» Ann Pascoe
Image: Ann Pascoe is certainly an authentic country girl who was born on a back country sheep farm, milked cows after her marriage, and raised five children with her husband Ross, listening to country music of the day.
"About 1999 I started writing country songs and needed someone to sing them, but nobody seemed keen. I was told to sing them myself," she says. So she took singing lessons for two years and found she could sing quite well.
Since her 2001 debut she has produced seven albums: "The First Hello" named from her own composition recorded with local Taranaki musicans backing her.
"Misty Morning Memories" used music backing from Nashville, and the songs of Roy G. Ownbey, whose help and songs figured widely in Ann's new music life. And still do.
Her third album "On the Menu" in 2005 received excellent feed back world wide, the title track (her own composition) going to #5 on the European Country Music Assn. Top 100 and staying on the charts for weeks.
Ann's fourth album "I'm Doing Fine" takes it's title from another Ownbey song, and was chosen because Pascoe feels she is doing fine! Two duos with New Zealand legend Dennis Marsh are included on this album.
"Am I Blue" from the album reached #5 on the European Country Music Assn. charts and stayed in the Top 100 after 14 weeks being played by country radio stations around the world.
A fifth album "Somewhere Between Memories and Dreams" includes four of Pascoe's own compositions and compositions of American writer, Glen Erickson.
A carefully selected list of songs from Ann's past albums makes up "The Best of Ann Pascoe" album.
A cover songs album, "Country Sunshine" is the latest album covering songs like "Country Sunshine", "Apartment #9", "Cowboy Loving Night", "Anytime", "Bed of Roses" and eight other favourites.
Releasing her music with Hillcrest in Canada put her on the world map! "I’m more famous 'out there' than in New Zealand," says Pascoe who has been reviewed in a French music magazine "Review de Musiques Americaines", interviewed on radio and played on country music stations in France, UK, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Malta, Norway, Sweden to name a few.
At home with her band OLDOGS, Ann sings at concerts and festivals in New Zealand, and she has supported some American, Australian and New Zealand acts in various concerts and shows.
Ann finished as one of the three finalists in the KiwiProAm Female Country Artist of the Year for 2009.
If you like sweet sounding vocals with pure Nashville country backing, you will enjoy all of Ann Pascoe's music.