Eric Anders
Eric Anders is an American singer-songwriter based in California.[1]
Music career[]
Anders released his first album in 2003, at the age of 39.[2] Not at One was produced by Anders and Richard Barron, and Anders collaborated on the songwriting with others including Mark O'Bitz and Benny Bohm.[3] He had begun writing songs for the album as of December 2001.[4] In 2004, Anders released the EP Songs For Wayward Days in protest of the upcoming Presidential election and the reelection bid of George W. Bush.[2] It was produced and mixed by Jeff Peters.[5]
In 2005 Anders released his second album, More Regrets,[6] a 47-minute, 11-track album.[7] His third album, Tethered to the Ground, was released in 2006.[8] The album was produced by Matthew Emerson Brown.[9] Anders' first four releases were all mixed by Jeff Peters.[5]
After a five-year break, in 2011 Anders released the EP Remains In Me, also produced by Brown.[2] After another five-year break, in 2016, Anders released the collection Big World Abide: The Best of Eric Anders,[10] featuring songs from his previous albums.[11][12] All the songs were remastered by Jeff Peters.[5]
In 2017 Anders released the album Eleven Nine, which featured the Vilnius mural of Donald Trump kissing Vladimir Putin on its cover. The name of the album comes from the day on which President Trump was elected—the Ninth of November[13]—as well as referencing the date of the 9/11 Attacks, another event that Anders sees as catastrophic to the U.S.[14] The proceeds of the album are being donated to the Lambda Legal Fund.[15][16]
The first music video from the album was created for the track "This Fire Has Burned Too Long".[17] The second was for the song "Looking Forward to Your Fall."[18]
In 2018, Anders released an album as a duo with guitarist-composer Mark O'Bitz, titled Of All These Things.[19] In 2019, Anders and O'Bitz released Ghosts To Ancestors, their sophomore release as a duo.[19]
Eric and Mark released a single, "Matterbloomlight". The single was included on their 2020 album - and the duo's third album together - American Bardo, which was created as an ode to the novel Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders.[20][19] Anders and O'Bitz released the EP This Mortal Farce in 2020, also inspired by the same book.
Anders and O'Bitz released their single "Careful Now My Son"[21] in December 2021 and then their album Sirens Go By in February 2021. These releases are the first and second installments of their multi-release collection that is based around the theme of "music in the time of the Coronavirus."[21]
Selected discography[]
Albums
- Not At One (September 13, 2003)
- More Regrets (February 7, 2005)
- Tethered to the Ground (March 21, 2006)
- Big World Abide (March 30, 2016)
- Eleven Nine (April 20, 2017)
- Of All These Things (June 2018) with Mark O'Bitz
- Ghosts to Ancestors (2019) with Mark O'Bitz
- American Bardo (2020) with Mark O'Bitz
- Sirens Go By (2021) with Mark O'Bitz
EPs
- Songs For Wayward Days (August 17, 2004)
- Remains In Me (January 1, 2011)
- This Mortal Farce (2020) with Mark O'Bitz
Singles
- Matterbloomlight (October 2018) with Mark O'Bitz
References[]
- ^ "Popmatters' top 50 Americana albums for 2020".
- ^ a b c "Eric Anders aims for Eleven Nine after five years away from studio". Vancouver Weekly. 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Big World Abide: The Best of Eric Anders". Scallywag Magazine. 17 June 2016.
- ^ "Eric Anders: Not at One". Pop Matters. 11 May 2004.
- ^ a b c "Eric Anders". Eric Anders.
- ^ "Eric Anders Shows He Is Not Tethered To The Ground With 'Big World Abide'". 15 July 2016.
- ^ Greg Howell. "Rocknworld.com - Sophomore - Eric Anders- More Regrets". www.rocknworld.com. Rock n World Magazine.
- ^ "Eric Anders, 'Big World Abide' Reviewed - OnStage Magazine.com". on Stage Magazine. 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Orange Pop: 'Smoke' smells successful". Orange County Register. 21 April 2006.
- ^ Times, Music (26 April 2016). "STREAM 'Big World Abide: The Best of Eric Anders' Album [LISTEN]". Music Times.
- ^ "Album Review Eric Anders "Big World Abide: The Best of Eric Anders"". ventsmagazine.com. Vents Magazine.
- ^ "'Big World Abide: The Best of Eric Anders' epitomizes Anders' lasting sound". AXS Magazine.
- ^ "Eric Anders". Music-News.com. Music News.
- ^ "Eric Anders Questions, Is This Your Land?". The Beat.
- ^ Radic, Randy (29 April 2017). "Album Review: "Eleven Nine," Eric Anders". Huffington Post.
- ^ "Eric Anders Releases New Album Eleven Nine, Donates Proceeds To Lambda Legal". Midnight Music. 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Bay Area Artist Eric Anders Releases Compelling New Music Video "The Fire Has Burned Too Long"". Tattoo Magazine. 13 October 2017.
- ^ "Looking Forward to Your Fall". YouTube.
- ^ a b c "Song Premiere: Eric Anders & Mark O'Bitz Craft Haunting Folk Ballad with "Bury Me"". Glide Magazine. May 25, 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ Simmonds-Ronceros, Samantha (16 September 2020). "Eric Anders and Mark O'Bitz "American Bardo" Album Release - NoHo Arts District". nohoartsdistrict.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ a b Zivkovic, Ljubinko (11 January 2021). "Eric Anders and Mark O'Bitz - "Careful Now My Son" Reaction". Living Life Fearless. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- Living people
- American singer-songwriters
- 21st-century American singers
- American political activists
- American male singer-songwriters
- 21st-century American male singers