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Annie
Bacon

EPK

Publicity: Steve Albertson / Baby Robot Media

stevealbertson @ babyrobotmedia .com

PHOTOS

SHORT BIO

Annie Bacon is a writer and songwriter living in Ann Arbor, Michigan (via Maine and San Francisco). With her OSHEN she merges a literary writing style and folk-rock Americana sound to create rich and emotionally complex music. After surviving (with all of you) a global pandemic while grieving multiple deaths, Bacon emerges in 2024 with a host of creative works revolving around grief, including the forthcoming album Storm (June), a novel on themes of motherhood & war, and an original full-length musical 

LONG BIO

Annie Bacon is a writer and songwriter living in Ann Arbor, Michigan (via Maine and San Francisco). With her OSHEN she merges a literary writing style and folk-rock Americana sound to create rich and emotionally complex music. After surviving (with all of you) a global pandemic while grieving multiple deaths, Bacon emerges in 2024 with a host of creative works revolving around grief.

 

Storm - her 4th full length record - was recorded to analogue tape in Nashville over four days at Daylight Studio with friend and studio owner Paul Defiglia (Avett Brothers, Langhorn Slim, Erin Rae) who also co-produced the album with Bacon, drummer Anson Hohne and guitarist Thomas Bryan Eaton. The songs cover a range of losses from the keening depths of death's grip, to the ragged edges of love lost. Each of the 14 tracks creates a universe of its own, but the album orbits in its entirety, drawing listeners in through the screaming opening number "Secret Broken Heart" down into the tenderest depths of despair and back out to the lighthearted closer "Worry." It's a deeply personal work that manages to bridge the universal experience of grief, and it is dripping with community: the album was funded by a host of Indiegogo backers, the cover features a community altar with items sent from around the US, and the track "Dance" has the names of 172 ghosts whispered into it, each one sent to Bacon from family, friends and fans.

 

With her OSHEN (a rotating cast) she has recorded four albums (one live) and three EPs, all comfortably in the folk-rock and Americana orbits. Her songs have been featured in film and commercials, and have earned her nominations from Independent Music Awards (Finalist/Americana), Great River Folk Festival (Top 3 Finalist), and International Songwriting Competition (Semifinalist x2). She also composed a Folk Opera, (adapted by Alphabet Arts as a verse-puppet play for their Puppets & Poets Festival at the Bushwick Theatre in Brooklyn, NY in 2013); appeared in a small role in Taylor Mac’s genius “24 Hours of Popular Music” shows in New York and San Francisco; coordinated and created the title track for the For A Better Life compilation which raised funds for Immigrant Families Together; coordinated the San Francisco and Southeast Michigan chapters of the Nashville Songwriters' Association; has worked as a music journalist (KQED, She Shreds, MetroTimes Detroit); co-wrote an original full-length musical, The Keeper, with collaborator Kyle Rasche (Chain of Lakes) which is currently in workshops; and is working on a novel on themes of motherhood & war. 

 

She doesn't sleep enough, but she does love the Michigan music scene very much. 

LINKS

CONTACT

Booking @ anniebacon .me
 

Publicity:

Steve Albertson / Baby Robot Media

stevealbertson @ babyrobotmedia .com

Sync & Licensing:

Gratitude Sound

bryan @ gratitudesound .com

PRESS 

"Annie Bacon is a profoundly thoughtful and compassionate singer-songwriter based in Ann Arbor. This beautiful, heartbreaking yet actually very inspiring song is the lead single from the forthcoming album Storm." - WDET (on "Walk A Little Farther")

"Fair comparisons could be made to the gypsy presence of Stevie Nicks, and it’s an exciting assimilation to find new vibes within that aura.  Annie Bacon honors the legacy within her own creative construct, offering this as part of a grief-laden album meant to heal an old soul.  A song to connect to what matters, with the poetic reference to meditative walking at the heart of its story." - The Wild Is Calling (on "Walk A Little Farther")

"Nothing Stays the Same is a lush, beautifully orchestrated album of Americana-tinged folk rock. Filled front-to-back with 45-minutes of thoughtful songwriting about universal themes, it’s sure to stay a favorite for months to come." - Midwest Action

