perfect."- R2 Magazine (UK)
"Based on her powerful pipes and the catch in her throat, she could just as easily pass for a native of Nashville..." -The Stranger
"She ranks one of the best of her breed" - Blurt Magazine
"4 stars...Fantastic new music....Americana at it's best!" -Maverick Magazine
"An incredible songwriter and performer....I'm a big fan now!"
Barnes Newberry - WUMB (Jul 10, 2010)
"Coogan's voice brings to mind the sweet but striking approach of Kelly Willis and Iris DeMent." - No Depression Magazine
"Coogan's voice-well honed, sharpened tool that it is-slaloms between cues from Rosanne Cash and Alison Krauss, taking fuel from the formers grit and the latter's sweet soul....rises above the throng of local folksingers in Seattles alt-country scene." - Seattle Sound magazine
"Her voice swoops and soars as she wraps herself around each lyric. Each melody is laced with dug-down deep poetry." Portland Oregonian
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