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Ana Silvera

High Wire Walking

About Me

"A wonderful talent and a special voice - her songwriting is a beautiful blend of new and familiar"

Jeff Langston (Antony and the Johnsons)
"Ana Silvera is a songsmith whose music aches beauty…pure poetry"
Time Out
"Beautiful...genius melodic and lyrical design"
Jhelisa (Check her here )
"Some people were born to sing live, and Ana is definitely one. Ms. Silvera’s voice has magic, and wings, and can fly."
A Poem Inbetween People (Check them here )
"Ana Silvera is a very special talent...songs [are] not just dependent on catchy choruses but have beautifully crafted melodies into which she weaves her fine lyrics to create unique pictures and stories"
Tony Platt, Producer (Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, The Bad Plus)
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******LIVE CD ON SALE******
I have a live CD, released on indie label OT records for sale of my recent West Road Concert which featured a 9 foot steinway grand and the talents of excellent cellist Jon Cottle.

To purchase through paypal, click on the icon below (some of the tracks can be heard above - for full track listing, see blog for further details):

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/14/2006
Band Website: anasilvera.com
Band Members: Me on piano, guitar and vocal chords. Jon Cottle on cello
Influences: Tom Waits, Barbara, Charles Aznavour, Ravel, Old Man Leonard, Nina Simone, Violetta Parra, John Banville, Joni, Rufus Wainwright, Osip Mandelstam, Octavio Paz, J.S. Bach, Schumann, Debussy.
Sounds Like: Pan pipes
Record Label: OT Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New York

Hullo there, Provided US customs don't throw me into a deep well for looking nothing like my passport pic, I am thrilled to report that I am going to be playing some gigs in New York and I would love ...
Posted by Ana Silvera on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:58:00 PST

Best Newcomer Nominee Marlborough Festival!

In manifest ways unclear to myself I have been nominated for the Best Newcomer for the Marlborough Jazz Festival! So if you are in the area, do come down. Pizza on the Park next week too, folks! Thurs...
Posted by Ana Silvera on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:51:00 PST

Nadezhda and Home Town

I have added a couple of new songs. Home Town is a happy story about someone lying at the bottom of the Thames looking up. I used to call it the Happy Suicide Song but its acquired a slightly more pol...
Posted by Ana Silvera on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:17:00 PST

If you've ever wondered...

(and I stress 'if') what that word was in one of my songs that sounded like 'Mick Jagger' but surely couldn't be as that would be completely random and out of context, well I have posted my lyrics so ...
Posted by Ana Silvera on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:56:00 PST

Salome and other new songs

Salome is taken from the recent West Road concert in Cambridge. Its about Salome, King Herod and John the Baptist. Coronation Dance is also a West Road recording courtesy of the most venerable Tony ...
Posted by Ana Silvera on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:00:00 PST

Tribute to Tape Recorders and other things

I love tape recorders. They are brilliant. They have big buttons and that little dial you can reset the numbers with. I have got into the habit of using it to record songs, as I always used to forget ...
Posted by Ana Silvera on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 02:10:00 PST

The BBC and my One Track Mind

There's a free BBC CD with one of my tracks on it (though I don't know which as I have just sent off for my own copy!)available from here:www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire Just email in your name and addre...
Posted by Ana Silvera on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:52:00 PST

Live CD available (if you say yes)!

I have a live CD provisionally for sale of the entire gawd-damm West Road Concert which featured a 9 foot steinway grand and the talents of excellent cellist Jon Cottle (myspace.com/joncottle)What "pr...
Posted by Ana Silvera on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:35:00 PST

Heloise

Heloise and Abelard was recorded at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge by legendary producer Tony Platt. Its got such an incredible acoustic there that certain chords on their Steinway sound like a...
Posted by Ana Silvera on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:29:00 PST

Penpusher article

An article of mine has been published in the venerable Penpusher lit magazine If you fancy hunting one down its an overall great read, and includes among other treats, an interview with Alan Warner. Y...
Posted by Ana Silvera on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:23:00 PST