quote from the Peninsula Fine Arts Center web site
Annie Johnson has been performing in Hampton Roads since 1994, first as a guitarist & back-up singer for several bands and then fronting her own band, the AJB. She has played rock, folk, punk, pop, blues, and jazz, covers & originals, depending on the audience and the venue.
The AJB is Annie's hard rocking band that plays a high-energy mix of popular cover songs that they've made their own and originals. Annie's rock singing has been compared to Heart's Ann Wilson and Rush's Geddy Lee.
Solo, Annie plays acoustic guitar and assembles a set list to suit the audience & venue, everything from pop, folk, jazz and blues to hard classic & alternative rock and originals.
Since 2005, Annie has been working with Tidewater Arts Outreach to bring "music and arts to adult day programs, convalescent homes, hospitals, centers for individuals with disabilities, rehabilitation centers, family homeless shelters, and other homes, facilities and institutions. These performances, programs and activities promote human interaction, happiness and healing for people who have limited access to the arts, due to health, economic or social circumstances."
To book Annie solo or with the band, send an EMAIL
CDs
HOMEGROWN (2006) - Recorded by Annie on her digital 8-track.
INTERNET FEATURES
ACID PLANET.COM - Annie was featured on their "48 Hours With..." section on August 3 & 4, 2005.
Special Events
Friday, May 1st, 2009 - Live TV performance of the Annie Johnson Band on FOX 43
Sunrise to Sunset Acoustic Music Festival
River Rhythms Festival - Portsmouth, VA, 2008 & 2006
Opened For Maria Muldaur, 24th St. Stage, VA Beach
Sea Level Songwriters Festival 2008
Fair Trade Festival 2007 - Norfolk, VA
Oktoberfest, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Harvest Faire - Mariners Park, Newport News, VA
Earth Dance 2005 - Kolomoki State Park, Georgia
FPG Beltane - St. Petersburg, Florida - 5/6/05
Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Arts Cafe,
Newport News, VA
Songs for Suppers Benefit for the Southeast VA Foodbank
VA Beach's Contemporary Art Center Wine Design 2002
Opened For:
King's X,
August 17, 2009
LIVE RADIO PERFORMANCES
Hunter on Sunrise, WHRV 89.5 FM HD 3, Norfolk, VA
Sunrise on the Coast with Hunter Hughes 93.7 FM, Norfolk
Out of the Box with Paul Shugrue WHRV 89.5 FM, Norfolk
WRRW Revolutionary Radio 100.9 Williamsburg, VA. 5/16/08
Sunrise on the Coast with Brother Dave 93.7 FM
CNU WRITERS CONFERENCE
April 2, 2005 and March 26, 2004 - Annie presented a songwriters workshop as part of Christopher Newport University's Writers Conference. Participants worked in groups, writing their own lyrics and music. At the end of the evening, each group performed the song they had written. Annie & Thom provided musical accompaniment.
SONGWRITING WORKSHOP
February 2004 - Annie presented a songwriting workshop at Mary Peake Early Childhood Center in Hampton, Virginia. Participants were teachers of gifted children. Working in groups, they wrote lyrics and music and performed their songs accompanied by Annie, Jerald & Thom.
COOL EXPERIENCES
Played the Crooked Bar, Canters Kibitz Room, and the Cat & Fiddle in Hollywood, California during the winter of 1997-98.
BANDS
THE ANNIE JOHNSON BAND - 1998 to Now
LICIOUS - 2001 to 2002 -
Modern dance rock from the 80's to current hits
MY SISTER - 1997 - Cover & Original Band
UNDERTOW - 1995 - All original heavy grunge band
EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts in English with an emphasis on secondary education.
AWARDS
Nominated for Best Pop/Rock and Album of the Year
Voted Best Acoustic/Folk Artist of the Year (2002)
Winner of the Goodfellas Blues-A-Palooza
Nominated by Ninevolt Magazine for Best Female Songwriter
Daily Press Best Local CD 1998 for Letters From L.A.
Finalist in Original Music Contest sponsored by Baker Street, 1998
Winner Best Acoustic Act & Best Original Song in the Best of the Best Contest
COMPILATION CD's
Get Your Groove On - The Sexiest Songs On Mp3.com (2001)
Sang and/or Played Guitar on:
COSTY L - Black Sun (2006)
COSTY L - Pagan Tales (2004)
JOHN BALDWIN - Wide Alive & Dreaming (2004)
COSTY L The Iron Mask (2002)
TOAST - Live with the Virginia Youth Symphony Orchestra (2002)
TOAST - Gordon Price & Friends (2002)
Everville - Everville (2000)
Garden II Lost Again - Gordon Price & Friends (2000)
The Rockinghams - Going Through The Motions (2000)
Undertow - Alone In The Crowd - (1995)
HERE WE ARE (2002)
SYBIL (2000)
LETTERS FROM L.A. (1998)
Home-Recorded Demos
RITES & WRONGS (1996) - Recorded by Annie on her Tascam 4-track.
NO RETREAT (1994) - Recorded by Annie on her Tascam 4-track.
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO - Annie's song "Self-Medication" was featured on NPR's Open Mic web site in February of 2004.
ESTROGEN MUSIC FEATURED INTERVIEW - January 2002
MP3.COM FEATURED ARTIST - The Women of MP3.Com - NOVEMBER 29, 2000
Hampton Bay Days, Mill Point Park, Hampton, VA
1998 & 2002
Town Point Park, Norfolk, VA , 2006, 2007, 2008
2001
Granby Theater, Norfolk
Newport News, VA, 2007 & 2008
2004, 2005, 2006
Numerous performances both solo & with the band during the years 2005, 2006, 2007
The New Belmont, Norfolk, 2004
Junior League Fundraiser with Licious at the Norva in Norfolk, VA 2002
Ninevolt Music Awards 2000 at the Abyss in VA Beach, VA
Bayoupalooza at the Bayou in Norfolk, VA 1997
Route 1 Music Conference 1997 in Richmond, VA
Richard Lloyd (from Television, Mathew Sweet)
Maria Muldaur
Shannon Curfman
Sally Taylor (Carly Simon & James Taylor's daughter)
Agents of Good Roots
Sunday, April 5, 2009
2007, 2006, 2004, 2003
2008 & 2005
2002, 2000, 1999
Originals & Covers from Classic to Modern Rock
A lot of L7, Joan Jett, & Veruca Salt
by Portfolio Weekly Magazine 2008
for Hampton Roads by the readers of Ninevolt magazine
Battle of the Bands contest, August 29, 2002
& Best Female Acoustic Performer, 2001 & 2000
sponsored by Mitty's & Pro Music in 1995
Breakout - The Tidewater Entertainers Association (1999)
Lost in the Garden - Gordon Price & Friends (1999)
The Sun Country Harvest Album
Featuring musicians living in southeastern New Mexico. (1989)