- Anna Fermin
Anna Fermin is an American folk/country singer.
Fermin was born in the
Philippines but moved toKenosha, Wisconsin with her family when she was a child. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fbfrxqtkld0e~T1 Anna Fermin] atAllmusic ] Fermin attended art school inChicago from 1989 and began playing acoustic guitar there. She played in a band called Anaboy briefly, then played solo locally before forming a new band called Trigger Gospel with Andon Davis (guitar), Mike Kranyiak (double bass) and Paul Bivans (drums). The name "Trigger Gospel" is taken from an old Westernpaperback . The group opened forJohnny Cash at theHouse of Blues Chicago in one of their first gigs in 1996. [ [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/farmerswife/etc/fermin.html The Farmer's Wife] .PBS Frontline.] They self-released an EP in 1997. After performing atSXSW in 1998,Lloyd Maines saw them and offered to produce their debut full-length album, "Things to Come", which was released in 1999. 2002's "Live Music, Vol. One" was recorded at theOld Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. Rob Novak later replaced Mike Kranyiak on bass.Discography
*"Trigger Gospel" EP (self-released, 1997)
*"Things to Come" (Sighlow , 1999)
*"Live Music, Vol. One" (2002)
*"Oh, the Stories We Hold" (Undertow Music , 2003)
*"Go" (Sighlow, 2007)References
Further reading
*"Finger on Trigger:Country Fringe Outfit Suits Anna Fermin". "
Chicago Sun-Times ", June 20, 1999.
*"Fermin Going Strong Down the Country Music Road". "Chicago Sun-Times ", December 19, 2003
*"Anna Fermin Gets Her Gun, Again". "Chicago Tribune ", May 25, 2007
*"American Woman: Trigger Gospel's Anna Fermin Finds Time on Her Side". "Daily Herald ", June 4, 1999.
*"Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel". "St. Louis Post-Dispatch ", September 29, 2005.
* [http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2006-12-06/music/anna-fermin-s-trigger-gospel/ Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel] . "Riverfront Times ", December 6, 2006.
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