Anna Ternheim

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"Anna Ternheim makes depth and emotion feel fresh with gently textured arrangements, straightforward lyrics and superb performances."
Chris Brunelle, Impose Magazine

As backwards as it might sound, for a singer/songwriter to be able to touch people with their music, the actual process of writing is one centered on solitude. "You have to be able to spend a lot of time with yourself and inside your own head", confirms Sweden’s Anna Ternheim, noting that that’s where the songs composing Halfway to Fivepoints originated. As some of the more somber relationship songs on Halfway to Fivepoints suggest, the 29-year-old, Stockholm-based Ternheim isn’t always happy about some of the things happening in her life. If the elegant, thoughtful collection maneuvers between folk and pop, conjuring the excitement and vitality of Beth Orton’s early records, there’s a melancholic thread tying the songs together, but it’s a good melancholy, at times shot through with moments of sonic and lyrical uplift.  While turning her into a rising star within her own country, Ternheim’s releases have also earned her support slots on bills with Okkervil River, Patti Smith and Joseph Arthur throughout Europe.