Hanna Fearns

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Hanna Fearns (born August 31, 1966 ) is a German country and folk singer with German-British roots. Fearns now also appears as a singer-songwriter. Rolling Stone Magazine describes her style of music as somewhere between " folk rock and country noir".

Musical career

Fearns lived for several years in Konstanz on Lake Constance and founded the band Easy Country there , which mainly played cover versions. After Fearns began composing himself, the band was renamed fearns . After the LPs Impatient Heart (2002) and Fearns Live - Beyond Expectations (2008), the band broke up. Hanna Fearns moved to Cologne and came in contact with the producer Hubl Greiner , who accompanied the idea of ​​a solo album. Since 2013 Fearns has been working and touring with Ken Stringfellow , who was a bassist and singer with Big Star from 1994 to 2010 and was also a tour and studio musician with REM between 1999 and 2005. Fearns released her first solo album in 2014 under the title Sentimental Bones . Fearn's album, released in 2018, is titled Turn on the light and includes both cover versions and own compositions. The German Rolling Stone Magazine stated: “ You rarely hear such a convincing Americana adaptation in this country. "

Discography

Fearns

  • 1998: Language of the moment (EP)
  • 2002: Impatient Heart (LP 2002)
  • 2008: Fearns Live - Beyond Expectations (Live LP)

Hanna Fearns (Solo)

  • 2014: Sentimental Bones (LP)
  • 2018: Turn on the light (LP)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kreiszeitung: concert report. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Laut.de: Laut.de biography Hanna Fearns. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Gigmit.com: Hanna Fearns. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
  4. ^ Laut.de: Ken Stringfellow. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
  5. ^ Arkansas Democrat Gazette: The Posies, REM - oh, that Ken Stringfellow. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Missy Magazine: The Honey at Hanna Fearns. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Max Gösche In: Rolling Stone Magazine. 11/2018.
personal data
SURNAME Fearns, Hanna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German country and folk singer
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1966