Showing posts with label Annie Sampson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Annie Sampson. Show all posts

Friday, May 15, 2015

Annie Sampson - Under The Moon

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:07
Size: 135.3 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues vocals
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[ 3:45] 1. Under The Moon
[ 5:06] 2. Black Nights
[ 6:56] 3. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
[ 4:43] 4. Im Going For The Big Fish Baby
[ 3:57] 5. Learn For Yourself
[ 6:17] 6. That's Why I'm Crying
[ 4:01] 7. Shake It Up
[ 5:47] 8. Stranger In My Arms
[ 4:25] 9. Woman's Intuition
[ 3:51] 10. I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love
[10:07] 11. Papa's Blues
[ 0:08] 12. Barnyard

The love of music pervades every note Annie Sampson sings. The youngest of 12 children, her early years were spent in the fertile musical climate of rural Louisiana surrounded by a family of teachers and ministers who sang together as a way of life. Her special gifts were first recognized at age five when she won a church talent show. Annie has continued to electrify, move and delight audiences ever since.

Annie Sampson's unique approach to song - whether a blues, a rock tune, a country & western ballad or a modem folk classic, was honed in her youth by singing in Bay Area church and school choirs. She then landed a principal part in the hit musical Hair at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. When the popular rock group Stoneground recruited her to become lead singer, she left the show and joined the group for a series of national and international tours. Buoyed by the popularity of their four Warner Brothers albums, Annie and Stoneground played the gamut of venues - from the Fillmore West and Winterland to Oxford University and the Olympia Theatre in Paris with stops at every major American and European city and campus in between.

A big talent like Annie's did not go unnoticed by her peers. She has recorded with Elvin Bishop, Taj Mahal, Buddy Miles, Maria Muldaur, Eddie Money and Country Joe MacDonald, as well as performed with Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs, Otis Clay, Sammy Hagar, Commander Cody, Steve Miller, Nick Gravenites, Clarence Clemmons, Elvis Costello and the late Jerry Garcia - among others.

Since the mid-1980s, Annie has been leading her own band which performs regularly at Bay Area nightclubs such as Sweetwater in Mill Valley, Slim's and Lou's Pier 47 in San Francisco as well as makingspecial appearances at the San Francisco Symphony's Black & White Ball, the Domaine Chandon Music Festival and the Oakland and Novato Art Festivals.

Under The Moon, Annie's new CD on her own Sweet Potatoe label, captures the salt and savor of her rich voice and warm presence. Backed by friends such as Elvin Bishop, Annie sculpts her own and others' blues into instant classics. Under the Moon captures Annie's definite style - with the love of music in every note.

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Monday, October 7, 2013

The Blues Broads - S/T

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 44:12
Size: 101.2 MB
Styles: Blues vocals, Electric blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:04] 1. Livin' The Blues
[4:38] 2. Bring Me Your Love
[4:02] 3. Two Bit Texas Town
[3:58] 4. River Deep
[3:31] 5. Blue Highway
[5:33] 6. It Won't Be Long
[5:22] 7. Walk Away
[3:17] 8. Mighty Love
[3:07] 9. Jesus, I'll Never Forget
[6:36] 10. Oh Happy Day

The Blues Broads CD/DVD includes both familiar songs associated with their respective august careers as well as newly written material that underscores the creative might of these four remarkable women. Each brings a unique perspective and history to the group that coalesced earlier this year under the aegis of Bob Brown, the album's executive producer and whose Rancho Nicasio venue in Marin County serves as the Blues Broads' unofficial home base. The DVD was directed by John Korty, the noted filmmaker, awarded both an Oscar and Directors Guild Award for the documentary Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? and an Emmy for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. He called the Blues Broads "living testimony to the persistence and longevity of musical talent, proving the value of life experience in making art." He added, "It was an honor to work with them."

Recorded live at the 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley, CA

Dorothy Morrison: vocals; Tracy Nelson: vocals; Annie Sampson: vocals Angela Strehli: vocals; Steve Ehrmann: bass; Paul Revelli: drums; Gary Vogensen: guitar; Mike Emerson: keyboards; Deanna Bogart: keyboards, vocals.

The Blues Broads