Anna Wilson

Anna Wilson is a critically acclaimed recording artist and songwriter whose music and career accolades have blurred lines and been chronicled in a number of genres from Americana, singer/songwriter, pop, country, and jazz. In fact, Jazz Times states, "Anna Wilson has a voice like crème de cocoa, and an inner metronome that swigs wildly form age to age.”  Her numerous albums have been released to rave reviews and she has been hailed as the queen of the country-jazz duet with her critically acclaimed "Countrypolitan Duets" project.  She has recorded and performed with numerous Grammy award-winning and legendary artists from Keith Urban to Lady Antebellum, Kenny Rogers, Larry Carlton, Ray Price, Connie Smith and more and she is an award-winning ASCAP songwriter, whose works appear on over 7 million RIAA certified records, for artists from Lady Antebellum, Reba McEntire, Billy Ray Cyrus, Chuck Wicks and others.

The forming of her Americana duo Troubadour 77, with husband and hit songwriter Monty Powell in 2016, set her on a journey inspired by her love for the music that defined the California Laurel Canyon movement of the early 1970s. Although it may seem like an odd departure from her many jazz records and country songwriting accolades, once one understands the driving force behind Wilson’s creative spirit, it becomes abundantly clear her affinity to create music that pays homage to this era. This is nowhere more evidently found than on her upcoming and most important project to date, Canyon Angel, a documentary film in-the-making whose inspirational tale chronicles the redemptive journey that Wilson found herself on at the dawning of her 50th decade. A pilgrimage that took her from her hometown of Chester Springs, Pennsylvania to Nashville to Los Angeles and back. Wilson says, “I’ve had a very diverse career that has blended genres in unique ways but at the heart of my creative soul has always been a deep connection to the musical movement of Laurel Canyon that I never got to be a part of simply because I was born too late. This film is the story of my redemptive journey to uncover, rediscover and reclaim the lost piece of my creative soul that I call the ‘Canyon Angel’.”

After a thirty year recording career and six studio albums, this dynamic and diverse songbird has even more things to sing about. She recently co-wrote and co-stars in a two-person songwriter musical with songwriter/husband Monty Powell called “Songstars” that just completed a residency run in Nashville at the historic Woolworth Theatre. “The best way I know how to describe it is the format of "Springsteen on Broadway" meets the hit movie Once, meets The Bluebird Cafe on steroids!” It’s a scripted show that tells her and Powell’s personal story of chasing dreams and finding love amid the backdrop of their separate and combined Nashville pilgrimages to songwriting success.

When it comes to giving back, Wilson is all hands on deck, as community outreach is another important aspect of Anna’s career.  She continually tries to find ways to marry her music with charities that she is passionate about. She is widely known for her Habitat for Humanity International theme song “A House, A Home” that garnered worldwide attention when it appeared in the charity’s public service announcements and received over $5 million in free advertising worldwide.  She also penned and Olympic inspired song called “Spirit” whose royalties benefited Women’s Ski Jumping USA when they made their debut in Sochi, Russia. The proceeds were given directly to the organization to help support and run a successful and sustainable team, grow participation, produce the best women ski jumpers in the world and advocate for gender equality in sport.

Born and raised in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of Loyola University in Maryland, Anna Wilson splits her time between Nashville, the mountains of Utah and the Florida Keys where she enjoys golf, fly-fishing, skiing, wine, performing live and recording innovative album projects that have appeal to wide audiences. Her music is engaging and effortless as she weaves her soulful, vulnerable and richly textured voice through everything she does.