Biography
Born into a singing family in Sydney, Australia, Anne McCue grew up surrounded by music ranging from the Beatles to Nat King Cole. She pursued higher education at the University of Technology in Sydney, where she completed a degree in film production and studies. With that credential she began writing freelance reviews of theater and film for area newspapers. Relocating to Melbourne opened the door to music when she joined the hard rock band Girl Monstar, whose recordings topped Australia’s indie charts and earned two ARIA nominations. After four years she left the group to concentrate on solo material. She then spent a year in Vietnam—originally booked for three months—performing nearly every night. Returning to Melbourne, she completed her debut solo recording, the six-song collection Laughing. Australian alternative stations championed the project, placing the single “Always” in heavy rotation and including it in the independent film This Space Between Us. In 1997 she became a member of Eden a.k.a., which led to two consecutive years of Lilith Fair dates across the United States and Canada and a subsequent contract with Columbia Records.
At the turn of the century McCue exited Eden a.k.a. and resumed her solo path, quickly signing with Relentless Records to record Amazing Ordinary Things. Drawing on songs from Laughing as well as newer compositions, she realized the album with occasional production input from Larry Klein; it appeared in Canada and the United States in early 2001. While touring internationally alongside artists that included Emmylou Harris and Joan Armatrading, she gained additional notice when “More Than This” was featured on Dawson’s Creek. The 2004 album Roll earned broad critical acclaim, after which she took Koala Motel on a worldwide tour and settled in Nashville. East of Electric, issued in 2008, marked her first effort as producer, tracked at her own Flying Machine studio; she later produced releases by Tracey Bunn and Denise DeSimone. Broken Promise Land arrived in 2010, followed the next year by the concert DVD Live in Nashville. Around the same period she formed the band Yeah No Yeah with Simon Kerr.
At the turn of the century McCue exited Eden a.k.a. and resumed her solo path, quickly signing with Relentless Records to record Amazing Ordinary Things. Drawing on songs from Laughing as well as newer compositions, she realized the album with occasional production input from Larry Klein; it appeared in Canada and the United States in early 2001. While touring internationally alongside artists that included Emmylou Harris and Joan Armatrading, she gained additional notice when “More Than This” was featured on Dawson’s Creek. The 2004 album Roll earned broad critical acclaim, after which she took Koala Motel on a worldwide tour and settled in Nashville. East of Electric, issued in 2008, marked her first effort as producer, tracked at her own Flying Machine studio; she later produced releases by Tracey Bunn and Denise DeSimone. Broken Promise Land arrived in 2010, followed the next year by the concert DVD Live in Nashville. Around the same period she formed the band Yeah No Yeah with Simon Kerr.
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