Anna Coogan
Americana / Country / Roots Music
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"The difference between flying and free falling...."
SEATTLE, Washington
United States
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| Member Since | 11/4/2007 | | Band Website | annacoogan.com | | Band Members | Anna Coogan (vocals, guitars)
Eric Hastings (drums, keyboards,production)
Kevin Burkett (bass on Mockingbird) | | Influences | Josh Ritter, Lucinda Williams, Citizen Cope, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Bill Frisell, Phil Ochs, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch, Damien Jurardo, Bruce Springsteen | | Record Label | yeah like yeah music | | Type of Label | Indie |
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Alaska, New England, and more!
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Anna Coogan and north19 on Folklife compilation!
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Anna Coogan and north19 on ABC Family Monday night!!
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| About Anna Coogan |
Sophomore album "Sleepwalker" available at CDBaby and iTunes.
Debut album "Glory" available at CDBaby and iTunes.
Live KEXP in studio with north19 (2005) at KEXP.org
Anna Coogan’s unexpected journey through music has taken her a long way from opera school in Salzburg, Austria. Driven by homesickness and a rush of post-9/11 patriotism, Anna left school in 2002 and dedicated her life to the pursuit of American roots music. Six years, 2.5 albums, countless shows and many long drives throughout the US later, Anna is renewing her commitment to writing and performing original Americana.
Chance encounters in Seattle’s vibrant music scene introduced Anna to banjo player Travis Beard, and within a year, Anna Coogan and north19 was formed with Kevin Burkett on bass. At first playing small venues and open stages, Anna Coogan and north19 soon began selling out premier venues in the region. Their debut album, Glory, caught the ear of KEXP program director Don Yates, and earned 10 weeks on KEXP’s top 100 charts and an in-studio on Swinging Doors. Their sophomore album, Sleepwalker, was released in 2007 to critical acclaim and a sold-out crowd at the Tractor Tavern.
Now officially beginning her career as a solo artist, Anna is touring nationally and internationally with a combination of local and national session players. Her debut album, tentatively titled So Long, Summertime, is scheduled for release in Spring 2009.
"Based on her powerful pipes and the catch in her throat, she could just as easily pass for a native of Nashville..." -The Stranger
"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
"Coogan's songs deal eloquently with the wonderings and soggy wanderings that come with a young adulthood spent in the Pacific Northwest....but Coogan embraces the silver lining offerered by the clouds, ultimately making for hopeful songs." - Missoula Independent
"Coogan's voice slides from note to note without ever slipping. "- Seattle PI
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