Singer-Songwriter music and lyrics by Anna Dagmar

Satellite (2012)
Anna Dagmar was three albums into a critically acclaimed songwriting career which wove together colorful jazz harmonies, inviting pop melodies and refined classical piano textures. Then she stepped into the world of folk music. There she learned how to lift a personal story to a universal truth. This summer, the NYC-based pianist, arranger and singer-songwriter releases a new album, matched in music and narrative, Satellite.

09 Down The Road

05 Company

Satellite

Let the Waves Come in Threes is Brooklyn-based pianist/singer-songwriter Anna Dagmar's third full-length album, a three-year love affair, three years in the making. Produced by drummer Ben Wittman (Patty Larkin, Jonatha Brooke), the title track is an upbeat sea shanty which tells the vivid tale of a young girl whose treasured diary has been tattered and swept up in a wild storm. She looks out across the ocean for meaning and direction as a mysterious voice rises up from the waves. The album features twelve piano-driven folk/pop songs, lyrical string arrangements, breathtaking soundscapes by guitarist Marc Shulman (Suzanne Vega) and vocalist Theo Bleckmann (Laurie Anderson), and the wholesome, unpredictable, and refreshing voice of Anna Dagmar. Anna Dagmar s new album showcases her gorgeous voice, lyrical piano stylings and lovely, intelligent songs. -Lucy Kaplansky ...it's one of the best new singer-songwriter recordings of the year so far, in a crowded field. -George Graham/WVIA From the opening moments of 'Let the Waves Come in Threes' her piano spills out over the band in these fantastic hooky cascading lines and I am swept in. It's a beautiful ride. -Jennifer Kimball ...an elegance and style that is warm and accessible, yet uniquely her own. -Matt Mrowicki, Chorus and Verse Magazine

Shadow Of A Doubt

Let The Waves Come In Threes

In the riveting song, “We Were Children,” the voice of one child stands for all of the children cruelly thrust into adult wars. 

We Were Children

from 2009 release Let the Waves Come in Threes

Daydream

Anna Dagmar is a NYC-based pianist, vocalist, singer-songwriter and musical theatre composer. She is a two-time Gold Prize winner in the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest and has released three full length albums. With her 2012 release, Satellite, Dagmar was selected as a national finalist in both the Kerrville and Rocky Mountain Folk Festivals. She has performed at venues such as Club Passim, Tupelo Hall, and City Winery and on radio stations including WFUV and WFMT. She is currently writing a gypsy-jazz influenced musical titled Kids These Days with lyricist Kevin Wanzor. Dagmar is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music. www.AnnaDagmar.com