Biography
News From Up The Street
Anne
Lindsay has established herself as one of the most engaging
and versatile instrumentalists in Canada, adapting her unique violin/fiddle
style to the eclectic sounds and musical languages of this country's
rich cultural texture. Currently composing, performing and recording
with her own band, Anne is also a much sought after side person, composer,
arranger and background vocalist, performing with some of Canada's top
musical acts: Blue Rodeo,
Jim Cuddy, John
McDermott - and she played a key role as folk fiddler in The
Lord of the Rings stage show.
Anne began her musical studies at the age of five, specializing in violin,
piano and voice. A graduate of York University, Toronto (BFA
Special Honors Music), the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto
and the Banff Centre, Alberta, she has received many awards and scholarships
during the course of her training.
The singular voice of Anne Lindsay as a violinist and composer has already
gained attention. With her excellent training, technique and experience
Anne is in a very fortunate position to stretch musical boundaries and
mix new approaches with old. Her fluency is evident in her wide-ranging
repertoire, encompassing jazz, rock, classical, country, old-time fiddle,
Celtic, Cajun, and Klezmer styles, and the recent addition of two new
Scandinavian fiddles - the Finnish jouhikko and the Swedish nyckelharpa.
Anne has performed and recorded with many major artists (Blue
Rodeo, The Chieftains,
Led Zeppelin, Roger Daltry,
Dionne Warwick and Natalie McMaster) in a variety of settings: bands,
chamber ensembles, orchestras, in the studio and on stage in concert
and festival venues across Canada and the U.S. Anne has also composed,
arranged and performed music for documentary film scores, stage productions,
CDs, radio and television commercials. In both 2005 and 2006 she traveled
to the Canadian Arctic to teach music to Nunavut youth.
Her debut CD EAVESDROPPING has
received generous airplay nationwide on CBC and campus radio stations.
Festival Distribution and Maple Music distribute it in Canada. Anne's
original compositions combine a warm roots feel with sophisticated rhythmic
and harmonic sensibilities. Audiences across the country have been delighted
by Anne's innovative music, drawn from a palette of heartfelt ballads,
hot club jazz, South Indian Karnatak, various root and folk styles and
rocking fiddle driven grooves.
Master of a wealth of diverse styles and blessed with a rare talent
for improvisation, Anne Lindsay brings all of her skill into fine focus
on the 14 powerful tracks of her new CD, NEWS
FROM UP THE STREET. Co-produced by Oliver Schroer, it features
her wonderful band: Colleen Allen-saxophones, Al Cross-drums, Jason
Fowler-guitar, David Woodhead-bass. What really sets it apart from the
first CD is the addition of Anne's heart-catching vocals, and her debut
as a songwriter.
Anne's playing is incomparably expressive, capturing the violin's unique
ability to sing like the human voice. With her innovative, yet down
to earth compositions, and exquisite lyrics, Anne and her violin sing
together in a universal language.
The
Anne Lindsay Band is available for performances as a trio, quartet,
quintet or full orchestra!For more information, please visit our contact
page.
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Press
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"Anne
continues to raise the bar every time she raises her bow"
- Steve Lambert CHCH TV
“Anne Lindsay is a thoughtful musician, staking out original territory for her violin voice. A consolidation of Lindsay’s work thus far, and a delightful plunge forward....sounds like a conversation with God.”
- Penquin Eggs
“She is just unbelievable.”
- Scene & Heard with Will McGuirk
“Anne Lindsay … cut the night air with a brilliant fiddle
solo that proved to be one-third Ashley MacIsaac and two-thirds
Jimi-Hendrix.”
-Jeff Macklin, Peterborough Examiner
“But
luckily, (it took) a powerful jolt of energy from frenetic violist
Anne Lindsay on the beautiful ballad, Five Days in May to get
Blue Rodeo back on their stride…the crowd roared appreciatively
and the boys roared appreciatively and the boys rode the momentum
the rest of the night.”
-Derek Tse, Toronto Sun
“Miss
Lindsay is a strikingly attractive stage performer as well as
a talented singer and jazz violinist.”
-Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail
“Ottawa
audiences were taken with Lindsay’s fiddling, rising to their
feet almost every time she put bow to string.”
-Dan Donovan, Ottawa Life
“The
languid jazzy, acoustic opening launched a rarefied super jam
between Lindsay and Cripps as they traded explosive licks on fiddle
and guitar, while Cuddy stood there and marvelled at where these
familiar songs had gone.”
-Rick Overall, Ottawa Sun
“Violinist
Anne Lindsay endeared herself to those who heard her play with
McDermott during the Fiddle Contest last August, but she sparkled
on stage in Shelburne.”
-Lana Fleming, Shelburne Examiner
“Whether
she is laying down Celtic rifts, wailing on a Jim Cuddy set, or
tugging at a mama’s Yiddische heartstrings, Anne’s nuance
and passionate style have won her fans wherever she plays.”
-Oliver Schroer |
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