"Her vocal style calls to mind greats like Rickie Lee Jones and Joni Mitchell, with tenderness and emotion flowing from each lyrical turn of phrase." - Mother Church Pew

"Annie Bacon’s folk rock has touches of Ani DiFranco and Joan Osborne but with more twang and the power of modern messages." - The Bay Bridged / Band Art

"Even the mere richness of her intonation would be enough to suggest that this singer has some stories to tell, but then her poetry begins to paint cinematic pictures that can seem to be montages from any of our memories in terms of relatability" - Jeff Milo, Current Magazine

"(Nothing Stays the Same is) the anthemic folk track for all those who are struggling" - Surviving The Golden Age

"(Gallatin Pike)'s a heart wrenching offering in a sense, as it dives deep with classic bluegrass accompaniments, which combine to drive the wholesome degradation of the hurt and the lustful. Together in arms, Annie takes it again, to another notch, as her Stevie Nicks like penetrating vocals, dilate the formations of clouds, and mists that surround our sonic visions. Michigan based, San Francisco prior, and originally from Maine, Annie Bacon is a beautiful singer and teller of stories." - comeherefloyd

"Annie Bacon & her OSHEN have made a career slinging emotion, empathy, and vulnerability ... on their newest single "Nothing Stays the Same", the band leans into the darkness of depression, walls for a moment in the battle of wills (to live or die) and then leaps into an earnest sermon of tenderness and patience. It's a song that's meant to do work in the world." - CincyGroove

"(Annie) is very adept at mining emotional details" - Phil Maq / The Most Awesome Song of the Day

"I encourage you to seek ("Gallatin Pike") out for keeps. Some singers have a way of connecting with their audience and Annie Bacon’s storytelling is exceptional... as are the visual elements of this single, from the artwork to the video join up those dots perfectly." - Folk Radio UK

"("Gallatin Pike") is mystical and captivating, but if I had to sum it up…. It simply makes you “feel”!" - Music Junkie Press

"Annie Bacon...creates a cinematic experience for listeners with haunting melodies and carefully orchestrated harmonies. Her sound varies as each track pulls from various influences, sometimes folk, sometimes indie-rock, but always fiercely emotional. ("What we said") is a track and video that you'll forget you've left on repeat all day." - Earmilk

"Annie Bacon ... was striking. Bacon’s music was warm and emotive, but not without sharpness." 
- Live review / The Bay Bridged

"Creativity, truth and emotion drive her sound to a whole new level" 
- Urban Vinyl Magazine

"Bacon’s most recent endeavor, the single “What We Said,” stirs a dream-like air of a musician finding their way back home. Pensive yet hopeful, the track’s avant-garde approach to folk is a fitting progression for Bacon (who just returned to the city herself)."
- SF Sounds

"Songs full of empathy and passion"
- The Bay Bridged

"A wonderful Bay Area artist"
- DJ Webbles Host of KUSF / Hangover Sessions

"Annie Bacon is insightful and musical at a very deep and touching level…a lovely presence."
- Steve O'Sullivan, Host of The Bay Area Band Show

"The well-crafted songs are at once poetic and melodic"
- Napa Valley Now

"("The Baby Suite") features gorgeous piano accompaniment, a smooth, jazzy saxophone and, of course, Bacon's soothing vocal delivery and heartfelt lyrics... The video itself features a wide range of mothers and their children, both emphasizing the inclusive nature of the song as well as displaying a sense of wonder in an experience that is sometimes overlooked or taken for granted by society. After all, this is the beginning of human life, and Baconmovingly captures all the excitement, confusion, and indescribable ecstasy that goes along with it. ”- The Bay Bridged

"When I think of people who exemplify the Bay Area's creative culture, I think of people like Annie Bacon. Highly original, filled with integrity and continually questing...”- NoDepression.com

"Some nights you need to rock out to hardcore, other nights you want sweet and tender vocals over a folk-y melody, the kinds of songs in which the lyrics mean something and the music carries you right along. Annie Bacon, also known for her "Folk Opera" work, offers that soothing sound you may yearn for at her album release show with her OSHEN band (for new album Light to See Dark). Think Americana, with an emotionally driven undertone.”- San Francisco Bay Guardian

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