Anne Heaton, The Blue Umbrellas February 22, 2004

NYC's Anne Heaton (www.anneheaton.com) will return to Louisville for a encore performance on February 22nd at Uncle Pleasants. Anne tours regulary with Melissa Ferrick, and recently was the winner of the Soul City Cafe contest, in which she won the opportunity to open numerous dates in the Midwest for Jewel!

This will be a special night of music, starting nice and early! Doors open at 7:30pm and The Blue Umbrella's will open up the night with a rare acoustic set! Fun Fun! :)

Anne Heaton is all about layers. Her first full studio album, "Black Notebook," shimmers and shines with them: layers of simple intricacies, and of complex spareness. "I have always been a huge Peter Gabriel fan," Heaton says "Musically, because his songs are melodically simple and gorgeous, and then he builds them up from their simplicity with African drums, deep bass lines, rock drum loops and many harmonic layers, to be so large and moving. This is what we tried to do with this record. Build the songs up from their essence."

Essentially speaking, Anne Heaton has been lauded by critics as "a keen observer of human nature" with "an uncanny ability to so succinctly and unpretentiously say what she has to say in her diary-like lyrics." She's been praised as "sweetly nostalgic without being overly sentimental and powerful without being melodramatic." The Boston Globe hailed her as "easily [one] of the area's most notable female singer-songwriters." And Chris Smith, former editor of Performing Songwriter magazine, wrote, "Heaton is one of the finest writers and performers I've come across in years - she is one of the standards by which I measure talent in the New York music community. That she is not on a major label is nothing short of criminal."

Her keyboard playing will mesmerize you.. and so will her ethereal voice. Throw in some of the most catchy songwriting.. and you have, Anne Heaton!

Thanks for continuing to support independent music, and giving these artists the opportunity to continue to come back and play. We hope to see you at the show!

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