Anna Calvi

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Anna Calvi, 2011
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Anna Calvi
  DE 70 28/01/2011 (2 weeks)
  AT 33 28/01/2011 (2 weeks)
  CH 40 01/30/2011 (8 weeks)
  UK 40 01/29/2011 (2 weeks)
One Breath
  DE 79 October 18, 2013 (1 week)
  AT 69 October 18, 2013 (1 week)
  CH 56 10/20/2013 (1 week)
  UK 32 October 19, 2013 (2 weeks)
Hunter
  DE 42 07.09.2018 (1 week)
  AT 32 14.09.2018 (2 weeks)
  CH 50 09.09.2018 (2 weeks)
  UK 22nd 13.09.2018 (1 week)

Anna Calvi (born September 24, 1980 in Twickenham , London ) is a British pop musician of Italian origin.

life and work

Anna Calvi, whose father is from Italy , began to learn to play the violin at the age of six and has been playing the guitar since she was eight . In the early 2000s she studied music at the University of Southampton . Since 2006 she has performed as a musician, first with the band Cheap Hotel , later as a solo artist, sometimes with her own backing band. In 2009/10 she was tour support for Johnny Franklin , for the Arctic Monkeys and for Nick Cave , and in 2014 for Morrissey . This year she also got her favorite guitar, a Fender Telecaster , with which she currently prefers to perform solo.

In 2010, the lead guitarist of The Coral , Bill Ryder-Jones, gave her a record deal with Domino Records . Even Brian Eno was a mentor of Calvi.

Calvi released her first single Jezebel in October 2010. The album Anna Calvi followed in January 2011. The tracks Blackout , Desire and Suzanne and I were released as singles from the album . On their phonograms and in their live performances, Calvi takes over the singing and guitar playing. In October 2013, the second album One Breath was released , which is said to be more intimate than its predecessor. This was preceded by the single Eliza in August 2013 as a download or 7 "vinyl single. It was not until five years later that she released a third studio album: Hunter , after releasing a live album in 2017 with Live At Meltdown .

Discography

Albums

  • 2011: Anna Calvi
  • 2013: One Breath
  • 2017: Live At Meltdown
  • 2018: Hunter

EPs

  • 2014: Strange Weather
  • 2017: Live for Burberry

Awards

Web links

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swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
  2. ↑ Mit Wucht und Guitar , Deutschlandfunk On Stage from June 21, 2019, accessed June 23, 2019
  3. ↑ British musician Anna Calvi: Combative Utopia , Deutschlandfunk, October 21, 2018, accessed June 23, 2019
  4. ^ Felix Bayer: International Music Award: The new price is not that hot either . Mirror online. November 23, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Calvi, Anna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British pop musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Twickenham , London