Ana Egge Teams With Steve Earle for Hard-Hitting 'Bad Blood' -- Song Premiere

Posted on Jun 15th 2011 11:30AM by Cameron Matthews
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Saskatchewan-born, Brooklyn-based folk troubadour Ana Egge isn't your run-of-the-mill alternative-country singer. Using unique production and rock-based chord progressions, Egge has made a name for herself as a Gillian Welch figure with a rocker attitude, which once prompted Lucinda Williams to call her "the Nina Simone of folk."

Her upcoming 12-song record 'Bad Blood,' produced by 'Treme' star and country badass Steve Earle, gives new life to the folk genre, especially on the title track: Egge's soft-spoken lyrics float lucidly beneath a driving bass-heavy beat, tremolo guitars and spastic and distorted slide guitar.

Ammal Records

Listen to 'Bad Blood'

"I approached Steve Earle with these songs in my mind sounding all acoustic, almost bluegrass," Egge tells Spinner. "He immediately heard them with hard-hitting drums. We put it all together and made something that's at once intimate and driving. I love it!"

'Bad Blood' is set for an Aug. 23 release via Ammal Records.

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