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| She was born Annie Danielewski, but you can simply call her 'Poe'. |
| Since the age of eight, when this eclectic musician dressed up for a costume party as a character from an Edgar Allen Poe story, the nickname has stuck. |
| Poe's songs are beautifully constructed and at times morally complex. She utilizes different styles and approaches in her potent music, such as adding an occasional processed cello (played by the gifted Cameron Stone). |
| Her debut album Hello is available on Modern/Atlantic records. At times, the sound is rough, disturbing and twisted but also sweet and comforting. She sings about survival. After one listen, her songs don't go away. Her single "Trigger Happy Jack" is slowly climbing the music charts. |
| Having resided in New York City, Utah, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Africa, Europe, and India, one gathers Poe has lived a great deal in a very short time. And her songs bear witness. But this 26 year-old is not just another angry diva. She clearly avoids trends. She started going against the grain early, when she and her brother, as two of six non-Mormons in a junior high school of 1600 became instant aliens. On the school bus, the Mormons took one look at her Sex Pistols T-shirt and hated her guts. Music served Poe's refuge, and the musical obsession began. |
| I had a chance to sit down with the singer songwriter a few hours before she opened up for Seven Mary Three in New York City. We feasted over a mini buffet of smoked salmon, chocolate eclairs, tiny fruit tarts, coffee crumb cake, mochacinos and OJ. I did most of the eating. |
| Poe begins our discussion with her favorite Robert L. Doerschuk (you know, Bob) quote she thinks applies to her: |
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Here is who I am, this is what I do, and this is what I would like to do. |
| (Ok, that's what I came to find out.) |