Margaret from her album Portraits by Annie Locke

Portraits

Margaret

It’s perhaps unusual for someone to complete a degree at the Royal Academy of Music, with piano as a principal study, and not realise that they can write music…

Yet this is precisely what happened to Annie Locke. And for quite a while, even after leaving college, she was totally unaware of her ability to do so.[ Annie Locke bio ]

But then, Annie discovered that she could indeed write and improvise music. And her first album, The Living Earth, created within a year of beginning to compose, sold over 50,000 copies, mainly by word of mouth, and was apparently placed in the top ten of Billboard’s new age chart at the time.

Her work, with its lingering melodies, and stemming from her classical roots, is distinctive, yet easily accessible and immediately appealing. Many people also comment on how relaxing they find her music.

Annie Locke

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