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Biographie
Exposed to music at an early age, Calvi developed a love of classical music, much influenced by composers such as Ennio Morricone, Messiaen and Debussy. Yet she was also brought up listening to the eclectic sounds of Captain Beefheart and the Rolling Stones, finding significant inspiration in her guitar playing from artists such as Django Reinhardt and Jimmy Hendrix. Studying violin and guitar at the University of Southampton, UK, achieving a BA in music, Calvi set several years working as a private music teacher, before pursuing a music career in 2010.
Joined by multi-instrumentalist Mally Harpaz and drummer Daniel Madden-wood, she began performing at various venues before caching the attention of Domino Records. Brian Eno also took an interest to the talented Calvi, describing her as “the biggest thing since Patti Smith.” She was invited to support the Arctic Monkeys and Nick Cave’s Grinderman project, helping to gain further exposure.
Her self-titled debut album was released in 2011 to great critical acclaim, entering the UK charts at number 40. She also achieved significant chart success in France, reaching number 17, number 33 in Austria and a chart position of 40 in Switzerland. The album captured her raw talent, creating an almost orchestral sound through her textured and dynamic guitar playing.
Her live performances have been praised for her display of her guitar virtuosity, as well as creating an intense, dark atmosphere, making her a truly captivating performer. Despite being completely against current trends in popular music, she has garnered many accolades, including two Mercury Prize nominations. Her second album, “One Breath,” was released to wide critical acclaim in 2013. Whilst her first album took her six years to complete, her second took only six weeks to record.
Avis
Anna Calvi at Koko, London, 17 May 2011. As the headline act of the emerge NME radar tour, Anna Calvi took to the stage of London’s Koko on the final night of the tour as if she’d been there 100 times before. Assured, confident and sizzling with fiery energy, her performance plays out like the simmering of a storm.
Dressed in her trademark red, Calvi is a commanding stage presence. The pared down set and minimal backing band makes Calvi and her guitar the sole focus. The intensity of her performance completely absorbs the audience, and this is nowhere more apparent than during "Love Won’t Be Leaving," as Calvi takes the song from it’s moody, subdued beginning to it’s beautiful, rousing finale. Calvi herself describes playing live like "almost going into a trance," and her hypnotic stage presence takes the audience along with her for the ride. The haunting vocals of "Suzanne and I" resonate across the packed room, and it’s hard to believe that this Twickenham-born singer/songwriter was ever afraid of performing live. Her performance could easily come across cold and disengaged, but something about the way Calvi connects with the music means the crowd are right there with her. She doesn’t need to rely on fancy staging or on stage banter - in fact, the lack of distractions make her performance all the more powerful and unforgettable.
carly891
Twickenham songstress Anna Calvi is doing pretty well so far in the critical stakes after both her eponymous debut album and its follow-up 'One Breath' were both nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize Award. The bold art rock performer has been praised for taking the genre of rock back to its very basics and re-imagining it in a powerfully feminine way.
You only have to watch Calvi perform live to truly understand this bubbling power they mention as she grapples with gigantic guitar riffs and wrestles them into submission during opener 'Suzanne & I'. She demonstrates a chamber pop vocal on 'Blackout' whilst 'Eliza' is a battle cry to those who believe rock is purely a man's game. There is no doubt Anna Calvi can play and her voice is the added edge while the overall dark and twisted live show will see her go further. The acclaim is likely to only increase so go and see this talented performer whilst you have the chance as she is destined for an arena as large as her guitar riffs.
sean-ward
Astonishing, electrifying, uncompromising. One of the best performances I’ve seen in a long time. Anna Calvi has great presence and talent, beautifully lit and with an excellent supporting band. Also, for once, during the quiet parts you could hear a pin drop as the audience actually paid attention and engaged with the performance. If you get the chance to see her, go.
JonNugent
She's like an old Roxy Music album cover come to life, blazing a screeching guitar. And wow what a strong voice,she's a little outside of what is happening now, so if its commercial structured songs your after, go see Ellie Golding! This girl is SEXY & ALIVE!
shaun-lyndon-smith
It's Anna Calvi... do you not just love her?! Sound and lighting was really good too!
Don't hesitate to go and see her!
It's Anna Calvi... do you not just love her?! Sound and lighting was really good too!
Don't hesitate to go and see her!
PassInThrew
God exist? Yes her name ist Anna
Awesome show
Love the 2018 actitude more intense than ever
2011 was more elegant rock
Now its elegand plus rock plus guitar master hendrix style, plus intense queen plus loose hair.
Xoxo
cristobalviel
would love to do it for you for free in order for you to profit from my free work - you already got the profit from selling me the ticket, why not get me to work for free so that you can make more money. superb deal for me.
PedroP
