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Origin | Portland, Oregon, United States |
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Years active | 2011–present [2] |
Labels | Fluff & Gravy |
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Anna Tivel is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. She has released four studio albums on Portland-based Fluff & Gravy Records. [3] Her 2017 album Small Believer received positive reviews [4] [5] and was named a "Top 10 underheard album of 2017" by Ann Powers of NPR. [6] In 2019, NPR called her album The Question "one of the most ambitious folk records of 2019"; [7] it was also listed by Paste as one of "10 essential folk albums from 2019". [8]
Tivel was born in La Conner, Washington and grew up in a musical family, learning violin and fiddle as a child. After moving to Portland at age 18, she developed an interest in songwriting and began to write and perform her own material. [9] Many of her songs are vignettes about the lives and struggles of ordinary people; she said in an interview "I'm drawn over and over to the small stories of people (myself included) just trying to get by, to do a little better, to feel some sort of beauty in an ugly world." [10] Tivel's songs are often somber in tone as she has said that she "just [doesn't] trust happy songs as much". [11]
Rolling Stone listed her as a standout performer at the 2019 AmericanaFest in Nashville, writing "In a week of countless songsmiths showcasing their attempt at that exact type of singer-songwriter storytelling, Tivel's winding, largely chorus-less tales shined and shimmered." [12] The magazine also named the lead single from The Question, "Fenceline", a "song you need to know". [13]
On her album The Question, she collaborated with engineer Brian Joseph and producer and musician Shane Leonard. [14]
In 2021, Tivel was reported to be appearing on the podcast Storybound. [15]
On May 31, 2024, Tivel will release her eighth album, Living Thing. [16]
Anna Tivel | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Portland, Oregon, United States |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) |
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Instrument(s) |
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Years active | 2011–present [2] |
Labels | Fluff & Gravy |
Website |
www |
Anna Tivel is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. She has released four studio albums on Portland-based Fluff & Gravy Records. [3] Her 2017 album Small Believer received positive reviews [4] [5] and was named a "Top 10 underheard album of 2017" by Ann Powers of NPR. [6] In 2019, NPR called her album The Question "one of the most ambitious folk records of 2019"; [7] it was also listed by Paste as one of "10 essential folk albums from 2019". [8]
Tivel was born in La Conner, Washington and grew up in a musical family, learning violin and fiddle as a child. After moving to Portland at age 18, she developed an interest in songwriting and began to write and perform her own material. [9] Many of her songs are vignettes about the lives and struggles of ordinary people; she said in an interview "I'm drawn over and over to the small stories of people (myself included) just trying to get by, to do a little better, to feel some sort of beauty in an ugly world." [10] Tivel's songs are often somber in tone as she has said that she "just [doesn't] trust happy songs as much". [11]
Rolling Stone listed her as a standout performer at the 2019 AmericanaFest in Nashville, writing "In a week of countless songsmiths showcasing their attempt at that exact type of singer-songwriter storytelling, Tivel's winding, largely chorus-less tales shined and shimmered." [12] The magazine also named the lead single from The Question, "Fenceline", a "song you need to know". [13]
On her album The Question, she collaborated with engineer Brian Joseph and producer and musician Shane Leonard. [14]
In 2021, Tivel was reported to be appearing on the podcast Storybound. [15]
On May 31, 2024, Tivel will release her eighth album, Living Thing. [16]