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Singer, songwriter, ordained minister, and-- perhaps more than anything else-- iconoclast: there's no pinning down Little Annie. And, though her latest project sounds uncharacteristically vanilla, one can only assume the singularity lies just under the seemingly staid surface.

When Bad Things Happen to Good Pianos, Annie and longtime collaborator Paul Wallfisch's latest LP, is a covers album featuring plenty of tunes you'll recognize. Still, Annie's putting her distinctive mark all over ten classics from the likes of Frank Sinatra, Leon Russell, Tina Turner, Jacques Brel, Candi Staton, Michel Legrand, U2, and others. The disc emerges January 29 via Durtro/Jnana/Southern.

Annie and Wallfisch have a European tour lined up for February, while Annie and Baby Dee will later join Marc Almond (Soft Cell) for Almond's "Sin Songs, Torch and Romance" residency in London.

When Bad Things Happen to Good Pianos:

01 It Was a Very Good Year
02 Song for You
03 Private Dancer
04 One for My Baby & One More for the Road
05 If You Go Away
06 Victim
07 Yesterday When I Was Young
08 The Summer Knows
09 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
10 All I Want for Christmas

Little Annie dates:

02-01 Paris, France - Café de la Danse
02-05 Barcelona, Spain - Apolo
02-06 Girona, Spain - Café L'arc
02-07 Santiago, Spain - Salon Teatro
02-08 Gijón, Spain - Casino de Asturias
02-09 Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal - Casa das Artes
02-12 Rome, Italy - Sainsbury Lecture Theatre at the British School
02-14 Turin, Italy - Spazio 211
02-15 Ravenna, Italy - Bronson
02-16 Viersen, Germany - Conny's Come In
02-17 Halle, Germany - Object 5
04-28 London, England - Wilton's Music Hall *
04-29 London, England - Wilton's Music Hall *
05-01 London, England - Wilton's Music Hall *
05-02 London, England - Wilton's Music Hall *
05-03 London, England - Wilton's Music Hall *

* with Baby Dee, Marc Almond