Annie Lin

Annie Lin is a US-based singer/songwriter and the founder of the Ariadne Record label. She was born January 14, 1980 in Taiwan, and moved to the United States, settling in Southern California by the age of six. Majoring in English at Rice University, Annie balanced a busy national touring schedule (100+ dates/year) with classes. After forming the Ariadne Record label in 2000, she released her first studio album Kicking Stars in 2001. The album was made up of original acoustic pop songs which showed a strong Lisa Loeb influence.

Annie soon expanded Ariadne to a full-service label, booking other bands and launching the "Asian-American Songwriters Showcase", an event she created to spotlight Asian American talent. The AASS toured nationwide from 2001 to 2003 and featured such artists as Vienna Teng and Emm Gryner. East Coast Songs, a collection of music written on the road, was released in 2002 and received positive reviews from the Houston Chronicle, Boston Phoenix, and Village Voice. In 2003 Annie graduated from Rice and began law school; Truck Was Struck was released on April 16, 2004, becoming Annie’s best selling effort thus far.

Annie received her law degree from the University of Houston and is currently (Feb, 2006) working in New York City. In November 2006, Billboard magazine reported that Annie Lin had been promoted to director of creative licensing at The Orchard (music label). [cite news | last = Peters | first = Mitchell | title = Executive Turntable | publisher = Billboard | date = 2006-11-04]

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* [http://www.annielin.com/ Annie Lin's Official Site]
* [http://www.ariadnerecords.com/ Ariadne Records Official Site]
* [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/music/local/1993964.html/ Houston Chronicle Feature - January 2005]
* [http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2004-05-27/playbill.html /Houston Press Article - May 2004]
* [http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/live/documents/02101104.htm /Boston Phoenix Review of AASS Tour (Emm Gryner & Annie Lin) - January 2002]