Anna Calvi
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British singer, songwriter, and recording artist.
Born: 24 September 1980 in Twickenham, London, England, UK.
Hailed as "the best thing since Patti Smith" by legendary producer Brian Eno. Anna Calvi released her self-titled album "Anna Calvi" (2011) on the Domino label.
She was nominated for the BBC Sound Of 2011 list, Mercury Music Awards (2011 & 2019), EBBA Awards 2012, and BRIT Awards (2012).
She played with a band called Cheap Hotel, from 2006 to 2008.
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- http://www.npr.org/artists/134297844/anna-calvi
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Calvi
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Anna Margaret Michelle Calvi (born 24 September 1980) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her accolades include three Mercury Prize nominations, one Brit Award nomination, and a European Border Breakers Award. She has been noted by some critics as a virtuoso guitarist, as well as for her powerful, wide-ranging operatic contralto voice and sometimes androgynous stage appearance. Born to therapist parents in London, Calvi graduated from the University of Southampton with a degree in music, having studied violin. She subsequently worked as a private guitar instructor before embarking on a music career. She released her eponymous debut album in 2011 through Domino Records to critical acclaim, earning a Mercury Prize nomination for Album of the Year, a British Breakthrough Act nomination at the 2012 Brit Awards and a European Border Breakers Award. Her second album, One Breath, was released in 2013, earning her a second Mercury Prize nomination. She followed this in 2014 with the EP Strange Weather and subsequently wrote the music for a stage production of the opera The Sandman, directed by Robert Wilson. Calvi released her third full-length album, Hunter, in August 2018, earning her a third Mercury Prize nomination.