Aug 31, 2012 | Bad Blood, Press
By Mark Jenkins Like so many performers inspired by traditional Appalachian laments, Ana Egge takes pleasure in sorrow. “Bad Blood,” the singer-guitarist’s seventh album, is heavy on anguished tales, some of them probably fictional but others clearly autobiographical....
Aug 23, 2012 | Bad Blood, Press
By Stephen Cooke The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia Born in Saskatchewan, raised in North Dakota and New Mexico and now based in Brooklyn, Ana Egge has seen her share of the world. Halifax is part of that equation too. She’s made frequent trips here to perform...
May 24, 2012 | Bad Blood, Press
By Sarah Greene Saskatchewan-born, Brooklyn-based songwriter Ana Egge delves into dark subject matter on her Steve Earle-produced seventh album, recorded at the late Levon Helm’s studio in upstate New York. Egge’s Americana recalls Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch,...
Jan 30, 2012 | Bad Blood, Press
Singer/songwriter Ana Egge, called the Nina Simone of folk by Lucinda Williams for her impassioned and confident lyricism, is out with her seventh studio album, Bad Blood. This time Egge turns her sharp storytelling lens on mental illness and family, touching on the...
Sep 28, 2011 | Bad Blood, Press
Condemnation to redemption: A day in the life Tim Merricks Wednesday, 28 September 2011 Ana Egge has been recording her own special brand of wisdom since the late nineties and Bad Blood is her seventh and most bittersweet offering yet. On first listen it’s easy to...