Annie Crane, guitar & lead vocals.
Maya Roney, violin.
Lisa Baker, piano.
Adam Christgau, drums.
Evan Silverman, upright bass.
Chris Cubeta, guitar & rhodes piano.
Eric Wolfson, harmonica.
Frank Hoier, lap steel.
Alexa Woodward, banjo.
Jeff Berner, slide guitar.
Produced by Annie Crane & Chris Cubeta at GaluminumFoil Studios from Nov '08-Feb '09, www.galuminumfoil.com.
Artwork by Moselle Spiller, www.BoomChickBoomChick.com
Influences
Lucinda Williams, Paul Simon, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Feist, Jewel, Crosby Still Nash & Young, Gillian Welch, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, The Beatles, The Be Good Tanyas.
Sounds Like
Urban Americana
"Crane's music is mature, minimalist, and she's got a depth to her voice that lends credence to even her most mythical poetic wanderings...Finally, here's a girl-guitar combo that is unapologetic but never angsty". - Jordan Levinson. Review of the Annie Crane: Self-titled EP (Aug '07). View full review here.
-Urban Folk Zine - New York, NY
"This EP is too short!...I am highly recommending it." - Amy Lotsberg. Review of the Annie Crane: Self-titled EP (Aug '07). View full review on Collected Sounds here.
-www.CollectedSounds.com - Minneapolis, MN
"Crane's sound is a mild Celtic folk found on Shanachie releases and 60s forebears like Joan Baez". -Jon Berger. Commentary on MMNY 2007.
-Urban Folk Zine - New York, NY
"Annie Crane plays mournful songs with a voice that echoes Nancy Griffin, Joan Baez and Richard Thompson. Favoring a chugging guitar strum ala-Mark Kozelek, she spun a set of heartbreak that I thoroughly enjoyed". -Ben Krieger. Jezeblog review of the Jezebel Singer Songwriter Showcase at Laila Lounge on 4/25/07.
-www.JezebelMusic.com - Brooklyn, NY
"New York's Annie Crane tackles traditional folk topics in her acoustic performances. Check out "Nowhere to Go" [written by Eric Wolfson] for a FEMA-era New Orleans lament, which highlights Crane's Baez/Williams vocals. Violinist Money Roney frequently accompanies".
-www.Flagpole.com - Athens, GA
"ANNIE CRANE'S soaring Baez vocals (without that overbearing, church singer quality), and rustic Americana-to-European-mountaintop (quite a trip!) songwriting will make you want to hug the person next to you. Her voice is like chasing a butterfly: a sound you'll never be able to catch, but one that leaves enough feeling in the air to make you forget it's gone - like all the stuff that glides by your window on a cross-country drive: the perfect canvas for the daydreams in your head to start wandering....like that one bird you always see taking off into the landscape, not held down by any of it."
- Mike Baglivi, New Jersey's Lone Wolf
"Open Mic, Open Heart", Q&A interview in The Inkwell Newspaper, September 14, 2007. Read here.
-Armstrong Atlantic University - Savannah, GA
TV Performance on "Let Them Talk", Manhattan Neighborhood Network, May 20, 2008. (programing begins about 45 seconds in)
Click here to watch on YouTube.
“Local Annie Crane plays fabulous folk with enough thoughtful twang to transport you back in time…and down South”. - Time Out NY
“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
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)”. - Brooke Pridemore, JezebelMusic.com
“Annie Crane, who has a very high and pure voice, show(s) a lot of lyrical and musical talent”. - Martin Overheul, Altcountryforum.nl
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BIO
Annie Crane was born into an upstate NY home and since her birth has taken with her the stories of immigrant grandparents, the chills of February ice storms, flowers from the tops of the northern Cascades, sunfish from Oxbow Lake, heartache from snowy Toronto streets and an industrially sweet Brooklyn love. She sews these pieces together using the fabric of the music she grew up on: Traditional Irish ballads, Paul Simon records, and contemporary pop music from the radio dial.
At 13, beginning to be noticed as a girl with a voice, she was already developing a special affinity for classic 60’s folk. She received classical vocal training at Eastman School of Music, but while studying at the University of Toronto, she turned her prodigious talents toward her first love, folk music.
She has been compared to the likes of Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch. As one enthusiastic fan put it, “She looks across the audience like she’s looking deep into a distant decade.”
“Through the Farmlands & the Cities”, Crane's debut full-length, full band endeavor, was recorded within the urban cabin of GaluminumFoil Studios in Brooklyn, NY. Co-produced with Chris Cubeta, the CD holds true to Crane's folk/Americana roots while incorporating a band that lends profundity without pulling the listener away from the lyrics.
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THROUGH THE FARMLANDS & THE CITIES (released April '09)
3rd Annual WAGSTOCK this Sunday, June 21st!! Wagstock is free for all. Bring blankets, pets, brew, snacks and snuggle up on the grass with your sweetie pie.
We are so looking forward to having you play at Wagstock 2009 on June 21st!
Invite All your friends to this FREE, ALL DAY, ACOUSTIC music celebration!
Line-up in 2009... Charles Latham, Lisa Li-Lund, Elizabeth Devlin, Daniel Bernstein, Annie Crane, Rick Patrick, Chloe Philip, Jonathan Byerly, Kyle Avallone, Pheobe Kreutz, The Havens...and many more!
great poster!! i won't be in nyc, come on tour to san francisco!! i am moving into a great new apartment this weekend and can offer you a place to stay any time your in town :)
i just became your fan on facebook. love you!! have a great show!!
Normally I would be there with bells on, but May 21 tis my 52nd (gasp) birthday and the start of a long holiday weekend so I'm staying put on Long Island that weekend to enjoy my yard and do nothing but chill out. I'm sure you'll have a great show and I'll make a point of being at your next one.
