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Ann Wilson

Peace and love will win the day...

About Me

Ann Wilson has recorded her first-ever solo effort 'Hope & Glory,' due September 11th on Zoë/ Rounder Records. The arresting vocalist branches out with a socially conscious and thought-provoking album of songs she selected to inspire the appropriately titled 'Hope & Glory.'Produced by Ben Mink (k.d. lang, Feist), Hope & Glory features guest appearances from iconic artists Elton John, Gretchen Wilson, Alison Krauss, Rufus Wainwright, Ann’s sister Nancy Wilson and others on unique renditions of songs made famous by Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Neil Young and more.“Each of these songs holds a special place in my soul…At one time or another every one of them has kept me up at night to the point of exasperation and will not be banished, as I lay sleepless on my pillow. Such songs as these carry me through my life, and they are a standard to which all new music I hear and write must compare.” – Ann WilsonWith the state of our times in mind, Wilson sings the story of a fallen soldier (“Where to Now St. Peter”), recounts hardship and desperation (“Immigrant Song”) and takes an angel’s view of a battlefield (“War of Man”). Wilson ties the entire body of work together with her stirring original song entitled “Little Problems, Little Lies”, a harrowing soldier’s eye view of life on the front lines.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/5/2007
Band Website: heart-music.com
Band Members:

"Hope & Glory" available on iTunes
Sounds Like:

HEART Performing "Barracuda" on A&E's Private Sessions!

Record Label: signed
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

ROCK SUPERSTARS HEART HIT THE ROAD WITH JOURNEY FOR SUMMER 2008 TOUR

Legendary Band Continues Its Creative Vitality as They Record New Studio Album This YearAnn & Nancy Wilson Appear on "Idol Gives Back" TV Special April 9(Los Angeles) With over 30 million albums s...
Posted by Ann Wilson on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:02:00 PST

Ann & Nancy to Perform on Idol Gives Back

EMMY-AWARD WINNING SPECIAL "IDOL GIVES BACK" RETURNS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, ON FOX Bono, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Fergie, Chris Daughtry, Ca...
Posted by Ann Wilson on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:26:00 PST

Into it: Ann Wilson

  from the March 14, 2008 edition of Christian Science Monitor The lead singer of Heart dishes on the thrill of Led Zeppelin, the ’Dangerous Book for Dogs,’ and Christmas with the Coe...
Posted by Ann Wilson on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:40:00 PST

Huffington Post

     My first solo album, ’Hope and Glory’ is all about standing on the edge. Each one of these songs was written at a time when the abyss yawned and it seemed certain ...
Posted by Ann Wilson on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:27:00 PST

Ann Wilson & Heart on XM Radio TODAY!

Today is the premiere of the XM Radio concert taped back in October to promote both Hope & Glory and Dreamboat Annie Live. The show will be airing all day today on XMX (Channel 2). You can hear a ...
Posted by Ann Wilson on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:27:00 PST

Heart on A&E’s Private Sessions and XM Radio

Heart will be featured on TV's A&E Channel for their "Private Sessions" program and will air this Sunday, October 7 at 9am.It will repeat the following Sunday really really early for those party a...
Posted by Ann Wilson on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:21:00 PST

2 days left and latest updates

For those who'd like an autographed CD, you have 2 days left (good til September 10) to preorder the CD at www.rounderstore.com/annwilson!The new ecard is available now - check it out!  http://ww...
Posted by Ann Wilson on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:31:00 PST

Goodbye Blue Sky

On Pink Floyd's The Wall, "Goodbye Blue Sky" is a pretty short track, but I always got so into the song that I wished it were longer. For this album, I wanted to extend the song and develop the nightm...
Posted by Ann Wilson on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:43:00 PST

War Of Man

A great song from a great writer -- Neil Young -- and one of my favorites. Our version has extra added angry because it was written about the first Gulf War and here we all go again - except much wor...
Posted by Ann Wilson on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:42:00 PST

Isolation

For me this brilliant John Lennon song was always a very personal, very human response to being messed with -- to being totally kicked around. It's about what it feels like to be on "the human trampol...
Posted by Ann Wilson on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:40:00 PST