Anna Dagmar

Genre: Singer/Songwriter
Secondary Genre: Adult Contemporary New York, New York USA Contact

"Let the Waves Come in Threes" is NYC-based pianist/singer songwriter Anna Dagmar's third full-length album. Produced by Ben Wittman (Patty Larkin), her music carries you from an upbeat sea shanty, to a greasy-spoon diner, a mystical daydream waltz, and closes with a fallen soldier's hopeful lament.

Artist Information

Biography

NYC-based piano-woven folk/pop artist Anna Dagmar was born in England and grew up in Massachusetts. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, she sites influences including Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, Keith Jarrett, Claude Debussy, Leonard Bernstein, Sufjan Stevens, Susan Werner and Anais Mitchell. Dagmar’s colorful piano accompaniments and original string arrangements paint little worlds, inviting the listener into each song. Her playing is effortlessly virtuosic, allowing her voice to soar freely and lyrically. Her melodies are married to the words, resonating like newborn standards.

Anna Dagmar has released three albums and a songbook. Her 2009 album, Let the Waves Come in Threes, was produced by Ben Wittman (Patty Larkin, Jonatha Brooke), charted #6 on the National Roots Music Report, and received a Gold Prize in the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest. Dagmar has performed and recorded with Lucy Kaplansky, Ellis Paul, Natalia Zukerman, Joe Crookston and The Lascivious Biddies and has performed at City Winery, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Club Passim. She has been selected for a NERFA Tricentric Showcase, WFUV’s “On Your Radar” series, Composer-in-Residence at The Nightingale-Bamford School and the presitigious BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop. She is currently recording her 4th album, Satellite, propelled by fans on Kickstarter.com.

Lucy Kaplansky says: “Anna Dagmar’s album, Let the Waves Come in Threes, showcases her gorgeous voice, lyrical piano stylings and lovely, intelligent songs.”

Instrumentation

Anna Dagmar, piano and voice - often performs solo or in small configurations

Full Band:
Ben Wittman (Lucy Kaplansky/Patty Larkin/Jonatha Brooke), drums
Kaveh Rastegar (Dittybops/Keaton Simons), bass/LA
Richard Hammond (East Village Opera), bass/NYC
Marc Shulman (Suzanne Vega), guitar

Additional Instruments:
Theo Bleckmann (Meredith Monk), harmony vocals
Martha Colby (October Project), cello
Mike McGinnis (Lonnie Plaxico), woodwinds
Beth Meyers (Clare and the Reasons), viola
Caleb Burhans (Alarm Will Sound), violin

Discography

2001 One More Time in the Air
2004 Solo Songs
2005 Martha Colby, Across Two Rivers (sideperson)
2006 Nadine Goellner LIVE (sideperson)
2008 Anna Dagmar Songbook (printed book)
2009 Let the Waves Come in Threes

Gold Prize Mid-Atlantic Song Contest 2011
5 Time Winner 2011 Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest
National Radio Play on over 100 stations
Top 20 Positions in Roots Music Report "Folk" for 6 Consecutive Weeks, Peaking at #6
Selected for NERFA Tri-Centric Showcase
Featured on WFUV "On Your Radar Series"
#1 airplay on WVIA in PA
Top Album of 2009 "Graham Awards" WVIA
ASCAP Plus Award and selected for Expo Listening Panel
A-List Artist Feature on High Plains Public Radio in TX

Shared stage with Lucy Kaplansky, The Lascivious Biddies, Nadine Goellner, Natalia Zukerman, Ellis Paul and others.

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Photo Gallery

  • Photo 2 by Angela Jimenez

  • Photo by Corey Hayes

  • Photo 2 by Corey Hayes

  • Photo 3 by Corey Hayes

  • Photo by Mususa Reyes

  • Anna with Aaron Jennings

  • Anna in London

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Press

  • Gorgeous voice, lyrical piano stylings and lovely intelligent songs [+ Show ]

    "Anna Dagmar's new album showcases her gorgeous voice, lyrical piano stylings and lovely, intelligen...

  • Solid jazz-pop song writing, bright piano playing [+ Show ]

    "...solid jazz-pop song writing, bright piano playing, and earnest, honest vocals. The second track,...

  • A Boatload of Musical Talent [+ Show ]

    "Musically refreshing. Like a breath of fresh air! Anna Dagmar showers us with a boatload of musical...

  • Beautiful voice...elegant and distinctive [+ Show ]

    "The disc, released in March, reveals Dagmar's beautiful voice wrapping itself around her solid song...

  • Easy listen to a wide market [+ Show ]

    I hear hundreds of CDs and I have booked hundreds of showcases as the Director of the NYC Songwriter...

  • Piano spills out over the band in fantastic hooky cascading lines and I'm swept in [+ Show ]

    "From the opening moments of 'Let the Waves Come in Threes' her piano spills out over the band in th...

Setlist

Sample Set List:

Smile For Free
Daydream
She's Got It in Her Soul
More Beautiful Than the Sun
I Can't Let Go
Shadow of a Doubt
Amazed
Keep on Moving
Falling Star

Typical set: 45 minutes

Basic Requirements

Calendar

DateTimeVenueCity
Jun 1, 2012 Friday 8:00 PM Ebenezers Coffeehouse Washington D.C., DC, US
Jun 10, 2012 Sunday 4:00 PM All Saints' Church Chelmsford, MA, US
Jun 21, 2012 Thursday 8:00 PM Tupelo Music Hall Londonderry, NH, US
Jul 1, 2012 Sunday 1:00 PM Hall Mews Boston Spa, GB
Jul 22, 2012 Sunday 8:00 PM The Burren Somerville, MA, US
Aug 19, 2012 Sunday 4:00 PM Dewar House Concert Series Bennington , VT, US
Sep 8, 2012 Saturday 7:00 PM Old Sloop Coffeehouse Rockport, MA, US
Oct 14, 2012 Sunday 2:00 PM Franklin House Concert Series Franklin, MA, US
Oct 26, 2012 Friday 12:00 AM cal state monterey bay Seaside, CA, US
Nov 2, 2012 Friday 7:30 PM Garden Stage @ UU Congregation Garden City, NY, US
Nov 3, 2012 Saturday 7:00 PM Notes From Home Concert Series Montclair, NJ, US