http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html Anna Gilbert Music: News Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:02:27 -0800 http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#52 Just wanted to let you know that we are hard at work on the NEW Project! We will keep you updated on the progress, but let me just say that I'm very excited about it.
In the meantime, please enjoy some free music from me via Noisetrade.com/annagilbert!

xo
Anna]]> http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#52 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 Anna Gilbert Music - Anna Gilbert Music - News http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#51
I cannot believe that fall is almost over and winter is upon us. 2011 has just flown by! I spent all day yesterday making Christmas ornaments and a star garland out of paper. Christmas makes me feel crafty, what can I say?! :) (Speaking of Christmas, my Christmas record is up on iTunes, so if you're feeling merry -- you can grab a copy now!)

It has been a very busy year for us and I haven't written you in awhile, so I thought I'd just give you a mini update! This year has been full of creating, and has had an over arching theme of "collaboration". I have had the privilege of getting to co-write, sing, perform and record with some wonderful and talented musicians from Portland, OR and Nashville,TN. Some of these people include Matthew Perryman Jones, Sam Ashworth, Charlie Peacock, Daves Highway, Matt Brown of Ruby Hill, Mackie Roberts, Andy Leftwich of Ricky Scaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Matt Slocum of Sixpence None the Richer, Shawn McDonald, Paul Wright of Rootdown, and Chris Stevens. If you're wondering why a handful of the people I mentioned are country artists, let me just say that another theme of 2011 has been "country music". I had the honor of getting to write songs for a couple of different up & coming country acts through Charlie Peacock's record label and publishing company, "Twenty Ten Music".

One of my favorite songs I wrote this year is called "Lay it Down" and Daves Highway recorded it on their new album (listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlYP6eN7nfY). Our band had been playing "Lay it Down" out and about for the last year or so - you may have even heard us play it... I presented the song to Daves Highway and they liked it so they put it on their record! They even personalized it by writing lyrics for their own second verse. (I just finished my original version of this song and it will go on my next record, which I am currently working on.) I had the honor of co-writing with Sam Ashworth and DH for almost all the tracks on their new album!

I was also fortunate enough to get a couple co-written cuts on another up and coming country singer's record named Mackie Roberts. You can check him out on iTunes. Another fun country music moment in 2011 involved getting a country song that I sang for Charlie Peacock in the FOX movie "Change of Plans". That DVD/CD combo pack is available at Walmart stores and online.

Since I was a little girl, songwriting has been the love of my life. So getting to write songs with and for these artists has been a glorious experience! And I have always loved country music! So getting to branch out and write it has been a blast!

I wanted to let you know that I have several of these song collaborations up on my Youtube page, including duets with Matthew Perryman Jones and Sam Ashworth: http://www.youtube.com/annagilbertmelodies.

I also wanted to let you know that my Christmas CD is available on iTunes -- it's been a great experience releasing a Christmas record and the response has been a blessing! If you've not gotten a chance to get a copy, you can get it on iTunes or buy a copy here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/annagilbert5.

Thank you so much for your support! I will have more updates soon about the next record... In the mean time, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas Season!

Blessings-

Anna

P.S. Our next show is this Saturday night, Nov 26 at 6pm at the WOW Hall in Eugene, OR. We are playing a Girls Rock Festival, and one of my favorite groups "Betty and the Boy" will be playing as well. Hope you can make it!]]> http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#51 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Anna Gilbert Music - Anna Gilbert Music - News http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#50 http://www.daveshighway.com/]]> http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#50 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 Anna Gilbert Music - Anna Gilbert Music - News http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#49 http://www.walmart.com/ip/15778093]]> http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#49 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 Anna Gilbert Music - Anna Gilbert Music - News http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#48 Ticket info can be found at
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- The release of "Christmas" was a sell out hit and received rave reviews! See the "PRESS REVIEWS" page to check out the write ups.

- Gilbert won Eugene's "NEXT BIG THING" with Eugene Weekly Publication!

-Gilbert landed a song on the sound track of CHANGE OF PLANS, a movie to premier on FOX in 2011. Charlie Peacock is producing the soundtrack which will be sold in WalMart stores!

- Gilbert landed live music spots and interviews on KVAL/CBS, NEWS TALK 590, and received write ups in The Register Guard, Eugene Weekly, The ONE Campaign Blog, The cover of Discmakers magazine, and The San Jose Mercury!

- Gilbert and her band were flown to Washington DC to perform a concert for the ONE CAMPAIGN, an organization founded by Bono. Gilbert met with various Oregon congressmen and Senator Inouye of Hawaii and encouraged them to support issues which allocate foreign aid.

- Gilbert sold two songs to WORD Publishing and will continue to write with them in 2011.

- Gilbert's Christmas CD Release party was a packed house at Cozmic in Eugene! Thanks to everyone who came out!]]> http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#47 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 Anna Gilbert Music - Anna Gilbert Music - News http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#46 http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#46 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 Anna Gilbert Music - Anna Gilbert Music - News http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#44
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/christmas/id403987112]]> http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#44 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 Anna Gilbert Music - Anna Gilbert Music - News http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#43 The brand new Christmas Album is now available for downloading and purchasing! You can also listen to clips of the album here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/annagilbert5]]> http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#43 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 Anna Gilbert Music - Anna Gilbert Music - News http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#42 Thanks to everyone who voted! We had a great time at the show and were honored to play with the other bands who were chosen as finalists! :)]]> http://annagilbertmusic.com/news.html#42 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Anna Gilbert Music - Anna Gilbert Music - News