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Anna Calvi played Bowery w/ Cuckoo Chaos & She Keeps Bees (pics & video), playing LPR, Osheaga & other dates

photos by Amanda Hatfield

Anna Calvi @ Bowery Ballroom
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“…when Anna Calvi coaxed slinky licks, sweeping chords, and gasping runs out of her Telecaster, I couldn’t help but smile. She can really play — she leaves no room for questions of authenticity. she’s there, and she’s doing it, bringing a sensuality and nuance to her guitar playing that stands her apart from a lot of guitarists, both male and female.” [Broken & the Blessed]

As promised in the post that mentioned David Byrne was in the audience, here are pictures from Anna Calvi‘s Wednesday night show at Bowery Ballroom with Cuckoo Chaos and She Keeps Bees. More of them below.

Anna and Cuckoo are now still on tour, and Anna’s NYC return has already been announced. Tickets are on sale for a July 27th show at Le Poisson Rouge. That’s three days before Anna plays Osheaga in Montreal.

Highlights of Anna’s Bowery set included her covers of both Elvis’s “Surrender”, and Edith Piaf’s “Jezebel”. Videos of both (one from the Bowery show, one from a previous show), with more pictures and tour dates, below…

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Anna Calvi – Jezebel (live @ the Bowery Ballroom 5/25/11)

Anna Calvi – “Surrender”, The Harley, Sheffield, 24th February 2011

Anna Calvi — 2011 Tour Dates
1 JUN THE CROCODILE Seattle, WA *
2 JUN BILTMORE CABARET Vancouver, BC *
5 JUN CAFE DU NORD San Francisco, CA *
7 JUN TROUBADOR Los Angeles, CA *
11 JUN DON VALLEY BOWL (supporting Arctic Monkeys) Sheffield, UK
16 JUN ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL – MELTDOWN FESTIVAL London, UK
18 JUN DIA DE LA MUSICA Madrid, Spain
21 JUN HANA BI Ravenna, Italy
22 JUN MOLE VANVITELLIANA Ancona, Italy
30 JUN HOVE FESTIVAL Hove, Norway
12 JUN FESTIVAL ART ROCK St Brieuc, France
25 JUN GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL Glastonbury, UK
1 JUL ROSKILDE FESTIVAL ART ROCK Roskilde, Denmark
2 JUL FESTIVAL LES EUROCKEENNES Belfort, France
3 JUL FESTIVAL BEAUREGARD Caen, France
4 JUL MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL Montreux, Switzerland
6 JUL OPTIMUS ALIVE FESTIVAL Lisbon, Portugal
7 JUL PLAGE DE ROCK FESTIVAL St. Tropez, France
10 JUL RUISROCK FESTIVAL Finland
13 JUL PAZIALE Turin, Italy
14 JUL BENICASSIM FESTIVAL Spain
15 JUL HULTSFRED FESTIVAL Sweden
17 JUL LATITUDE FESTIVAL UK
20 JUL PIAZZA CASTELLO Sesto Al Reghena, Italy
21 JUL PALEO FESTIVAL Switzerland
27 JUL Le Poisson Rouge, NY, NY
30 JUL Osheaga Festival Montreal QC
5 AUG BELLADRUM FESTIVAL Inverness, UK
6 AUG FIELD DAY FESTIVAL UK
7 AUG OFF FESTIVAL Poland
11 AUG HALDERN FESTIVAL Germany
12 AUG BROTFABRIK FESTIVAL Frankfurt, Germany
14 AUG KAMPNAGEL Hamburg, Germany
18 AUG PUKKELPOP FESTIVAL Belgium
19 AUG LOWLANDS FESTIVAL Holland
20 AUG FREQUENCY FESTIVAL Austria
28 AUG ROCKE EN SEINE France
* w/ Cuckoo Chaos