Anna Tivel

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Anna Tivel
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Background information
Origin Portland, Oregon, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instrument(s)
  • 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]

Contents

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. [9] 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." [10] Tivel's songs are often somber in tone as she has said that she "just [doesn't] trust happy songs as much". [11]

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." [12] The magazine also named the lead single from The Question, "Fenceline", a "song you need to know". [13]

On her album The Question, she collaborated with engineer Brian Joseph and producer and musician Shane Leonard. [14]

In 2021, Tivel was reported to be appearing on the podcast Storybound . [15]

On May 31, 2024, Tivel will release her eighth album, Living Thing. [16]

Discography

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  15. ↑ "Announcing Season 4 of the Storybound Podcast". June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Watch Anna Tivel's video for "Bluebird" off upcoming LP 'Living Thing'". March 28, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
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