Star Anna

📅 آخر تحديث: ١ أغسطس ٢٠٢٦
✍️ نُشر في: ١ أغسطس ٢٠٢٦
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Star Anna Constantia Krogstie Bamford[1] is an American singer and guitarist from Ellensburg, Washington who plays Americana[2] and alt-country.[1] Her band Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs includes Justin Davis (guitar), Keith Ash (bass), and Travis Yost (drums).[3] Since summer 2010, the band has also included Ty Bailie on keyboards.[4] Davis replaced original guitarist Corey Dosch, who left the band to pursue his Ph.D.;[1] Ash replaced earlier bassist Frank Johnson.[5]

Life and musical career

Star Anna was born in 1986. She began playing drums at the age of 11. During high school, she played in a punk rock band named No Continuous Standing as a drummer. When she reached the age of 16, she became a guitarist and started writing songs. Her early songs were specifically Christian but later expanded to include personal material in her songs.[1]

Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs appeared with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra on October 26, 2012. The orchestra performed two of Star Anna's songs, arranged by Scott Teske, and a piece composed by Teske with lyrics by Star Anna.[6]

In his weekly column for Seattle alternative press weekly The Stranger, Duff McKagan wrote positively regarding her singing voice.

Discography

  • Crooked Path (2008)
  • The Only Thing That Matters (2009)
  • Alone in This Together (2011)
  • Call Your Girlfriend (Single) (2012)
  • Go to Hell (2013) with Ty Bailie (keyboards/organ/piano), Julian McDonough (drums), Jacques Willis (vibraphones), Will Moore (bass), and Jeff Fielder (guitars)[7]
  • The Sky Is Falling (2014)
  • Light in the Window (2016)
  • Love & Sex & Fear Of Death (2024)

Notes

  1. 1234Nicole Brodeur, Star Anna: a name and a voice to remember, Seattle Times, 16 July 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  2. ↑Barbara Mitchell, Star Anna: A Bruising Breakup Song, NPR Song of the Day, 7 October 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  3. ↑Keesha Davis, Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs—Your New Favorite Band, Dog Canyon magazine (Texas), 29 July 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  4. ↑ الموقع الرسمي لفرقة "آنا والكلاب الضاحكة" ( Band , Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs). تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 11 مارس 2011.
  5. ↑ تشيلسي كروتزر، نجمة إلينسبورغ آنا والكلاب الضاحكة يفعلون ما يحبونه فقط ، صحيفة ديلي ريكورد (إلينسبورغ، واشنطن)، 25 سبتمبر 2009. تم الاسترجاع في 11 مارس 2011.
  6. ↑ التطور الصوتي ، seattlesymphony.org. تم الاطلاع عليه عبر الإنترنت بتاريخ 18-10-2012.
  7. ↑ "ستار آنا - "اذهبي إلى الجحيم"" . 24 سبتمبر 2013.