Anna Calvi - Photoscapes
by Andrew Twambley
published: 6 / 11 / 2019

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Andrew Twambley photographs singer-songwriter and guitarist Anma Calvi in a headline show at a new two-day Wirral-based festival Future Yard.
Three times nominated for the Mercury Prize and once for a Brit Award, LOndon-born singer-songwriter Anna Calvi is heralded as being one of the most innnovative musicians in Britain wth her unique virtuoso guitar-playing. Anna Calvi has released three albums to date, 'Annn Calvi' (2011), 'One Breath' (2013) and 'Hunter' (2018), and has recently gained a new audience by providing the soundtrack to the latest series of 1920s gangster thriller 'Peaky Blinders'. On Saturday 24th August she headlined Future Yard, a new two day Wirral-based festivaL which wwas organised by local culture magazine Bido Lito and also featured Bill Ryder-Jones and several Merseyside acts. These photographs of Anna Calvi were taken by Andrew Twambley during that headline performance at Birkenhead Town Hall. Photos by Andrew Twambley www.twambley.com
Band Links:-
http://annacalvi.com/https://www.facebook.com/annacalvi
https://twitter.com/annacalvi
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