Asheville, NC-based roots artists Anya Hinkle returns to the Wake Forest Listening Room for an intimate exploration of acoustic music rooted in the sounds of Appalachia and seasoned by travels across the globe. After tours in Japan, India, Nepal, Denmark, Sweden, Hawaii, Colorado and California in 2023-2024, Anya and her bandmates present a surprisingly dynamic range of styles and influences in their original compositions.
With vivid storytelling and arresting honesty Anya Hinkle’s music is steeped in the tones of folk and bluegrass and seasoned by travels the world over. No Depression says of her 2021 release Eden and Her Borderlands [Organic Records] “…one of roots music’s gems so far this year.” She “effortlessly delivers…” (Pop Matters) with “…vivid songwriting and transportive vocals…” (Folk Alley).
Hinkle won the 2019 MerleFest Chris Austin Songwriting Competition and was the 2023 USA Songwriting Contest; she had a No.1 song and No. 2 album on Folk Radio charts in 2018. She has played festival stages across the world including MerleFest, Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, Bristol Rhythm Roots, La Roche Bluegrass Festival.
Her newest album, Oceania, releases on Red Parlor Records in 2024 produced by Kevin Moloney (U2, Sinéad O’Connor) and featuring legendary Irish guitarist John Doyle (Solas, Tim O’Brien, Joan Baez) and brilliant slide guitarist Billy Cardine. More info at https://anyahinkle.com/bio-epk.
Anya and Billy Cardine live:
“Ballad of Zona Abston”: https://youtu.be/ol2Nw533QKM
“Nightingale” Live @The BeeHive, Ft. Collins, CO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUKAWCLVYmE
“Give Me Love” (George Harrison) Live @The BeeHive, Ft. Collins, CO:: https://youtu.be/ShfAjjVa2oM
“Meditation: Beyond the Shores of Darkness” https://youtu.be/bbh7jECZOWA?si=K1bgpdeFmT0ASwb-
Official Videos
“Eden And Her Borderlands” (official video): https://youtu.be/D7-EduKxw_M
“Why Women Need Wine” (official video): https://youtu.be/3uAJEXdY0r4
“Hills of Swannanoa”(official video): https://youtu.be/YS5Hkfmb4Bk
“Certainly striking, certainly beautiful… everything one could look for in a bluegrass-tinged Americana”
— AmericanaUK
“…vivid songwriting and transportive vocals…”
— Folk Alley
“A burgeoning force behind the Appalachian roots revival”
— PopMatters
https://anyahinkle.com
