“Anna Wilson has a voice like crème de cocoa, and an inner metronome that swings wildly from age to age.”

Jazz Times - Christopher Lauden

ANNA WILSON

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Anna Wilson is a critically acclaimed artist with a voice that Jazz Times likens to “crème de cocoa.”  Her numerous albums have been released to rave reviews and she has been hailed as the queen of the country-jazz duet with her critically acclaimed Countrypolitan Duets project.  She has recorded and performed with Grammy award-winning and legendary artists Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Kenny Rogers, Larry Carlton, Ray Price, Connie Smith and more and she is an award-winning ASCAP songwriter, whose works appear on over 7 million RIAA certified records, for artists like Lady Antebellum, Reba McEntire, Billy Ray Cyrus, Chuck Wicks and more.

Her latest project is Americana duo Troubadour 77, that she formed with husband and hit songwriter Monty Powell.  If you think it’s an odd departure away from her many jazz records and country songwriting accolades, you may be right.  However, Wilson indicates that first and foremost she is a songwriter and that her songs have always been the driving force in everything she does.  “Even on my past vocal jazz projects, it was always all about the original jazz songs I wrote, way more than the standards of the genre. T77, as we sometimes call ourselves, is representative of the music I have always wanted to make. It comes from a true singer songwriter mindset, inspired by my heroes and musical influences of the California Laurel Canyon era in the early 1970s.”

After a twenty-five year recording career and six studio albums, this dynamic and diverse songbird has even more things to sing about. She recently co-wrote and co-stars in a two-person musical with songwriter/husband Monty Powell called “Songstars” that debuted with a residency run last summer (2023) in Nashville at the new Woolworth Theatre. “The best way I know how to describe it is Springsteen on Broadway meets the hit movie Once, meets The Bluebird Cafe on steroids!”  It’s a scripted show that tells her and Powell’s personal story of chasing dreams and finding love amid the backdrop of their separate and combined Nashville pilgrimages to songwriting success.

Additionally, Wilson and Powell co-produced another special project that highlights various country, Americana and pop artists as they re-imagine the songs of one of the finest singer/songwriters of our time…the great Billy Joel.  The album is called A Nashville State of Mind and hopes to inspire old and new Billy Joel fans in celebration of his 50th year as a songwriter.

When it comes to giving back, Wilson is all hands on deck, as community outreach is another important aspect of Anna’s career.  She continually tries to find ways to marry her music with charities that she is passionate about. She is widely known for her Habitat for Humanity International theme song “A House, A Home” that garnered worldwide attention when it appeared in the charity’s public service announcements and received over $5 million in free advertising worldwide.  She also penned and Olympic inspired song called “Spirit” whose royalties benefited Women’s Ski Jumping USA when they made their debut in Sochi, Russia. The proceeds were given directly to the organization to help support and run a successful and sustainable team, grow participation, produce the best women ski jumpers in the world and advocate for gender equality in sport.

Born and raised in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of Loyola University in Maryland, Anna Wilson splits her time between Nashville, the mountains of Colorado and the Florida Keys where she enjoys golf, skiing, wine, performing live and recording innovative album projects that have appeal to wide audiences. Her music is engaging and effortless as she weaves her soulful, vulnerable and richly textured voice through everything she does.

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