Annis Brander

January

6 Back from Italy

16 KIV, Stockholm (closed gig)

23 Clarion Hotel, Gävle 18.00 (Swe time)

February

1 KIV, Stockholm (closed gig)

2 Clarion Hotel, Gävle 18.00 (Swe time)

5 Djurgården, Stockholm (closed gig)

6 Företagsgig, Annis with Honey Farm (closed gig)

14 Clarion Hotel, Gävle 18.00 (Swe time)

15 Lundsbrunns Kurort kl 21.30  (Swe time)

16 Lundsbrunns Kurort kl 21.30 (Swe time)

19 KIV, Stockholm (closed gig)

20 KIV, Stockholm (closed gig)

March

14 KIV, Stockholm (closed gig)

16 Clarion Hotel, Gävle 18.00 (Swe time)

21 Nynäshamn, Stockholm (Företagsgig)

22 Cafe Artist, Karlstad

23 Karlstad (closed gig)

27 Clarion Hotel, Gävle 18.00 (Swe time)

28 KIV, Stockholm (closed gig)

29 Lundsbrunns Kurort kl 21.30  (Swe time)

30 Lundsbrunns Kurort kl 21.30 (Swe time)

April

4 Intersoup, Berlin Annis with her band

6 In-Door-Festival, Hamburg Annis with her band

11 KIV, Stockholm (closed gig)

20 Skokloster, Annis with Honey Farm

25 Stockholm, (closed gig) prel gig

26 Cafe August, Karlstad Annis with her band

29 Whisky dinner & Music, Stockholm. Together with Angela D’Orazio, Master Blender at Mackmyra

May

3 KIV, Stockholm (closed gig)

4 Mackmyra day, Gävle

10 Lundsbrunns Kurort kl 21.30  (Swe time)

11 Lundsbrunns Kurort kl 21.30 (Swe time)

18 The Theater in Mariestad Annis with her band

22 KIV, Stockholm (closed gig)

25 Dahlins, Oxelösund

31 Ida’s Brygga, Karlsborg

June

1 Hamnkrogen, Hjo

7 Lundsbrunns Kurort kl 21.30  (Swe time)

8 Lundsbrunns Kurort kl 21.30 (Swe time)

17 KIV, Stockholm (closed gig)

26 Barbros Brygga, Karlstad

29 Jordgubbens Dag, Vara   Annis with her band

July

5 Bålsta prel bokning

12 Sjöbjörnen, Grebbestad

13 Sjöbjörnen, Grebbestad

19 Duse Udde prel bokning

20 Hafsten 20.00 (Swe time)

26 Barbros Brygga

27 Wedding, Sunne (closed gig)

August

5 - 26 Japan, Inspiration trip

28 KIV, Stockholm (closed gig)

September

26 Stockholm Beer & Whisky festival prel.

27 Stockholm Beer & Whisky festival prel.

28 Stockholm Beer & Whisky festival prel.

October

3 Stockholm Beer & Whisky festival prel.

4 Stockholm Beer & Whisky festival prel.

5 Stockholm Beer & Whisky festival prel.

November

15 Svenska Mässan  Annis with Honey Farm

2012

2011

“Her voice shoots straight into the heart with songs about life”

“Glass people in the woods” is Annis’s second album after her well received debut album in 2009. The release date is set for September 27th, 2011. She is very excited about this project, as it is described as dark, fateful and personal.

Annis Brander was born in Baljered, a tiny village about 10 miles from Gothenburg. As a young girl Annis used to play the piano and violin, but in her early teenage years she lost interest – as it wasn’t cool enough to carry around a violin case at school. Five years later, Annis moved up north to study to become a chef, but instead she got inspired by her new friends at the Rock Music High school. Borrowing her mothers old guitar and reading through a manual on basic guitar chords, she wrote her first song in a week. She was hooked!

One evening, whilst working as waitress at a hotel, Annis surprised everybody with her music knowledge as she picked up a guitar that was standing alone in the corner of the room and began to play.

Some of the guests suggested her to sing country music because of “the sound in her voice” – and like Forrest Gump would say, she responded, “well……I can do that.” Shortly after that, even though she never listened to country music before, she found herself booked at the largest country music festival in Scandinavia at that time. From having had a quite mediocre taste of music, she now discovered and started to appreciate some of the American artists like Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Patti Smith, Dolly Parton, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Patsy Cline.

The following years, from the year 2000 and onwards, Annis makes her living by traveling around Sweden and Norway doing what she loves most, performing in front of a live audience. Going back to the fall of 2004, she met Bert Karlsson, the founder of Mariann, a known Swedish record company. That meeting resulted in the release of the single “One Suitcase” in May of 2005. It was frequently played on Swedish national radio station’s P4 and P5 and it hit number one at the “Pop i Topp” chart for several weeks in a row. Later that year “One Suitcase” was one of the songs on the compilation CD “Absolute Women.”

In 2006 Annis moved to Stockholm. She gathered up with some wonderful musicians & it was love at first sight. It was at this time that she first felt completely at home with the music she was performing.

During the spring of 2007 the dream of making an album finally became a reality. Hearing some of Henrik Åström’s productions (Miss Li, Oh Laura), she really liked his way of thinking. Titiyo (Come along) and I’m Kingfisher (Thomas Denver Jonsson) was appearing as guest singers on the album. Annis’ debut album “If it’s a dead fish, it’s a dead fish” was released January 21st, 2009.

For her new album Annis and her producer Henrik Åström decided to record as much as they could, live. They both prefer the “live” sound rather than perfected studio recordings, so the entire band gathered and played together, creating the sound they were looking for.

“Glass people in the woods” consists of ten songs, most of them written by Annis. The lyrics within her songs contain elements of friendship, vulnerability of children, death and of course love.

Currently, the single “More than ice cream” has high rotation on Swedish national radio P4 and local stations around Sweden. September 27th will be the release party at Mosebacke Etablissemang in Södermalm, Stockholm.

About “Glass people in the woods”

“Annis Brander presents meaningful songs with a message on her second release ‘Glass People In The Woods’. Her purpose is to make the listeners consider and reflect about the content of her lyrics, which is a noble objective. When the music and her singing are then also pleasant and modern, we really can’t think of any objections for not getting closer to this album.”
– www.rootstime.be 

About “Glass people in the woods”
…”På skiva glöder Annis. Live brinner hon”… 4/5
- Bengt Berglind på nyaskivor.se

About “Glass people in the woods”
Jag har gått ett tag och gnolat på “I love you more than ice cream” utan att ha en aning om att det var en svensk artist som sjöng. Jag missade dessutom hennes debut If it’s a dead fish, it’s a dead fish. Liksom med nya Glass people in the woods kom det namnet till henne i en dröm…Hur som helst. 
Hennes andra album är riktigt bra, från poplåtar som den gnolade More than ice cream till flera vackra ballader.  Annis Brander har en uttrycksfull och skön röst och vet hur man skriver tydliga låtar, vare sig det är singer/songwriter eller pop. Jag lyssnar gärna vidare på hennes fortsatta öden och musik.
- Björn G Stenberg, Uppsala Nya Tidning

About “Glass people in the woods”