Anja McCloskey (born ) is a German-American singer-songwriter signed to UK (United Kingdom) label Sotones Records. Her debut album ''An Estimation'' was released in September 2012 and received the Musicians Benevolent Fund ‘Emerging Excellence’ award. It was received positively by the press, with the ''

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'' calling it "simply magnificent" and ''Q'' Magazine making lead single ''A Kiss'' Track of the Day, referring to it as "sultry folk, like a Romany gypsy cabaret show" Her second album ''Quincy Who Waits'' followed in 2014, again to critical acclaim, with ''The Arts Desk'' calling it "one of the year’s prettiest albums" and ''Louder Than War'' describing it as a "beautiful album with some quite stunning vocals and musical arrangements." Anja was born to a German mother and an American father in the American Mid-West, but spent most of her childhood and teenage years in Elmshorn, Northern Germany. Choosing

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as her first instrument after watching her grandfather play the instrument at family parties, she performed with the accordion orchestra Musikschule Elmshorn and was taught by Susanne Drdack. She moved to the United Kingdom at the age of twenty to obtain a degree in print journalism and remained in England, both in London, Southampton and Brighton, until 2017. She currently resides in

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, Germany. Anja works/ has worked and performs/ has performed with The Irrepressibles, Haunted Stereo, Helen McCookerybook,

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London Accordion Orchestra
Her debut EP ''Turn, Turn, Turn'' was released on Sotones Records in September 2010, followed by a tour in the US. Anja's first full-length album ''An Estimation'' was released in September 2012. It spawned the singles ''And Her Head'', ''A Kiss'', ''Italian Song'', and ''Instigate It''. Her second album ''Quincy Who Waits'' was released in September 2014 with the singles ''Too Many Words'' and ''Henry Lives''. Her most recent solo release was in 2017, where she contributed the track
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Sotones Records 10-year Anniversary Release
Anja also plays piano and clarinet and is a contributor to music magazine ''Wears The Trousers''. She is a director of Sotones Records and Sotones Music Publishing and a committed

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McCloskey, Anja 1982 births Living people German women singer-songwriters German singer-songwriters American women singer-songwriters 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century German women singers