<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi,<div><div><br></div><div>Today brought <b>Anna Calvi</b> a <b>Mercury Music Prize</b> nomination for her self-titled debut! "<b>Anna Calvi</b>" was released on Domino earlier this year. The highly presitgious Mercury Music Prize is given every year to a British artist for Album Of The Year. The Awards will take place on <b>September 6th</b>.</div><div><br></div><div>Next week Anna will be making a return to NYC to perform a show at <b>Le Poisson Rouge</b> in Greenwich Village on <b>Wednesday July 27th</b>. That night she will be the musical guest on CBS' <b>Late Show With David Letterman</b> - marking her US Network Television debut. The video for Anna's current single "<b>Desire</b>" was premiered on Pitchfork last month and can be seen here: <a href="http://pitchfork.com/news/42957-video-anna-calvi-desire/">http://pitchfork.com/news/42957-video-anna-calvi-desire/</a></div><div><br></div><div>If you didn't catch Anna on her New York debut at the Bowery Ballroom in May don't miss this chance to see her incredible talents unleashed!</div><div><br></div><div>"Anna Calvi" has received a slew of critical acclaim from around the globe. Read some of it here:</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><i>“Though 2011 is still young, it’s unlikely there will be any debut this year in rock and pop that’s as striking as “Anna Calvi.” It’s a compelling album that promises a long, fruitful career for her.” </i><span><i> </i></span><i>- <b>Wall Street Journal</b></i></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><i>“Calvi</i><span><i> </i></span><i>is an outstanding performer, armed with a twangy Fender Telecaster and a voice most anyone would steal if they could… Her self-titled debut is one of the first big surprises of 2011, as well as one of my new favorites… It's a potent and yearning set of songs, replete with shimmering chords and Calvi's stunning but vulnerable vocals.” – </i><span><i> </i></span><i><b>Bob Boilen, </b></i><span><i><b> </b></i></span><i><b>NPR Music</b></i></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><i>“…cinematic, larger than life. As Ms.
Calvi sings about the overpowering forces of heavenly love and demonic passion,
she can go from whisper to cataclysm in four minutes, and she regularly does.</i></span><span style="color: black; "><i>”</i></span><span style="color: black; "><i> - <b>The
New York Times</b></i></span></p><div><p style="display: inline !important; "><i>“Her often eerie portraits of romantic obsession have drawn allusions to David Lynch’s gothic edginess, Sergio Leone’s mythological expansiveness and the ravishing beauty of Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai's films.” – <b>Los Angeles Times</b></i></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>‘This isn’t just a great debut. It’s a fearless rejection of current pop trends, fashioning a benchmark of intensity and originality that the rest of this year’s albums will struggle to match’ – <b>Uncut </b>(4 stars)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><p class="MsoNormal"><div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>“The velvety singer-guitarist’s gripping, pin-back-your-ears ode to ‘blue and gold and fire’ would leave David Lynch in a puddle”-</i><span><i> </i></span><i><b>Spin</b></i><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div><i><br></i></div><div><o:p><i> </i></o:p><i>‘Thrilling and chilling in equal measure, this self-titled collection of 10 songs is perhaps the first great record of 2011’ – <b>NME </b>(9/10)</i></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>“She has, in these times drowning in calculated disaffection, a rare capacity for breathlessly unselfconscious declarations of passion and desire…Never have the aesthetics of doom been called to the service of so much exuberance.” –<b>Filter Magazine</b></i></p></div></div></div><p></p><p></p></div></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>“And just like that, you fall in love. Steeped in drama, Anna Calvi’s debut album wrings emotion from all ten tracks…Her complex guitar lines are sinewy and clean, a guitar heroine who shreds subtly.” – <b>Elmore</b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>“From the moment she opens her mouth…it's obvious Calvi has a gift. Her commanding voice calls to mind some of the most powerful femail performers in rock history.” – <b>Under The Radar</b></i></p></div></div></p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">Anna Calvi on <b>NPR's Weekend Edition</b>:</p><div><a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/03/06/134267419/anna-calvi-a-powerful-voice-is-just-one-piece-of-her-art">http://www.npr.org/2011/03/06/134267419/anna-calvi-a-powerful-voice-is-just-one-piece-of-her-art</a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,</p><div>Chloe</div><div><br></div><div><img height="640" width="427" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="510494e1-bf3d-485b-9911-3bacc96f7db3" src="cid:432320D5-25F1-4E4A-BEDA-DD924D8E3E8C@hq.pressherepublicity.com"></div>
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