Anna Tivel

Anna Tivel is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. She has released four studio albums on Portland-based Fluff & Gravy Records.[3] Her 2017 album Small Believer received positive reviews[4][5] and was named a "Top 10 underheard album of 2017" by Ann Powers of NPR.[6] In 2019, NPR called her album The Question "one of the most ambitious folk records of 2019";[7] it was also listed by Paste as one of "10 essential folk albums from 2019".[8]

Anna Tivel
Background information
OriginPortland, Oregon, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • violin
  • guitar
[1]
Years active2011–present[2]
LabelsFluff & Gravy
Websitewww.annativel.com

Biography

Tivel was born in La Conner, Washington and grew up in a musical family, learning violin and fiddle as a child. After moving to Portland at age 18, she developed an interest in songwriting and began to write and perform her own material.[9] Many of her songs are vignettes about the lives and struggles of ordinary people; she said in an interview "I'm drawn over and over to the small stories of people (myself included) just trying to get by, to do a little better, to feel some sort of beauty in an ugly world."[10] Tivel's songs are often somber in tone as she has said that she "just [doesn't] trust happy songs as much".[11]

Rolling Stone listed her as a standout performer at the 2019 AmericanaFest in Nashville, writing "In a week of countless songsmiths showcasing their attempt at that exact type of singer-songwriter storytelling, Tivel's winding, largely chorus-less tales shined and shimmered."[12] The magazine also named the lead single from The Question, "Fenceline", a "song you need to know".[13]

On her album The Question, she collaborated with engineer Brian Joseph and producer and musician Shane Leonard.[14]

In 2021, Tivel was reported to be appearing on the podcast Storybound.[15]

Discography
  • Brimstone Lullaby (2012) (as Anna and the Underbelly)
  • Before Machines (2014)
  • Heroes Waking Up (2016)
  • Small Believer (2017)
  • The Question (2019)
  • Blue World (2021)
  • Outsiders (2022)

References
  1. Kershner, Lauren (July 11, 2018). "Portland Songwriter Anna Tivel Highlights Life's Hidden Stories". Willamette Week. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. "Brimstone Lullaby". CD Baby. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. "Anna Tivel". Fluff & Gravy Records. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  4. Davies, Mike (October 2, 2017). "Anna Tivel: Small Believer". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  5. Geneviève, Tremblay (October 13, 2017). "Small Believer, Anna Tivel". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  6. Powers, Ann (December 14, 2017). "Ann Powers' Top 10 Underheard Albums Of 2017". NPR. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  7. Walker, Jerad (April 11, 2019). "Anna Tivel's 'The Question' Is One of the Most Ambitious Folk Records Of 2019". NPR. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  8. Johnson, Ellen (September 18, 2019). "10 Essential Folk Albums from 2019 (So Far)". Paste. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  9. Hastad, Halee (September 4, 2018). "Anna Tivel: Singing her diary". What's Up!. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  10. Horvat, Robert (November 19, 2017). "Baring her soul and music to the world: Interview with folk singer songwriter Anna Tivel". Rearview Mirror. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  11. De Vore, Alex (January 9, 2018). "Voice and Words: Anna Tivel tells the stories at Kitchen Sink Studios". Santa Fe Reporter. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  12. Bernstein, Jonathan (September 16, 2019). "AmericanaFest 2019: 25 Best Things We Saw". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  13. Bernstein, Jonathan (November 1, 2018). "Song You Need to Know: Anna Tivel, 'Fenceline'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  14. "Anna Tivel's 'The Question' is One of the Most Ambitious Folk Records of 2019".
  15. "Announcing Season 4 of the Storybound Podcast". June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
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