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Anna Ash “Sleeper” Lyndon Bolton Beautifully articulate lyrics to atmospheric vocals. Trying to categorise this absorbing collection of songs that is Anna Ash’s fourth full album proved a waste of time. Singer/songwriter is true but falls far short in describing lyrics that display such acute emotional intelligence. What immediately resonates is the sparkling purity of her voice. While leaning towards the sad and nostalgic, Ash tells rueful stories that hark back to her Michigan childhood as she stretches her stunning vocal range. ‘Sleeper’ is anything but soporific, instead Ash’s falsetto sharpens the senses. As with musical categories identifying comparators is...

ANNA ASH – SLEEPER | ROOTSY AND REFLECTIVE ROMANTICISM ADAM P. NEWTON I don’t know when or how I fell back in love with singer-songwriters. Specifically, women sitting in the intersection of folk, country, and pop. I actively ignored the stuff in my 20s and 30s in favor of raucous hardcore and blog-approved indie rock. However, I’ve been an Amy Grant fan for years, and my wife and I fell in love to Neko Case’s Fox Confessor Brings the Flood. Also, many of my favorite acts that made ’90s Contemporary Christian Music were talented artists like Christine Dente, Susan Ashton,...

REVIEW – ANNA ASH – SLEEPER (2022) - MAXIMUM VOLUME BY DAMIAN SULLIVAN Anna Ash is a Michigan born musician now based in Los Angeles, who has had numerous songs that have featured on soundtracks. She has a new album `Sleeper` released this month and follows her last album `L.A. Flame` released in September 2019. This album was recorded in two sessions. The first in November 2020, amid the uncertainty of the pandemic; the second in April 2021, as the world started to re-open and gathering a band in a studio became a more viable option. The first took place in the...

New Album Reviews January 15, 2022 - Lonesome Highway Anna Ash Sleeper Black Mesa  My introduction to the Los Angeles based artist Anna Ash came about via her 2017 single, a cover of Lucinda Williams’ Righteously. Whereas Ms. Williams’ delivery was by way of a passionate growl, Ash slowed things down, patiently purring her way through the three minutes plus of the song. That vocal discipline and chic coolness is her trademark and it was repeated all over her 2019 album L.A. FLAME. She has a lot to say, often hard hitting, brooding and dark, but always calmly and expressly...