Anna Tivel

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Anna Tivel
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Background information
Origin Portland, Oregon, United States
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • violin
  • guitar
[1]
Years active2011–present [2]
LabelsFluff & Gravy
Website www.annativel.com

Anna Tivel is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. She has released four studio albums on Portland-based Fluff & Gravy Records. [3] Her 2017 album Small Believer received positive reviews [4] [5] and was named a "Top 10 underheard album of 2017" by Ann Powers of NPR. [6] In 2019, NPR called her album The Question "one of the most ambitious folk records of 2019"; [7] it was also listed by Paste as one of "10 essential folk albums from 2019". [8] Tivel's 2024 album Living Thing was rated No. 1 in the "Top 20 Favorite Folk Albums of 2024" by the listeners of FolkAlley.com. [9]

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Biography

Tivel was born in La Conner, Washington and grew up in a musical family, learning violin and fiddle as a child. After moving to Portland at age 18, she developed an interest in songwriting and began to write and perform her own material. [10] Many of her songs are vignettes about the lives and struggles of ordinary people; she said in an interview "I'm drawn over and over to the small stories of people (myself included) just trying to get by, to do a little better, to feel some sort of beauty in an ugly world." [11] Tivel's songs are often somber in tone as she has said that she "just [doesn't] trust happy songs as much". [12]

Rolling Stone listed her as a standout performer at the 2019 AmericanaFest in Nashville, writing "In a week of countless songsmiths showcasing their attempt at that exact type of singer-songwriter storytelling, Tivel's winding, largely chorus-less tales shined and shimmered." [13] The magazine also named the lead single from The Question, "Fenceline", a "song you need to know". [14]

On her album The Question, she collaborated with engineer Brian Joseph and producer and musician Shane Leonard. [15]

In 2021, Tivel was reported to be appearing on the podcast Storybound . [16]

On May 31, 2024 Tivel released her eighth album, Living Thing, on Fluff and Gravy Records. [17] [18]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Kershner, Lauren (July 11, 2018). "Portland Songwriter Anna Tivel Highlights Life's Hidden Stories". Willamette Week. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Brimstone Lullaby". CD Baby. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Anna Tivel". Fluff & Gravy Records. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  4. ↑ Davies, Mike (October 2, 2017). "Anna Tivel: Small Believer". Folk Radio UK . Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  5. ↑ Geneviève, Tremblay (October 13, 2017). "Small Believer, Anna Tivel". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  6. ↑ Powers, Ann (December 14, 2017). "Ann Powers' Top 10 Underheard Albums Of 2017". NPR. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  7. ↑ Walker, Jerad (April 11, 2019). "Anna Tivel's 'The Question' Is One of the Most Ambitious Folk Records Of 2019". NPR. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Ellen (September 18, 2019). "10 Essential Folk Albums from 2019 (So Far)". Paste. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Folk Alley Favorites: Best Albums of 2024". folkalley.com. December 19, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  10. ↑ Hastad, Halee (September 4, 2018). "Anna Tivel: Singing her diary". What's Up!. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  11. ↑ Horvat, Robert (November 19, 2017). "Baring her soul and music to the world: Interview with folk singer songwriter Anna Tivel". Rearview Mirror. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  12. ↑ De Vore, Alex (January 9, 2018). "Voice and Words: Anna Tivel tells the stories at Kitchen Sink Studios". Santa Fe Reporter. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  13. ↑ Bernstein, Jonathan (September 16, 2019). "AmericanaFest 2019: 25 Best Things We Saw". Rolling Stone . Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  14. ↑ Bernstein, Jonathan (November 1, 2018). "Song You Need to Know: Anna Tivel, 'Fenceline'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Anna Tivel's 'The Question' is One of the Most Ambitious Folk Records of 2019". NPR .
  16. ↑ "Announcing Season 4 of the Storybound Podcast". June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Watch Anna Tivel's video for "Bluebird" off upcoming LP 'Living Thing'". March 28, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Living Thing by Anna Tivel". bandcamp. May 31, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
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