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Congratulations on the release of your album \u201cCoffee At The Corner Bar\u201d. How does it feel?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you so much! I am really very excited that it is out and that people seem to be listening to it!<\/em> What\u2019s the story behind it?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I don’t have much of an interesting story behind the album – I tend to collate songs I have written once I have enough for an album, or try to continue writing more to have enough for an album.\u00a0 I think that I decided I was ready to make another album after I wrote the songs ‘Nyack’ and ‘Dogwood.’ I tried to think of what other of my songs would go well and was surprised at how many I had. I did write a few more and voila! An album comes poof out of nowhere! Actually, after months and months and months of hard work and then waiting to release it after a four month delay because of Covid, the album arrived on 4 September!<\/i> You\u2019re from New York how did it all begin for you?<\/b> I was born and raised in Manhattan.\u00a0 My mom loved to dance and my father was always playing piano (he is very good at it).\u00a0 My family had a lot of musical people in it and I played the piano since I was four.\u00a0 Weirdly I never play piano anymore when I perform – perhaps I should change that!\u00a0 I taught myself to play the guitar out of my father’s Simon & Garfunkel piano sheet music songs the day that I graduated high school, and started to write songs almost immediately after that.\u00a0 I met my husband at a bar not far from the hospital where I was born. Now I live in Cambridge and we have two kids. Life is super weird.<\/i> What did you listen to growing up?<\/b> Simon & Garfunkel, musicals, Carly Simon, John Denver, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, James Taylor…<\/i> What kind of effect has lockdown had on your creativity?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n I spent the first few months primarily fully focused on making sure my children were happy.\u00a0 That took most of my mental space. It’s only been recently that I have started playing guitar for fun again, and I actually managed to write a song!<\/i> You moved to the UK from New York what are three things that you miss and what are your favourite things about living in the UK?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Plain Bagels, Everything Bagels and Buttery Bagels. Okay, what do I miss?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Bagels\u00a0 2. Wandering around the streets of NYC and people watching\u00a0 3. My friends and family<\/i> You\u2019ve received airplay on national radio stations what was that feeling like?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Pretty great! I always appreciate when anyone plays my songs and when people listen.<\/i> Your song \u201cFly\u201d was used as part of a film trailer for Drive Me To The End, as well as a song on the soundtrack. Is this something you\u2019d look forward to doing again?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Totally! I would love to have more syncs and work with film – it would also be super cool to score a film or something.<\/i> Tell us about The Pollyanna Band.<\/b> My good friend Polly Paulusma and I wrote a bunch of songs and called ourselves the ‘Pollyanna Band.’\u00a0 We only managed to record and put out one Christmas single, Christmas. All The Time & Silent Night – we were even contenders to be the Christmas No. 1 in The Telegraph in 2013!\u00a0 We didn’t get it, but that was pretty cool.\u00a0 I don’t know what our plans are, but I hope we can one day record the songs that we have written as I love to play and sing with Polly and I think that the songs are good!<\/i> What are you looking forward to most in the future?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n My hope is to continue to make music and to have people enjoy listening to it.\u00a0 I would like to tour. It would be really great if the right label or manager took an interest in working with me – but either way, I think I will keep trudging on and working!\u00a0 I would really like to get into songwriting for other people or with other people if at all possible — that seems like fun!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Coffee At The Corner Bar” by Annie Dressner is available on all platforms and formats including CD and vinyl.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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