Star Anna has an innate ability to find comfort in a place of discomfort where pain and heartache are their only friend. Like the lonely call of a wolf on a winters night, her voice is haunting, stirring, yet strangely familiar. If you like Brandi Carlile, Tom Petty, Cat Power, and Lucinda Williams, you’ll dig Star Anna.

Alt-country artist, Star Anna, was born and raised in Ellensburg, Washington. After experimenting with different avenues of music, she ultimately found comfort in an acoustic guitar and her own words. She spent a few years playing coffee houses, sidewalks and campfires, building a small, but loving local fan base. In the summer of 2006, Star joined Travis, Frank and Corey to form The Laughing Dogs. In the summer of 2007, after losing their guitar player to a different calling, they were blessed with the phenomenal talents of Justin Davis. Since then the band has performed all over The Northwest and seen sharing the stage with Vicci Martinez, Jesse Sykes, Shane Tutmarc & The Traveling Mercies, Mark Pickerel, and playing Seattle hotspots The Tractor, The Comet and The Crocodile. Currently #5 on KEXP’s Americana Music Charts, and her ‘Crooked Path’ album is getting airplay on over 150 stations.

Star speaks about her influences: “The one and only, biggest music hero influence for me is Tom Petty w/ and w/o The Heartbreakers, also Chris Isaak, Roy Orbison, Iggy Pop, Velvet Underground, Cat Power, Alternative Country, Neko Case, Beck, Radiohead, Oh Suzanna, Mark Dillingham, Otis Redding, Elliot Smith, Jesse Sykes, Indigo Girls, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, Mark Pickerel, and my aunt Liz, for teaching me the first songs I ever learned, Free Falling and The Cure’s Just Like Heaven. She’s newly influenced by the likes of Vicci Martinez and Brandi Carlile for their amazing stage presence and raw, honest passion. I can’t dismiss the heartache and pain that have inspired many of my songs, so thank you to those who have hurt me. Thank you even more to those who have had faith in me and encouraged me.”

“All in all, this may be the best debut album of 2008, and yes, I do know it’s only March.” - Americana UK Full review here.

“One of the finest debut releases it has been my pleasure to hear” - Twang Nation

Mark Pickerel says, “Star Anna is the new queen of torch and twang. She’s a musical soul-mate for those late and lonely nights, a voice so intoxicating that it might just eliminate any real desire to find a true love.”

Watch Star Anna’s Music Video
Directed by Seattle filmmaker Sam Akina

Recent/Upcoming Dates for ‘Crooked Path Tour’

Mar 8 @ Crooked Path CD Release Party: Tractor Tavern, Ballard with Mark Pickerel & The F**ing Eagles (Sold out)
Mar 15 @ American Legion, Ellensburg All Ages CD Release Party (Sold out)
Mar 29 @ Malamute Showcase/Star Anna CD Release Party: Yakima Sports Center
Apr 4 @ KBCS In-studio Spring Fund Drive Live Performance, Seattle
Apr 5 @ Bop Street Records In-Store performance, Seattle
Apr 5 @ Conor Byrne Pub, Seattle/Ballard, Washington
Apr 8 @ Fremont Abbey Arts center with Shane Tutmarc & Eric Howk, Seattle
Apr 18 @ Easy Street Queen Anne w Shane Tutmarc & The Traveling Mercies
Apr 19 @ Easy Street Queen Anne w Jesse Sykes & Mark Pickerel: Record Store Day
Apr 25 @ The Comet, Seattle
May 9 @ Music Millenium In-store performance, Portland
May 9 @ Slabtown Portland, Oregon
May 23 @ The Brick, Roslyn Washington
May 16 @ KOHO 101.1 In-studio performance
May 16 @ Caffe Mela Wenatchee, Washington
May 24 @ Private Party. Ellensburg, Washington
May 26 @ 1:30P Seattle Folklife Festival Vera Stage (Alt-Country Showcase) Seattle
May 31 @ Private Party Ellensburg
Jun 5 @ Terrapin Station, Boise
Jun 6 @ Portneuf Valley Brewing, Pocatello
Jun 7 @ Badlander, Missoula
Jun 14 @ Private Party Ellensburg
Jun 22 @ Fremont Fair, Seattle
July 11 @ Tractor Tavern, Seattle
July 12 @ Yakima Sports Center, Yakima Folklife
July 13 @ Memorial Hospital Stage, Yakima Folklife
Aug 3 @ Seafair, Seattle
Aug 25 @ Slackfest/Private Party
Aug 29 @ Kittitas County Fair & Rodeo, Ellensburg
Aug 31 @ Bumbershoot, Seattle (Mural Amphitheater Stage)
Sep 5 @ Cave B Winery, Quincy
Sep 26 @ Central Washington Fair, Yakima (Pepsi Stage)
Oct 11 @ Yakima Sports Center, Yakima
Oct 18 @ Joshua Tree Roots Festival, Joshua Tree CA

Listen and check out more here:

Star Anna Website
Star Anna Myspace
Star Anna Facebook
Star Anna Last.fm
Star Anna Youtube!
Malamute Records