East Coast Songs by Annie Lin

She has shared stages at clubs and festivals with a notable roster of artists including Sarah Harmer, The Cash Brothers, Emm Gryner and Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines, and her solo stage presence is best described as magnetic. Onstage, she is an offbeat storyteller and an energetic performer who would stagedive if it were allowed at acoustic clubs.

Influenced by indie folk, alt-rock and the occasional Dave Matthews bootleg, Annie writes songs that might be classified as both FM-friendly and acoustic. Her lyrics are written in subways, on planes and at sidewalk cafes on drink napkins, hotel coasters and anything else she can get her hands on. They are the byproduct of living honestly and passionately, of "throwing paper airplanes at the passing cars" as a way of acknowledging the fact that "time passes / and it's leaving you behind."

It seems unlikely that Annie would ever fall behind the times, though - from the moment she picked up a guitar in her college dorm room three years ago, she has been busily making a name for herself in the singer-songwriter community. Even as a full-time student at Rice University, she played nearly a hundred shows each year and built up a mailing list of more than 500 active fans. On the strength of only a now sold-out, live-recorded demo CD, she garnered attention from artists like Lisa Loeb, and then later on, praise from critics at The Houston Press, Orange County Register, Village Voice, Boston Phoenix and Launch.com.

In 2002, Annie has played a whirlwhind of shows on the West Coast and in the Midwest as a solo artist. She is currently seeking label representation and will release her third album "East Coast Songs," produced by Louis Keith Pollack, in July. She will tour the East Coast as a trio with her band in July, and will also be touring the West Coast in July and August with Jenny Choi and Emm Gryner as part of the Asian-American Songwriters Showcase.

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