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Harassing Anna

About Me


Concocted in the latter months of 2006, this slice of the British musical pie promises a veritable plethora of distinct and delicious up-tempo jazz and soul, funk-rock or folk hip-hop sounds, blended well with smooth vocals, and finished off with a smattering of classic-rock guitar solos. Serve with a glass of your fruitiest red. Enjoy.
To produce this energetic sound, Harassing Anna requires an experienced group of musicians, its five members ranging from 18 to 22 years of age and coming from a variety of musical backgrounds. Between them, they hold a large amount of performance experience in the classical, jazz and rock music arenas and therefore know how to engage with audiences in each.
As a band, they have a unique sound and engaging stage presence, pushing the limits of current ‘pop music’ boundaries by drawing from their musical training and their incredibly varied tastes and influences. Harassing Anna always provides a high-energy, high-quality and refreshingly original live performance which has appealed to any and every audience it has faced so far!
Harassing Anna were recently successful in winning the MonKeyvision Song Contest, organised by the MonKey Kettle arts collective. This was a great accolade, being up against 19 other well-established bands, and has gained Harassing Anna even greater popularity.
The band is now preparing to professionally record an LP featuring the best of their music from the last two and a half years. Until then, a couple of their favourite songs recorded in late 2007 can be heard here.


WHAT'S NEW? WHAT'S NEW? WHAT'S NEW? WHAT'S NEW?
Check back for more gig and recording details in the near future. We will try to keep everyone as up to date as possible through the great oracle of View All Events . Rest assured, Harassing Anna will be coming to a venue near you before you can say "strum with a little bitch"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 29/12/2006
Band Members: Josh Brewin - Lead Guitar and Percussion
Ewan Cairns - Drum Kit and Percussion
Anna Skelton - Vocals and Electric Piano
Gwen Taylor - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Flute and Sax
Rich Taylor - Bass Guitar and Vocals

Influences: Jeff Buckley - Led Zeppelin - Thea Gilmore - John Coltrane - Three Dog Night - Radiohead - Elizabeth Gaskell - Kings of Leon - Cold War Kids - Portico Quartet - Melanie - Janis Joplin - The Be Good Tanyas - Edith Piaf - Yoko Kanno - Regina Spektor - Jimi Hendrix - The Wainwrights - Nina Simone - Dire Straits - Jeanette Winterson - Antony and The Johnsons - Lauryn Hill - Ritchie Blackmore - The Beatles - Dave Gilmore - Kiss - The Imagined Village - Electric Six - The Strokes - Bright Eyes - The Dears - Devendra Banhart - Elliott Smith - The Cardigans - Polly Paulusma - Meg Roscof
Sounds Like:

Press Clippings
" This is unique quality… a creative and imaginative 5-piece. "
" Upbeat and professional… well performed and innovative. "
" It was a truly emotional pouring out of song. Very uplifting! It makes you feel great! "

SliceThePie.com

" they seem to have the festival spirit in a nutshell. "
" a band that doesn’t fall into any particular genre-of-the-month. "
" the wildest solo of the night. "

AMPjam.net

Type of Label: Unsigned

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