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Anna Fermin is an American folk/country singer and songwriter. Fermin was born in the Philippines but moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin with her family when she was a small child.〔(Anna Fermin ) at Allmusic〕 Fermin attended art school in Chicago from 1989 and began playing acoustic guitar there. She has cited Steve Earle's song "Down the Road", which she later recorded, as an early inspiration.〔("anna fermin & trigger gospel" ). www.hesawhore.com, December, 2007.〕 She played in a band called Anaboy briefly, then played solo locally before forming a new band called Trigger Gospel with Andon Davis (guitar), Michael Krayniak (double and electric basses) and Paul Bivans (drums). The name "Trigger Gospel" is taken from an old Western paperback.〔 The group opened for Johnny Cash at the House of Blues Chicago in one of their first gigs in 1996.〔("Anna Fermin squeezes trigger on new album" ). Country Standard Time January 2004.〕 They self-released an EP in 1997. After performing at SXSW in 1998, Lloyd Maines saw them and offered to produce their debut full-length album, ''Things to Come'', which was released in 1999.〔(The Farmer's Wife ). PBS Frontline.〕 2002's ''Live Music, Vol. One'' was recorded at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. Jay Bennett produced 2003's ''Oh, the Stories We Hold''.〔 Trigger Gospel released ''Go'' in 2007.〔("Anna Fermin Gets Her Gun, Again" ). ''Chicago Tribune'', May 25, 2007〕 Along the way, Rob Novak replaced Michael Krayniak on bass for a time, after which Krayniak returned. Subsequently, Andon Davis left the band, but has occasionally returned as a guest guitarist. Since Davis's departure, several others have alternated in the guitarist slot, including Frank Kvinge, Scott Ligon, John Rice, and Grant Tye.〔〔("Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel" ), ''Chicago Reader'', December 18, 2003.〕〔("Future Perfect: Pianist Terry Adams moves beyond NRBQ with a new band and forays into jazz" ), ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', November 26, 2008.〕 Ligon also sometimes played keyboards with the band. More recently, Alton Smith (keyboards) has also joined Trigger Gospel. In 2012 Anna started moving in a new direction with a new band and a couple of EP releases. She has been working on new material for a while, and is playing the new songs with a greater nod towards pop music, and shifting slightly away from her country/Americana roots. Live, she still plays some of her older hits with the new band. In July - August 2012 Anna appeared in renowned Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick's autobiographical play, "Nickel History: The Nation of Heat", at the Steppenwolf Garage Theatre in Chicago. ==Discography== *''Trigger Gospel'' EP (self-released, 1997) *''Things to Come'' (Sighlow, 1999) *''Live Music, Vol. One'' (2002) *''Oh, the Stories We Hold'' (Undertow Music, 2003) *''Go'' (Sighlow, 2007) *''Awaken to a New Earth'' single (Monkey Bread Music, 2008) *''The Contender'' EP (Monkey Bread Music/Pink Room Records, 2009 - re-released 2012) *''Someday Afternoon'' EP (Monkey Bread Music/(Pink Room Records ), 2012) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anna Fermin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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