Anne McCue’s come a long way since her days with Girl Monstar, a Sydney band who enjoyed some success in the early 90’s. Moving to the US after a stint in Vietnam, she’s established herself as a solo artist and jobbing musician, with heavy-hitting fans – including Lucinda Williams – spreading the word. Like Williams she mostly does a line in gritty, sexy blues-rock, and on Broken Promise Land she marks out a diverse, if occasionally quirky, stylistic territory that sets her apart from the average Nashville songbird, Her default singing style is a relaxed smoulder, and her guitar playing – the main even here – is something else. McCue’s a terrific soloist: fiery, inventive and fluid, with a droning experimental streak that betrays her indie roots. She has a real gift for matching a loose, funky riff to a song. City Hub
Broken Promise Land was released in Sept 2010
Anne has a new album out, her 6th – BLUE SKY THINKIN’
Watch clip COWGIRL BLUES
“I’ve been a fan of guitarist/singer/songwriter Annie McCue for many years so I’m very honored and happy about singing with her on a damn fine song for her upcoming album. You can’t go wrong with such talent.” – Dave Alvin
