Hunger
Record Label: Ana Porter
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Born in France and currently based in Chicago, Ana has made a name for herself with her rare combination of blunt honesty and emotional depth, both onstage and off. The CD, Hunger, is a natural extension of her passionate yet gentle personality. Her vocals are natural, silky, and unadorned. The songs are rich with wandering pop melodies and multi-layered stories that will carry you on a voyage of loss and hope, memory and love.
"Melodically rich... lyrically evocative. A set of startling originality and impressive scope..."
-Billboard
Ana's songwriting received a glowing review in Billboard and her title track, "Hunger," is a winner of the 2002 international Songs Inspired By Literature songwriting competition. "Hunger" is now part of a compilation CD that also includes songs by Tom Waits, David Bowie, Rosanne Cash, and Vicki Randle.
After college, Ana studied songwriting for several years with the master songwriter Bonnie Hayes (famous for the Bonnie Raitt hits "Have a Heart" and "Love Letter") while writing and performing with her band in San Francisco. In this crucible of the SF music scene, Ana learned how make a spiritual practice of songwriting, digging deep to find nuances of truth.
After hearing Ana's CD for the first time, a listener sent this email:
"I just find your music pretty astounding, and I know superlatives never mean much, but there's a nuance to the warmth inside your voice that I don't have any convenient words for, and while we're surrounded by people who talk all sharp and smart, they don't talk anywhere close to the way you sing, and in an age when everyone and their on-line alter ego has a theory about belief and the past and memory and love, you manage to phrase things in a way beyond marketing categories, which I might even hazard to say has to do with the idea of honesty."
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Warning: This product is brave, vulnerable, smart and seductive. Listener bewar
author: Aaron
"Hunger" was one of the cds strewn across the passenger seat and floor of my car as I drove from Chicago to Portland, OR last spring. Even though all the discs were good (insurance for blind grabs while night driving) I found myself captivated by Ana's voice, words and soul. By the time I hit the Rockies I was listening to a one-disc rotation. I listened to Ana's voice at six in the morning and six at night; in sun and fog; at sea level and at 6,000 feet. And every time it was as if I were hearing it for the first time. There's a LOT going on in there. "Hunger" leaves me feeling challenged, inspired, intrigued and - hungry.
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Warning: This product is brave, vulnerable, smart and seductive. Listener bewar
author: Aaron
"Hunger" was one of the cds strewn across the passenger seat and floor of my car as I drove from Chicago to Portland, OR last spring. Even though all the discs were good (insurance for blind grabs while night driving) I found myself captivated by Ana's voice, words and soul. By the time I hit the Rockies I was listening to a one-disc rotation. I listened to Ana's voice at six in the morning and six at night; in sun and fog; at sea level and at 6,000 feet. And every time it was as if I were hearing it for the first time. There's a LOT going on in there. "Hunger" leaves me feeling challenged, inspired, intrigued and - hungry.
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This CD puts me in a good mood and I LOVE IT
author: Emily Hahn
This CD is amazing. I really enjoy listening to it and it makes me feel good if I am not having a good day. I think everybody should have this CD. The CD is interesting and different then anything I have ever listened to before. It is unique and I love it!
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This CD rocks - great hooks, smart lyrics, killer voice!
author: Jeffrey Lyons
This CD will be a collector's item soon, so grab one now. The songs are great and she has a killer voice. The tunes are mostly about relationships, but they range from sad, to sweet, to sensuous. I could really relate to what she was singing about, and I'm a guy. Do yourself a favor and pop these tunes onto your MP3!!
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