Anna Cheek

Award winning composer, pianist and singer/songwriter, Anna has been described by some as, "Eartha Kitt meets Rikki Lee Jones". Her unusual, distinctive voice and intimate songwriting style have been attracting attention and gathering fans. A classically trained pianist, her songs and her personal approach to expressing her lyrics provide a very "real" listening opportunity, both in live and recorded performances.

An avid fan of many genres of music, Anna began songwriting at a very young age and has always been particularly interested in drawing from various musical genres to create her own personal sound. The diversity of her material reflects the influences of her multi-cultural life experiences.

Anna was born in New Orleans and moved to Canada where she lived in both Niagara Falls and Montreal, studying music at The Royal Conservatory of Music. After returning to the U.S. and living on the coast of Maine, Anna moved to Puerto Rico for a decade where she began her performing career, playing piano in a number of bands and eventually developing the project, "7th Wave" with fellow band mates along the way-- Manuel Quintana, Cookie Rodriguez, Victor Ruiz, George Ramirez-- and many other special guests throughout the years.

Currently Anna lives just north of Woodstock, NY area in the beautiful and historic hamlet of Palenville, (America's first artist colony)-- and with the help of some amazing regional talent, Anna has been touring and performing material from her CD, "Closer to Now" as well as her live release, "LIVE at Mast Cove". She has opened for notable artists such as Richie Havens, Bo Diddley, Jeffrey Gaines and shared the stage with and/or followed after the likes of Frank Campbell (Prof. Louis & the Crowmatix), Marshall Crenshaw, Jim Curtin, Joe Quintana, Jim Weider, (The Band), Mike DeMicco, (Bruebeck Brothers), Bar Scott, John Holt, and Valen, to name a few.

Back in the studio with producer Robert Frazza, Anna is putting the finishing touches on her next CD project entitled, "WATER OVER THE BRIDGE" which features the incredible talents of her band mates along with special guests Carl Adami, Anneli Axon, Frank Campbell, Jim Curtin, Mike DeMicco, "little earl" Lundy, Kevin Maul, Jerry Marotta, Joe Quintana, Ross Rice, Jon Sherry, and Jim Weider. This project has just recently been mastered and is scheduled to be available in December of 2008. Tunes for the follow up EP, "Barely" have been composed and are soon be recorded with a release date slated for early next year.