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# New Music | Anna Vogelzang - Die Trying
- URL: https://www.musicsavage.com/new-music-anna-vogelzang-die-trying/
- Published: 2011-11-14T09:41:03.000Z
- Updated: 2011-11-14T09:41:03.000Z
- Author: Kyle Mitchell
- Tags: Anna Vogelzang, #wordpress, #Import 2024-04-24 19:18

![](http://www.musicsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/AnnaV_img01_hires.jpg "Anna Vogelzang")

A Boston area native, Anna Vogelzang, who recently transplanted herself to Madison WI is about to release a new album *Canary in a Coal Mine (out 2/28)*, and this is the first track I’ve heard of hers. It was immediately striking to me because of her voice which I believe is reminiscent of a Joanna Newsome. But the pounding beat, and the plucking banjo gives it a more traditional American folk feel that I for one enjoy far more.

The song “Die Trying,” is a conversational narrative between the singer and a friend from home, about the hardships of travel and being a musician on the road. It seems to be a very common theme these days, as I can imagine its quite a hard thing to do, leaving behind everything you know and love for a life on the road. As the song progresses it becomes larger and larger,

More Anna:  
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