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We need your help to make “Love and Rain”

by annie | May 31, 2023 | Cappsule

We’re super excited about this new batch of songs and can’t wait to share them with you. We started recording in January and will be finishing up very soon. (Read a bit more about the album and listen to a teaser – https://annieandrodcapps.com/recordings/) Although this album is a relatively low-budget endeavor, we can really use your help to get it across the finish line. So we’ve set a modest goal to raise $5,000 (which will help us pay for the balance of mixing, mastering, and manufacturing of the CDs) and we hope to raise that in two weeks! Ambitious? Yes. But not impossible.

If 200 of you buy the album in the next two weeks, we hit that goal. If a few of you are able and feel compelled to donate a little more, we have those options as well.

We created some other premiums below but if there’s something you want that isn’t listed, just reach out and we’ll do our best to make it happen. (NOTE, these options are subject to change but once you make a purchase we promise to deliver)

Options include:

$15 Download Only
$25 Disc and Download
$50 Disc, Download, and Donation (an extra $25 just because)
$75 Disc, Download, and Donation (an extra $50 and we’ll throw in 3 CAPPS albums of your choosing)
$100 Disc, Download, and Donation (an extra $75 and we’ll throw in 5 items from the Capps shop (choose from recordings, t-shirts*, and posters)
$150 Double down (2 of everything we have for sharing plus an extra $50 just because)
$250 Double down PLUS a one-on-one songwriting session with Annie (or something else we can offer of equal value)
$500 Double down PLUS a House Show* (or something else we can offer of equal value)
$1000 Executive Producer (All of the above, PLUS your name “in lights” in our album liner notes with Executive Producer credit)

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My Folky Valentine 2023!!

by annie | Jan 17, 2023 | Cappsule, Music Updates

We are so excited to share The Ark stage with these two lovely duos. Jenny & Robin Bienemann hail from Chicagoland. By turns hilarious and heartfelt, this cutting-edge acoustic duo melds original and traditional music with an elegant hint of jazz. Robin’s wild guitar stylings harken back to the earliest forms of jazz, blues and country guitar. Jenny’s voice and guitar playing evokes comparisons to Joni Mitchell and Ricki Lee Jones. Both write songs that are celebrations of modern life in all of its wonderful, strange and hilarious beauty, garnering airplay on National Public Radio, Dr. Demento, and The Midnight Special.

Ruth and Max Bloomquist celebrate 45 years of performing their style of Acoustic Americana, with roots in Folk, Bluegrass, and traditional Country music. Ruth is well known for her songwriting as well as her striking alto voice. She was a winner of Merlefest’s Chris Austin Song Writing competition in 2003 with her gospel number, By The River. The pair’s 2010 CD release, Turn Back a Page reached No. 5 on the Folk DJ Airplay Chart with 4 songs in the top 100 for that year. A Youtube video featuring Michigan Girl, a track from that CD, has been viewed over 395,000 times. The pair has toured in southern France nearly every year since 2008. A live CD was released in 2012 and a Christmas EP in 2015. The couple released their sixth full length CD, On A Canvas Painted Blue, in October 2017.

As always, we’ll swap songs, collaborate and have a great time!

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Annie’s CD Release Concert

by annie | Sep 26, 2022 | Cappsule

Riding the wave of excitement generated by a successfully funded Kickstarter campaign, Chelsea-based singer/songwriter/performer Annie Capps celebrates the release of her ninth recording and first solo album, “How Can I Say This”. The album features 12 original songs written by Annie representing what she calls “a love letter to my younger self” exploring topics of self-discovery, shame, learning, forgiveness, grief, and strength. Proudly featuring a supporting cast of over 40 women musicians spanning the U.S. and into Canada, “How Can I Say This” was recorded, produced, and performed by an impressive batch of A-listers, whose exceptional talents contributed to the sonically lush, emotionally charged arrangements. You can see that complete list and read more about the project at https://howcanisaythis.net In solidarity with the way it was created, for this concert, Annie has assembled an all-women band – some of whom performed on the album and others who are adding their own spin to the songs just for this show! The all-star band features Fay Burns on guitar, Suzie Vinnick on bass, Cheryl Prashker on drums/percussion, Judy Insley on Mandolin, Sara Gibson on cello, and a slew of background singers including Annie Bacon, Robin Lee Berry, Jennifer Buehrer, Kitty Donohoe, Jan Krist, Sharon Tse and more to be announced.

It’s time …

by annie | Jun 22, 2022 | Cappsule

It’s official. I’ve launched my first ever Kickstarter campaign to help fund the album I’ve been laboring over for the past 8 months. Can’t begin to thank my beautiful husband for his support through it all and all my pals and the incredible musicians, not to mention the amazing engineer, Maggie Heeron at La Luna Recording and Sound. Not gonna babble too much here, but you can click through to the “How Can I Say This” area of our website for lots more info or just click the image to go right to the Kickstarter. Thanks in advance!!

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