Annie Dinerman on AirPlay Direct

ANNIE DINERMAN is a Songwriters Hall of Fame award-winner, a singer-songwriter whose lyrics reveal a frank, funny and very female point of view. Women in her audience identify, and men want to be the man she writes about. Annie walks in the footsteps of storytelling artists like Paul Simon and Wendy Waldman. Annie’s singing voice will remind you of a young Carole King, but her warm, witty and womanly writer’s voice is distinctly Dinerman.

She was taught the value of craftsmanship at an early age by her first-generation American parents, who grew up working with their hands--her mother in her father’s tailoring shop, her father in his family’s wholesale poultry business. Annie first found a large and loyal following for her original songs as a Bowling Green State University student, and later in Southwest Ohio coffeehouses. The only native Ohioan in a family of transplanted New Yorkers, she heard the artist’s call and moved to New York to concentrate on songwriting. In June of 2006, Annie received the Abe Olman Award from Songwriters Hall of Fame, and made her debut at the Kerrville Folk Festival as a songwriting contest finalist. Annie’s most recent performances have taken her to new territory: the bustling songwriter scene around Albany, New York, and the DJ Invitational Showcase at the 2007 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference in Monticello, New York.

There are over 30 covers of Annie Dinerman’s songs, including “Child In Me Again”, recorded by Kathie Gifford on her “Born For You” CD (2000). The CD hit three Billboard charts: #1 on Heatseekers, #6 on Top Contemporary Christian, and #139 on Top 200.

Annie Dinerman is recording her second independent CD with noted producer Steve Addabbo (Shawn Colvin, Susanne Vega, Sonya Kitchell). Six songs are "in the can" and more will be recorded in late 2007. Fans can expect more emotional lyrics, edgier, more immediate singing, and songs about what she’s living through right now. In May of 2007, Ms. Dinerman received a grant from the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust for recording expenses for this CD, originally planned as a 4 song EP, but now expanded to 12 songs. Her desire is to become known as the songwriter who sparked a new era of well-crafted lyrics.

AFFILIATIONS: ASCAP, NARAS (voting member), SHOF, SGA (Songwriters Guild of America), Folk Alliance, Ann Ruckert's Pro Shop Workshop for Songwriters, Roots Music Association, Lifetime member of Madison Who's Who