Ana Popovic biography

Ana Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Поповић, born 1976, Belgrade, Serbia) is a blues guitarist and singer. Biography Ana Popović's father first introduced her to the blues, through an extensive record collection and sessions hosted at the family home. Popović founded her first serious band at age nineteen. Within a year, she was playing outside of Yugoslavia and opening shows for American blues icons like Junior Wells. Her band Hush released their debut album, Hometown in 1998. The next year, Popović relocated to the Netherlands to study jazz guitar. She quickly became a fixture on the Dutch blues scene and soon ventured into neighboring Germany. Today Ana and her 4-piece band are booked all over the globe, playing major blues / jazz and rock festivals all over Europe, the US and Canada. In 2003, she was nominated for a W. C. Handy Award in the United States. Studio albums Hometown (1998) Studio albums Hush! (2000) Comfort To The Soul (2003) Still Making History (2007) Blind For Love (2009) Live albumsAna! Live in Amsterdam (2005) An evening at Trasimeno Lake.(2010) Video albumsAna! Live in Amsterdam (2005) An evening at Trasimeno Lake. (2010) Awards2002 — Three-way nominee for "Best Singer", "Best Guitarist" and "Best Album" at the French Blues Awards. 2003 — First European nominated for "Best New Artist Debut" at the WC Handy Awards in Memphis, USA. 2003 — Nominated for "Best Blues Album’’ at the Jammie Awards in New York City. 2004 — Winner of the award Jazz à Juan Revelation in Juan-les-Pins, France. 2006 — Nominated for 'Best Blues DVD (2005)', 'Best Live Performer', 'Best Female Blues Artist' and 'Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)' at the 'Living Blues Awards'. 2007 — Nominated for 'Blues Artist of the Year' (BluesWax 2007, USA). 2010 — Nominated as 'Best Overseas Artist' at the British Blues Awards.