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From Americana-Roots to Rock

 

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NEW double CD is OUT NOW!

 

the hope street sessions / live at the lakeside lounge

Release Date: 09-2006

Label: ATS, CD-0613

Distribution: Extraplatte (AUT), LeiCom, jazz-network.com (GER, CH)

Producer: Tim Hatfield

Artwork: Harald Gaukel (DigiPack)

 

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Ann Klein & Band - CD1: the hope street sessions


01. Truth & The Bluff (4:05)
02. No Money Back Guarantee (3:02)
03. My Old Shoes (4:08)
04. Little White Lies (3:49)
05. You Shine (2:56)
06. Don`t Let Me Hit The Ground (8:56)

 

Ann Klein & Band - CD2: live at the lakeside lounge


01. Happy New Year (3:28)
02. Hank Williams (4:33)
03. Goodbye Charade (3:54)
04. No Money Back Guarantee (3:02)
05. Little White Lies (3:59)
06. Daze Dream (4:12)
07. Fun For The Rich (7:18)
08. Silent Day, Silent Night (4:18)

 

 

This is a double CD: 1/2 recorded in the studio and the other half live. What makes this cd so special is that it includes Ann's Austrian (Salzburg) riddim section: Klaus Kircher on bass and Robert Kainar on drums. They have been touring Europe regularly for the last 10 years and producer Tim Hatfield (Keith Richards, The Damnwells, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel...) saw them and felt it was time to get the band to NYC and into his studio (Cowboy Technical Services). Because the band has had such success in Europe live, Hatfield felt he should also record the band live.

Special guests on this special CD: Mary Lee Kortes, Rob Arthur, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel and Phil Cimino.

 

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Dem seligen Hendrix mag im Himmel der Saitengötter ein entzücktes Lächeln übers Gesicht huschen, wenn aus der Doppel-CD der New Yorkerin Ann Klein hie und da Jimi-neskes nach oben dringt. So zu hören in "Little White Lies" oder in "Silent Day, Silent Night".

Die Liedermacherin, Sängerin und exzellente Gitarrenarbeiterin pflegt den Bluesrock von druckvoll bis entspannt und gibt melodischem Pop textliche Schärfe. In "You Shine" schwebt sie in der sonnigen Leichtigkeit des Rhythm & Blues. Wenn sie in "Truth & The Bluff" das Leben als Kartenspiel begreift, es selbst in die Hand nimmt und sich die Hammond-Orgel einmischt, dann hinterlässt der Geist Janis Joplins eine flüchtige Spur. Ein spannender Doppelpack ...

(BERNHARD LICHTENBERGER)

 

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Other  Ann Klein CDs

 

 

 

Americana in NYC

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A little twang in your subway

 

 

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My Own Backyard

Release Date: 2005

Label: CTS

Producer: Tim Hatfield, Ann Klein

 

11.   Hank Williams  Play

02. All that I had missed

03. My own backyard

04. Dancing in the rain

05. You can be me my rainy day

06. Your southern charms  Play

07. Sad song

08. Part of the game

09. Go back to chattanooga

10. Love is standing by

11. There’s a storm comin’

 

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 For those of you who know Ann Klein, you know that she’s been part of the NYC music scene for a long time now, having played with a list of all star artists (Kate Pierson, Joan Osborne, PM Dawn, etc). When she got a ‘52 reissue Fender Telecaster, something changed and she never turned back. Then she met producer/engineer Tim Hatfield (Keith Richards, The Damnwells, Eric “Roscoe” Ambel…) That solidified her growing interest in the swamp twang thang and together they produced “My Own Backyard”. “My Own Backyard” boasts a touch of twang mixed in with Ann’s NYC roots. Laced with lap steel, dobro, mandolin and Ann’s signature guitar solos, “My Own Backyard” is an Americana by way of NYC disc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ecstasy in slow motion

 

 

 

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Waiting For The Snow

Release Date: 2002

Label: ATS, CD-0542

Producer: Klein/Kircher/Kainar & Rob Arthur

 

