Ana Egge is a a highly-regarded and critically acclaimed American folk artist with an unconventional background and a wide world view. She is on a short UK tour to help promote her recently released tenth studio album, ‘White Tiger’ and the opening night is a free-entry gig at The Jenny Lind in Hastings.
AmericanaUK.com were glowing with praise for the release when they wrote “Egge is a wonderful singer, her voice at times reminiscent of a young Lucinda Williams although less bluesy and with a warmer edge to it.”
Lucinda herself said: “Listen to her lyrics. Ana is the folk Nina Simone.”
And Grammy-winner, Shawn Colvin, added “Ana has the rare gift of being so eloquent and simple that she takes your breath away. I just love her.”
FREE ENTRY – downstairs gig
Start time is 8pm with doors at 7.30pm
‘Egge has developed a distinctive singer-songwriter voice’ – MOJO Magazine
‘Just loving it’ – Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music
‘…from the album White Tiger, which you must buy….I love it’ – Guy Garvey, BBC 6 Music
‘White Tiger is yet another outstanding album from an artist you really need to check out.’ –Lonesome Highway
‘it’s been haunting me…it’s rather lovely’ – Ricky Ross, BBC Radio Scotland
‘a really, really powerful song’ – Frank Hennessy, BBC Radio Wales
‘A fabulous album’ – Eve Blair, BBC Radio Ulster