FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 6, 2002
ANNE HEATON TO RELEASE FIRST FULL STUDIO ALBUM,
BLACK NOTEBOOK, IN SEPTEMBER
New York, NY: New York City-based songwriter Anne Heaton will release her first full studio album on September 17th. Black Notebook is a luminous collection, full of snapshots of life and the sorts of people who frequent all of our personal circles. Equal parts conversational and storytelling, her songs are catchy, with soaring melodies boasting great emotional pull and smart lyrics. Her musings are backed by lush, full-band textures, often set to hypnotic hip-hop-like loops. Rising over it all is Heaton's voice - a syncopated icing on the musical cake. Co-produced by Heaton herself and David Seitz (Suzanne Vega, Susan McKeown), the album is being released on Spill Records, with distribution through Goldenrod.
Heaton has been lauded by critics as "a keen observer of human nature"
with "an uncanny ability to succinctly and unpretentiously say what she
has to say." She's been praised as "sweetly nostalgic without being
overly sentimental and powerful without being melodramatic." The Boston
Globe hailed her as "easily [one] of the area's most notable female
singer-songwriters." And Chris Smith, former editor of Performing
Songwriter magazine, wrote, "Heaton is one of the
finest writers and performers I've come across in years -- she is one of the
standards by which I measure talent in the New York music community. That
she is not on a major label is nothing short of criminal."
On stage, Heaton entrances and entertains, her joy infectious to everyone who sees her live. She performs solo, as a duo with guitarist Frank Marotta, Jr., or with her full band. Heaton also performs with "Live From New York," a fivesome of up-and-coming New York area singer-songwriters. The group broke attendance records last year in New York clubs as well as Club Passim in Boston. Additionally, she has shared the stage with Jonatha Brooke, Melissa Ferrick, Dan Bern, Beth Amsel, Ellis Paul, Cliff Eberhardt and Sloan Wainwright.
Heaton will be touring heavily in the fall, with both headlining shows and opening slots for Melissa Ferrick planned. Confirmed tour dates are listed below with more to follow.
9/5 -Cambridge, MA -Lizard Lounge (with Pamela Means &
Rose Polenzani)
9/7 -Northampton, MA -Iron Horse (with Pamela Means & Rose Polenzani)
9/12 -Milwaukee, WI -Rosebud Cinema Drafthouse
9/13- Chicago, IL- Schubas Tavern
9/15 -Champagne-Urbana, IL -Univ. of IL, Independent Media Center
9/22- Gainesville, FL -NE 1st Street Music Hall
9/24 -Tampa, FL -Skippers Smokehouse
*9/27 -Austin, TX -Red Eyed Fly
9/28 -Houston, TX -Houston Womens Festival
*9/29 -Dallas, TX- Gypsy Tea Room
*10/2 -Columbia, MO -Mojos
10/4 -State College, PA- Penn State
*10/11 -Chicago, IL -Double Door
*10/15 -Bloomington, IN -Bluebird Night Club
*10/16 -Columbus, OH -Ludlows
*10/19- Dayton, OH- Canal Street Tavern
*10/22- Pittsburgh, PA -Club Café
*10/23- Philadelphia, PA- Theatre of Living Arts
*10/25 -Washington, DC- 9:30 Club
11/2 -Boston, MA- Regent Theater (opening for Vance Gilbert)
11/14- Northampton, MA -Smith College
* denotes dates opening for Melissa Ferrick
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