Ana Egge has more than just her way with words. There’s an ever-interesting mastery over the music as well. Together, her creative talents are what make Between Us such a layered and lovely listening experience. Between Us is Egge’s is […]
Ana Egge has more than just her way with words. There’s an ever-interesting mastery over the music as well. Together, her creative talents are what make Between Us such a layered and lovely listening experience. Between Us is Egge’s is […]
Halfway through Ana Egge’s 11th record, Is It the Kiss, on the standout track “Hurt a Little,” she gives listeners some touching words of encouragement: “Sometimes the work will be hard if it’s ever gonna work at all.” The balance […]
This isn’t a “best of 2018” list in the traditional sense. That’s because a) I know you’re being inundated with year-end lists, so I thought I’d switch mine up a bit, and b) this year I listened to a lot […]
I’m probably the last person on the planet to discover that Desert Island Discs wasn’t merely a feature in Tower Record’s free monthly Pulse magazine, but a 76-year-old radio show on BBC Radio 4. The idea for the program came from Roy Plomley, […]
At first listen, I thought Ana Egge was an ethereal / world singer with a tinge of lounge jazz. Her opening track with its deep Charles Muench upright bass is cool in a beat generation manner. Nice deep tone in […]
This week, we’re hitting the halfway mark in voting for our annual year-end readers poll. (You can vote through Dec. 30 here.) I’ve been running this poll for seven years now and have always marveled at the diversity of sound and […]
Hello, NoDepression! I’m excited to be back! There was no particular reason for my leaving — I just got out of the habit of re-posting what I had written on my own blog. I’m looking forward to continuing to share […]
I was not unfamiliar with the name Ana Egge when, on the first of July, I received a communique from a friend of mine that new music from her was on its way. Four years ago I took notice of […]
A poet wrote, “Now that you’ve wasted your life here, in this small corner, you’ve destroyed it everywhere in the world.” Ana Egge begs to differ. This 30-minute set of ten covers (the inevitable quip being she felt too torpid […]
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