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Anna Fermin is an American folk/country singer and songwriter.

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Anna Fermin, and Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel

Anna Fermin was born in the Philippines but moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin with her family when she was a small child. [1] Fermin attended art school in Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 and began playing acoustic guitar there. She has cited Steve Earle's song "Down the Road", which she later recorded, as an early inspiration. [2] She played in a band called Anaboy briefly, then played solo locally.

Anna Fermin formed the new Chicago-based band Trigger Gospel, with Andon Davis (guitar), Michael Krayniak (double and electric basses) and Paul Bivans (drums). They named the band after the title of an old Western paperback novel, by Harry Sinclair Drago. [1] The group opened for Johnny Cash at the House of Blues Chicago in one of their first gigs in 1996. [3] Trigger Gospel self-released an EP in 1997. After they performed at SXSW in 1998, Lloyd Maines saw them and offered to produce their debut full-length album, Things to Come, which was released in 1999. [4] 2002's Live Music, Vol. One was recorded at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. Jay Bennett produced 2003's Oh, the Stories We Hold. [3] Trigger Gospel released Go in 2007. [5]

Along the way, Rob Novak replaced Michael Krayniak on bass for a time in Trigger Gospel, after which Krayniak returned. Subsequently, Andon Davis left the band, but occasionally returned as a guest guitarist. After Davis's departure, several others alternated in the lead guitarist slot, including Frank Kvinge, Scott Ligon, John Rice, and Grant Tye. [2] [6] [7] Ligon also sometimes played keyboards with the band. More recently, Alton Smith (keyboards) has also joined Trigger Gospel. Even more recently, Andon Davis rejoined Trigger Gospel as the regular lead guitarist. [8]

In 2012 Fermin started moving in a new direction with a new band and a couple of EP releases. She worked on new material for a while, and was playing the new songs with a greater nod towards pop music, and shifted slightly away from her country/Americana roots. Live, she still was playing some of her older songs with the new band.[ citation needed ]

In July - August 2012 Fermin, along with guitarist John Rice, appeared in renowned Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick's autobiographical play, "Nickel History: The Nation of Heat", at the Steppenwolf Garage Theatre in Chicago, and in its 2014 sequel "The Midnight City", also at the Steppenwolf. [8]

Circa 2014, Fermin reactivated Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel, and the band started performing again in concerts in the Chicago area, and elsewhere in the Midwest, through 2016 and into 2017. And, a Trigger Gospel "trio" of Fermin, Davis, and Krayniak, toured Sweden in August 2016. In November 2016 Anna Fermin & Trigger Gospel released their new album: "You Belong Here", with cover art by Tony Fitzpatrick. [8] [9]

Circa 2021, Fermin moved to Portugal,[ citation needed ] but returns occasionally to the Chicago and Kenosha areas to visit and perform, sometimes with Trigger Gospel. [10] [11]

Circa 2015 through 2021 at least,[ citation needed ] Andon Davis, Paul Bivans, and Michael Krayniak continue to perform in the Chicago area as the Andon Davis Trio, and also together in larger bands including Bunkertown, Cannonball, and the Naomi Ashley Band. [12] [13]

Discography

Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel

Anna Fermin

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  2. 1 2 "anna fermin & trigger gospel" Archived March 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine . www.hesawhore.com, December, 2007.
  3. 1 2 "Anna Fermin squeezes trigger on new album". Country Standard Time January 2004.
  4. ↑ The Farmer's Wife. PBS Frontline.
  5. ↑ "Anna Fermin Gets Her Gun, Again". Chicago Tribune , May 25, 2007
  6. ↑ "Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel", Chicago Reader , December 18, 2003.
  7. ↑ "Future Perfect: Pianist Terry Adams moves beyond NRBQ with a new band and forays into jazz", St. Louis Post-Dispatch , November 26, 2008.
  8. 1 2 3 "Anna Fermin of Trigger Gospel affirms where she belongs". Chicago Tribune. November 9, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Trigger Gospel- Sun, March 19, 2017". The Hideout Inn . Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Anna Fermin Music". Anna Fermin. 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  11. ↑ "Hey Nonny, Wednesday, June 22: Trigger Gospel". Hey Nonny. 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  12. ↑ "Cannonball". Terry White. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  13. ↑ "Bio". Naomi Ashley. Retrieved 2022-06-11.

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