Ana Egge
| Ana Egge | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ana Egge |
| Born | Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Origin | Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, Mandolin, Piano |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Lazy S.O.B., Ammal Records |
| Associated acts |
Ron Sexsmith, Jason Mercer The Sentinemtals |
| Website | www |
Ana G. Egge (born September 20 in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada) is an American folk singer/songwriter. She sings, plays guitar, mandolin, bottleneck slide guitar and piano during her live performances.
Egge grew up the daughter of a teacher and a wheat farmer in Ambrose, North Dakota, and later moved to Silver City, New Mexico. She spent some of her childhood traveling back and forth from North Dakota to a hot springs commune in New Mexico.
When Egge was 15 years old, she began a one-year apprenticeship with luthier Don Musser, in order to build her own guitar which she still plays exclusively.
She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
The early songs she wrote were soon noted by bassist Sarah Brown (Albert Collins, Bonnie Raitt) and guitarist Steve James, who persuaded her to record a demo of her original songs in Austin, Texas. The demo led to a record contract with Lazy S.O.B. Recordings and the release of her first full-length album, River Under The Road. The title track was co-written by Egge, Sarah Brown and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. The following year, the Austin Music Awards named Egge, then nineteen, their “Best Singer/Songwriter” and “Best Folk Artist”.
Next Egge was invited on tour by several luminaries, including Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Iris DeMent, Shawn Colvin and Ron Sexsmith. She recorded her first live album Mile Marker on her solo tour in 1999. She later shared the stage with John Prine, Lucinda Williams, and Sinéad O'Connor. After a few years of constant touring, Egge returned to Silver City, New Mexico where she began building her own desert house and spending time with family. In 2002, after writing some of the songs for her next record, Egge resettled in Brooklyn, New York.
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