string of pearls - album out NOW!

Annabelle chvostek

Annabelle is a Juno-nominated singer-songwriter, composer and producer whose musical achievements span across multiple genres. She has composed music for dance and film, co-written songs with Bruce Cockburn, and toured the globe as a member of The Wailin' Jennys. Her most recent composition, commissioned by The Primavera Project for cellist Matt Haimovitz, had its world premiere in April, 2022 at the Venice Biennale and was released on PENTATONE in June, 2022.

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String of pearls: A canadian/uruguayan musical collaboration

Watch the "making of" the album! (filmed pre-covid)

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String of Pearls brings together Annabelle's Canadian singer-songwriter tradition and the nostalgia of her East European heritage with a long-standing connection to Uruguay. The songs were arranged and co-produced in Montevideo by long-time collaborator, composer and multi-instrumentalist, Fernando Rosa, who gathered some of Uruguay's stellar tango and classical musicians to add to a contemporary sound that harkens back to the grittiness of 1930s tango, vaudeville cabaret and swinging Hot Club jazz. On the Canadian side, long-standing bandmate Tony Spina is back on drums alongside members of Toronto's vibrant Jazz Manouche community. Toronto producer David Travers-Smith works his magic in bringing together the Canadian and Uruguayan tracking to attain a uniquely diverse cross-cultural, cross-temporal sonic montage.

“West meets South in jazzy folk excellence”

— Americana, UK

FEATURE INTERVIEW ON JAZZFM91 (TORONTO)

 live performance

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