Annie Keating - Make Believing

Talent spotted by BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris, Keating appeared live on the Bob Harris show in 2008 and has gone on to perform at leading national and international festivals including Take Root (Netherlands), the Glasgow Americana Festival (Scotland), the NJ Folk Festival, NXNE in Canada, NEMO and MEANY music fests and the Mountain Stage NewSong finals. Keating has performed on the bill with the John Haitt, Dan Bern, Bon Iver, Hot Club of Cowtown and Boris McCutcheon. This Brooklyn-based songwriter knows how to write and deliver beautiful songs with a magical earthly rich voice and arrangement that transfixes. She has picked up a great (and well served) reputation over the course of her 5 albums, with this new release 'Make Believing' gathering significant attention. No frills or posturing -- her sultry voice cuts straight to the heart.  With refreshing honesty, grit and timelessness, Keating and her band of musical magic makers achieve a sound that is both complex and simple, haunting and inspired. NO DEPRESSION's Lee Zimmerman heralds her last album as "a flawless encounter from beginning to end." 'One of the most refreshing female acts to come down the pike in a long, long while ... Deep and provocative songs, a gorgeous and compelling folk rock-collection ..." Maverick Magazine 'Comparisons to Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, and Bonnie Raitt all ring true, yet what ultimately impresses is the intimacy and emotion etched in beautiful ballads ..." Performing Songwriter 'Country-rock, with a renegade bite' -- L.A. Weekly "HONEST, REFRESHING ... Gritty-yet-pretty tunes ..." New York Post.