Chatting with blues musician Anni Piper

TAMPA BREAKWAY FESTIVAL – April 26th-27th

TAMPA BREAKWAY FESTIVAL – April 26th-27th

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By Chyrisse Tabone, Tampa Correspondent

If Jane Russell (or even Jennifer Garner) could sing the blues like Billie Holiday and play the bass like Sting, you’d have Anni Piper.   Rock At Night had the pleasure of interviewing Australian-born/Florida transplant blues singer Anni Piper at the Camping With the Blues Festival at Sertoma Ranch, Brooksville, Florida. We discussed Ms. Pipers’s start in the music industry, her experience in the U.S., her recent marriage in Las Vegas, her favorite pastime-yoga, being a female bass player and vocalist in the blues music industry, and her favorite charity Cristina’s House of Hope.

I was able to catch Ms.Piper’s set with her band members Dave Kury (guitar/vocals) and Frank Hetzler (drums/vocalsl). She and the guys have a lot of chemistry and camaraderie as they shimmy back-to-back, lay on their backs while playing, and mingle with the audience. She smiles and beams as she speaks to the audience, who clearly adore this Aussie chanteuse’s sultry, smoky voice and down-under charm. To be honest, her voice sounds better live than on the CD I have been playing in the car. Her voice is full, womanly with hints of huskiness at times which the recordings seem to have smoothed out.

The Anni Piper Band: Anni Piper – bass and vocal Dave Kury – guitar and vocal Frank Hetzler – drums and vocal; Genre: Blues, Blues Rock; Home Town: Cocoa Beach, Florida

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PHOTO GALLERY

Anni Piper – “Wonder Woman”

 

Discography

Jail Bait (2004)

Texas Hold ‘Em (2007)

Chasin’ Tail (2010)

Split Second (2013)

More Guitars Than Friends (Soon to be released in early 2016)

 

Awards

Best New Talent 2005 Australian Blues Awards

Best Album honors at the 2013 Canberra Blues Awards

Nominated-The Best Female Vocalist Category at the 2014 Australian Blues Music Awards.

 

Label: Blues Leaf Records(USA); Black Market Music (AUS), Blues Leaf Records

 

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Cristina’s House of Hope

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Chyrisse Tabone, Ph.D.
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