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Keren Ann To Release New Album
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Keren Ann releases her new album ‘101’ in the UK on 4th April.
An intoxicating and remarkable record, ‘101’ marks a new shift in sound for Keren Ann, as evidenced by the captivating first single ‘My Name Is Trouble’ which you can hear in full right now on link.
The follow-up to 2007’s eponymous album, which was variously hailed by the UK press as “wonderful… spine-tingling… gorgeous… intoxicating… exquisite… perfection”, with rave reviews in the likes of Q, Word, Sunday Times, The Guardian and more, ‘101’ is Keren Ann’s sixth studio album and her third for EMI. Recorded in Reykjavik, New York, Paris and Tel Aviv ‘101’ beguiles and intrigues.
From its striking cover art, through its lyrical sophistication to its myriad musical styles this is a stunning piece of work which sees Keren Ann inhabiting a new artistic world and creating a masterpiece. Written, arranged, produced and engineered by Keren Ann it features choirs, string sections, horns, synths, pianos and a full band beautifully balanced throughout, as the evocative stories Keren Ann sings come to perfect life.
From ‘My Name Is Trouble’s opening statement of intent to the imaginary audience slaughter of ‘Blood On My Hands’, these are noir-ish vignettes, tempting the listener into Keren Ann’s world. ‘Sugar Mama’ is a tale of vacuous LA-superstar seduction whilst the title track itself is a countdown of Biblical intensity, and each of these songs, beautifully entwined with lyrical majesty, entrance and entertain in a way few songwriters ever achieve.
‘101’ album tracklisting:
1 – My Name Is Trouble
2 – Run With You
3 – All The Beautiful Girls
4 – Sugar Mama
5 – She Won't Trade It For Nothing
6 – You Were On Fire
7 – Blood On My Hands
8 – Song From A Tour Bus
9 – Strange Weather
10 – 101
‘101’ is released on 4th April 2011. Keren Ann will be playing UK shows in the spring.
Keren Ann Zeidel (born March 10, 1974) is a singer-songwriter-composer-producer and engineer based largely in Paris, Tel-Aviv and New York. She has lived and recorded in France and New York for many years though she retains her Dutch and Israeli citizenship.
She has released 5 solo records up to date: ‘Keren Ann’ (2007), ‘Nolita’ (2005), ‘Not Going Anywhere’ (2003), ‘La Disparition’ (2002), ‘La Biographie De Luka Philipsen’ (2000).
Many of her songs have been performed by internationally acclaimed artists, among others Henri Salvador, Jane Birkin, Francoise Hardy, Rosa Passos, Jacky Terasson, Emmanuelle Seigner and Benjamin Biolay.
Her music has been featured in diverse films and TV series (“Grey's Anatomy”, “Six Feet Under”, “Big “Love”, “The L Word”).
She is also a member of the band “Lady & Bird” with Bardi Johannsson. They released a self titled record in 2003 and have worked on diverse composition projects such as a show with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra in Reykjavik (May 2008) with director Daniel Kawka.