News

Anna Coogan and JD Foster Announce London Show

• 17th Jan 2014

Anna Coogan will be returning to the Netherlands and Germany this February, with an impres-sive band consisting of JD Foster (Dwight Yoakum, Patty Griffin, Calexico) and Willie B (Neko Case, Johnny Dowd, Jamie Lidell) on drums, followed by an intimate duo show at London’s Green Note on Feb 19th, 2014. JD and Anna have co-written a collection of new songs (album currently in production for official release later in 2014) that they will be sharing on this tour.

Born in Boston and raised in rural Vermont, Anna Coogan has been deeply involved with music for as long as she can remember. Originally training to be an opera singer, she studied at Das Mozar-teum in Salzburg, Austria before turning to songwriting. Now celebrating her tenth year as a per-forming songwriter, Coogan has released five critically acclaimed full-length records (including her recent release “The Nowhere Rome Sessions” on Holland’s CRS Records) and toured extensively around the US and Europe, including performances at the Blue Balls Festival (CH), Celtic Connec-tions (UK), Glasgow Americana (UK), and the Maverick Festival (UK).

A restless spirit and musical adventurer, JD Foster has never stopped pushing boundaries and bending genres during his four-plus decades in the music business. Born in Indiana and raised in Florida, Foster has played or recorded with Patty Griffin, Dwight Yokum, Lucinda Williams, and Alejandro Escovedo, appeared on the Johnny Carson show, and produced records by Calexico, Laura Cantrell, Richard Buckner, and Marc Ribot, among many others. He has been credited with creating the “Palermo Sound” from his work with Sicilian bands, and has recently recorded and toured with The Slummers, a duo with Green on Red band-mate Dan Stuart.

The unique songwriting and performing partnership of JD Foster and Anna Coogan began in February 2013. Brought together for a last minute show opening for the legendary Taj Mahal in Ithaca, NY, the long-time friends took advantage of the freezing weather and stayed indoors to write. A bright spot in an otherwise dark winter, the pair committed a writing session for each season. In Oc-tober, 2013, the duo went into Ithaca’s Wilburland studio with drummer Willie B, who’s own illustri-ous career has included touring and recording with Neko Case, Jamie Lidell, and Johnny Dowd, and recorded the collection of original songs. In February 2014, Coogan, Foster, and Willie B will tour Holland and Germany with a limited edition, handcrafted “prerelease” copy of their new mate-rial.

Expect new songs, old favorites, and plenty of laughter.

19TH FEB – THE GREEN NOTE – CAMDEN, LONDON – Doors 7pm/ £8.00/