Mar 19, 2016 | Bright Shadow, Press
Lucinda Williams Called This Artist “… An Exceptional Songwriter…the Nina Simone of Folk” 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...
Sep 30, 2015 | Bright Shadow, Press
Ana Egge, ‘Dreamer’ from Bright Shadow “Dreamer,” the opening track on North Dakota folksinger Ana Egge’s seventh studio album Bright Shadow, demands attention in spite of its subtle, subdued nature. Members of the roots trio The Stray...
Aug 3, 2015 | Bright Shadow, Press
Speaking of Brooklyn folk artists, Ana Egge has released her eighth studio album, Bright Shadow. It teaches us that gentleness is not synonymous with weakness. The opener, “Dreamer,” is playfully seductive, which is counterbalanced by the meditative...
Jul 31, 2015 | Bright Shadow, Press
Having grown up in a North Dakota town of 50 people, Ana Egge’s music is seemingly spare at times, which makes you wonder if that geographical vastness has influenced the similar sparseness of her music. If you’ve ever spent time in a tiny town on the...
Jul 31, 2015 | Bright Shadow, Press
By Easy Ed 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 this woman with an album called Bad Blood, at first, admittedly,...
Jul 30, 2015 | Bright Shadow, Press
In New York, Chicago, San Francisco, you can still find dimly lit, low-ceiling basement clubs, surprisingly full even on a weeknight, where you can get a stiff drink and a soberingly good jazz band. You can’t smoke in them anymore, but that smoky sound still comes...
