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INTERVIEW: Ana Egge Shares in the Spirit
Ana Egge’s newest album, “Sharing in the Spirit,” is a collection of songs that touch on politics, addiction, sex, and love. In our interview, we discuss getting back on the road, how to talk about difficult topics…and Egge’s pink suit. Full interview at Rainbow...
YOU GOTTA HEAR THIS: NEW MUSIC FROM ANA EGGE, JAELEE ROBERTS, AND MORE
In the words of Chris Stapleton, “What are you listening to?” This week, our premiere round up is full of music we’re very excited to bring to your speakers and earphones. Below, check out new videos from Ana Egge, Ordinary Elephant, and our brand new Rootsy Summer...
Americana Highways: Ana Egge “Between Us”
On first listen my impression was: if late-career Joni Mitchell didn’t go the jazz route as she did... she’d sound like Ana Egge. Full review
No Depression: On ‘Between Us,’ Ana Egge Adds Wide Range of Sounds to Her Songwriting
Ana Egge has more than just her way with words. There’s an ever-interesting mastery over the music as well...Egge is at her core, a substantive artist. Full review
Folk Alley – Video Premiere: Ana Egge, “Wait A Minute”
From the snare shot that opens the song to soulful Memphis horns that cascade in a shower of golden notes, “Wait a Minute” shuffles exultantly into our hearts and gets us up and dancing. While the first verse moves slowly in spare fashion, with Egge’s vocals playing...
American Songwriter: Ana Egge Revives The Sea Shanty Folk Tradition On “The Ship”
Ana Egge reaches back into the folk tradition and cleverly revives the sea shanty as the musical basis for her new single “The Ship,” premiering today. “The Ship” speaks quietly but defiantly of a simmering revolution brewing in the world today, reconciled only by an...
Tinnitist: Indie Roundup
Brooklyn singer-songwriter Ana Egge has a new single and video co-written with Irish troubadour Mick Flannery. The Ship is a modern-day sea shanty. Says Egge: “2020 stopped us in our tracks. We had more time than ever to consider our...
NPR Heavy Rotation: “This Time”
Ana Egge opens "This Time" with the Declaration of Independence, then the US Constitution and various other quotations, including the Pledge of Allegiance and one from Martin Luther King, Jr. It is the folkiest of folk music endeavors to draw lyrics from various...
PopMatters – Ana Egge Reflects on a Tumultuous 2020 via “This Time” (premiere)
Egge captures both the pain and the optimism of a year that was both cataclysmic and a catalyst for change. Though explicitly written about the events of 2020, “This Time” transcends its particular moment, reminding us that change is always within our reach.
Alt Root Top Ten Songs of the Week – January 13, 2021
Ana Egge addresses the current movement towards social change in her new single “This Time.”
Kristopher Weiss, Sound Bites – Song Review: “This Time”
Songwriters Ana Egge and Dick Connette borrowed lyrics from America’s founding documents, its professed ideals …to create a new anthem. (They) came up with a good, solid protest song in “This Time,” which is strident, but not overwrought; heartfelt, but never corny.
Parade – We’re in Awe of Ana Egge’s Heavenly Live Performance of ‘We Are One’
Hauntingly beautiful with a gravitas behind its meaning that transcends the mere music of mortals, Brooklyn folk-pop, singer-songwriter Ana Egge’s “We Are One” is a gorgeous work on its own. But this live version of Egge performing with the First Unitarian Brooklyn...
Rolling Stone – John Prine Recruits Bonnie Raitt, Steve Earle for 2020 All the Best Fest
John Prine is reviving his All the Best Fest for a second year, in late 2020. The four-day musical event, which the Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient launched in 2019, will again partner with Sixthman when it sets up at the Breathless and Now Onyx...
Rolling Stone Country – 10 Best Country and Americana Songs to Hear Now
Ana Egge, “Hurt a Little”“The first step is always learning how to fall,” Ana Egge sings over a chugging, bare-boned rhythm during this song’s first verse. “Hurt a Little” eventually grows into something larger, with keyboards and coed harmonies filling the spaces...
No Depression – Ana Egge Strikes a Sonorous Balance on ‘Is It the Kiss’
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 between the good and the bad...
Folk Alley – Hear It First: Ana Egge, ‘Is It the Kiss’
Great songs — honest songs — don't only give us a lens through which we can see their writers; they give us a look inside ourselves. They connect us to our own hearts, as well as each others', across time, space, and every other barrier imaginable. They teach us...
PopMatters – Ana Egge Weaves a Honky-Tonk Romance in “Cocaine Cowboys” (premiere)
"This one started out as a song in tribute to life on the road and the camaraderie and friendship of bandmates and it quickly crossed into territory of honky-tonk life on the road," says Ana Egge, reflecting on her new single, "Cocaine Cowboys". Hailing from her...
Bluegrass Station – BGS 5+5: ANA EGGE
Artist: Ana EggeHometown: Brooklyn-based, by way of North DakotaLatest album: Is It the Kiss What was the first moment that you knew you wanted to be a musician? Well it might go back to my first concert seeing Willie Nelson at the North Dakota State...
The Boot – Ana Egge feat. Iris DeMent, ‘Ballad of the Poor Child’ [Exclusive Premiere]
Singer-songwriter Ana Egge is debuting her new take on the song "Ballad of the Poor Child," featuring fellow artist Iris DeMent, exclusively for readers of The Boot. Press play below to listen. Written and originally released by folk artist Diana...
Billboard – Ana Egge Shares Playful ‘You Among the Flowers’ Lyric Video: Premiere
World circumstances led Ana Egge to "not hold back at all" in making her new album, White Tiger -- including the track "You Among The Flowers," whose lyric video is premiering exclusively below. "The gloves are off, apparently," the Brooklyn-based...