01. · 05:19 · Waiting For the Snow

02. · 03:28 · Someday

03. · 03:27 · Never Enough

04. · 03:45 · Real Love

05. · 03:41 · Happy New Year

06. · 04:42 · Match Burn Twice

07. · 04:00 · Cyberspace Lover

08. · 03:52 · Tell Me Why

09. · 02:11 · Safe

10. · 03:26 · Goodbye Charade  Play

11. · 04:07 · Daze Dream

12. · 04:17 · I'm in the Moment

Bonus Track:

13. · 04:55 · Theater of War

 

 

CD DES TAGES: Ann Klein, Waiting For The Snow

Ekstase in der Zeitlupe

Kostbares liegt oft im Verborgenen. Im großen Edelsteinbruch der Liedermacher blenden Plattenfirmen mit ein paar zugkräftigen Namen, wodurch jene gerne übersehen werden, die bescheidener glänzen. Eine wie Ann Klein, die mit " Waiting For The Snow" (ATS Records) ihr drittes Album vorlegt.

 

Die New Yorker Songwriterin hat ihre Hendrix-Eskapaden auf der Gitarre etwas gezügelt, den alternativen Rock entschleunigt und stärker in sinnlichen Blues überführt. Die Titelnummer spiegelt den Wunsch nach Veränderung wieder, so wie der Blizzard aus dem lauten Big Appel einen Ort der Stille macht.

 

Wenn sie von der wahren Liebe ("Real Love") träumt, klingt das wie Ekstase in Zeitlupe. Die Falsche ("Goodbye Charade") schickt sie als Country-Pop in die Wüste. Als geiles Stück im Wortsinn erregt "Match Burn Twice"; düsterer Bass und heulende Rocksaiten dramatisieren in einem Song die Einsamkeit. Klein bleibt groß!  (BERNHARD LICHTENBERGER)

 

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A true blue rocker chick

 

 

 

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For The Love Of Love

Release Date: 1999

Label: hacate / Vincona Music, CD-673788-9903

Producer: Kevin Salem

 

01. · 04:26 · Man-Bait  Play
02. · 03:32 · I Don't Care  Play
03. · 03:52 · My Gun
04. · 04:08 · Disconnected 
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05. · 03:32 · Resolve
06. · 03:33 · Just the Gardener
07. · 04:56 · The Girl With the Prozac Smile
08. · 05:04 · The River
09. · 03:52 · On My Mind
10. · 03:41 · Ecstasy
11. · 07:59 · Man-Bait Reprise

 

 

All in all this is an album of real strength, a CD that impresses continuously throughout its fifty minute, eleven track existence. Unlike so many of the millions of female artists who grew out of the success of Alanis (don’t get me started) Ann Klein has her own definitive, and not borrowed for the day, style. Her music combines elements of art-pop, blues and rock in a palatable but not overly sweet concoction. The result is a CD of depth and beauty, and you really can’t ask for more than that.

 

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A flushing river of rock

 

 

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Drinving You Insane

Release Date: 1996

Label: p prod music, CD-096012

Producer: Ann Klein, Phillip Levine

 

01. · 04:46 · Driving You Insane Play

02. · 02:37 · Piece Play

03. · 04:16 · Fun For The Rich  Play

04. · 04:36 · Simple Matter

05. · 04:15 · (I Wanna) Do Ya Play

06. · 05:24 · Peace In Mind

07. · 03:46 · Rain

08. · 03:34 · Silent Day, Silent Night

09. · 06:27 · Like A Flower

10. · 04:18 · TV, Books, Movies & Magazines

11. · 04:57 · SWB

12. · 05:02 · The Love I Hate

13. · 05:49 · Cowboy Poets

 

 

Critically acclaimed in Billboard (2 full length articles), Relix and Guitar World, New York City guitarist Ann Klein's Driving You Insane features thirteen tracks of her unique brand of blues-tinged rock. Her music takes you back to the times, when Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane were ruling the music scene. Ann plays almost everything: from easy listening ("Simple Matters") to the more heavy rock pieces ("Piece") -- to be sure, Driving You Insane offers one hour of variation in styles and songs. Starting her career with the Joan Osbourne band has helped Klein to hone her talent and wrote or co-wrote everything here and co-produced, with Phillip Levine, Driving You Insane a flashing river of rock that'll have rock guitar enthusiasts everywhere sighing, "Yeah, this is what it's all about."

 

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© ann klein 2006