Anna Neale
Anna Neale | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Woking, England |
| Genres | folk rock, pop, acoustic |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Half Glass Full Records |
| Associated acts | The Stars From The Commitments, Gary Brooker, The Sundays, Jali Fily Cissokho |
| Website | annaneale.net |
Anna Neale is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, session vocalist and voice-over artist who has worked professionally in the music industry for over a decade. She has supported many well-known artists, including Martin Carthy, Preston Reed, Martin Simpson and Edwin Starr.[1]
Her most recent EP, Free Falling, was released in April 2016 and her fifth album, Wide Sky, was released in 2018.
History[edit]
Beginning her career in 2000 touring as a vocalist with Dublin soul band, The Stars from the Commitments, Neale released her first two solo albums, State of Grace and All the Little Things in 2003 and 2004 respectively, also performing on the main stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in those years.
In 2005 she performed at the American music festivals, South by Southwest in Austin, Texas and NEMO Music Showcase and Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. Her appearance at NEMO resulted in her single “All For Nothing” topping the Starbucks Starbucks Pick of the Week download charts across New England.
Neale was the highest rated solo artist at the sold-out BPI showcase at 2006's Canadian North by Northeast music and arts festival, “At certain points Neale looked like what Christina Aguilera would look like if she could write songs and play the guitar.”[2] She also performed at 2006's Canadian Music Week festival.[3] and was subsequently invited back in 2009 as a headline act.
2007’s single “Soul Momma” received regular airplay on MTV channels across the spring and summer of 2008. During that year Neale also reached the finals of both London's Metro’s Online On-Tour competition and MTV’s 2008 Get Seen, Get Heard competition, and performed at O2 Undiscovered at The O2 Arena.
Her third album, Touch, was released in 2010 and garnered praise for its “organic stance and lyrical content”.[citation needed] That same year she showcased at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton with Recharged Radio.
River Man, Neale’s fourth album, was released in 2012. Produced by Jez Larder (Amy Macdonald, Estelle, David Bowie), the album was “influenced by the life, times, loves and legacy of Pompeii” and took “the listener on an epic musical odyssey through Roman history”.[citation needed] Guest performers included Gary Brooker, Patch Hannan (The Sundays, Theaudience), and Senegal virtuoso Jali Fily Cissokho. R2 (Rock'n'Reel) magazine voted it as one of their albums of 2012: “With River Man Neale has delivered a tour de force recording. It’s a sumptuous musical statement”.[4] Fatea Magazine stated, "To my ears, Anna inhabits the same general area as the likes of Amy Macdonald and KT Tunstall, with a dash of Kate Bush thrown in for good measure".[5]
As part of 2013’s River Man tour, Neale and her band performed at the British Museum’s Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition, and at the University of Cambridge with Mary Beard.[6][7]
She performed live on Radio Woking in 2018.[8]
She underwent a successful operation to remove fibroids that were causing painful periods.[9]
In 2015, she saw and reported a fire at a World War II bunker near her home.[10]
The latest EP, Free Falling, was released in April 2016, with the title track twice chosen as BBC Introducing - The South's 'Track of the Day’.
Neale’s fifth album, Wide Sky, was released in 2018.
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
- State of Grace, 2003
- All the Little Things, 2004
- Touch, 2010
- River Man, 2012
- Wide Sky, 2018
EPs[edit]
- Can You Read Me, 2006
- Handle With Care, 2007
- January: Live from the Living Room, 2008
- Free Falling, 2016
Singles[edit]
- Everywhere, 2004
- All For Nothing, 2005
- Can You Read Me, 2006
- Soul Momma, 2007
- Waterloo Bridge, 2010
- Fire, 2012
- Who Could Say, 2013
- Free Falling, 2016
References[edit]
- ↑ "Anna Neale - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
- ↑ "Anna Neale @ NXNE 2006". Chart Attack. Toronto. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ↑ Chau, Lawrence (3 March 2008). "Feisty singer of 'sex folk'". Toronto Metro. Toronto. Archived from the original on 2018-03-29. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ↑ Raggatt, Trevor. "Three great albums from 2012". R2 (Rock'n'Reel), London, 2012.
- ↑ Cowley, Peter. http://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/AnnaNeale.html/ Fatea Magazine, Poole. Retrieved on 11 February 2017.
- ↑ Osborne, Robin. Anna Neale and Mary Beard visit Pompeii Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge, Cambridge, 4 March 2013. Retrieved on 11 February 2017.
- ↑ Turner, Susanne. Songs and Stories at Classics Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge, Cambridge, 29 May 2013. Retrieved on 11 February 2017.
- ↑ "The WLW Show 17/1/2018 – Anna Neale , Evolution Radio Woking". Radio Woking. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
- ↑ Brooks, Angela (1 February 2011). "Me and my operation: Robot surgery banished Anna's crippling period pains for good". Mail Online. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
- ↑ Salmon, Natasha (2015-10-27). "'Wheelchair and rubbish set on fire' at World War Two bunker". SurreyLive. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
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