Ann Vriend

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Canadian artist AV (Ann Vriend) is known most for her virtuosic, soaringly powerful vocals, and not far behind that for her multi award-winning abilities as a songwriter -- and she ain’t too bad at the piano, either. She has been delivering her undeniably unique brand of old-school, inner-city soul to audiences around Europe, Oceana, Asia, and North America throughout her under-the-radar but consistently award-winning, critically acclaimed career. In addition to winning the national Cobalt Music Prize for her single "It's Happening" in 2019, and in 2017, for her single "All That I Can," which also won the 2018 R&B/soul Recording of the Year at the Edmonton Music Awards AV's last single, “Hurt People Hurt People”, peaked at #55 in 2019 in the Main Pop Charts in Germany, reaching the top 10 on some stations, and reaching #1 on Bayern1, which has a listenership of approximately 3.3 million. Well-known, beloved radio host Werner Reinke from Germany’s HR1 station presented an hr-long live recording and interview with AV this past February and actually cried during AV’s performance, immediately calling a friend to book her at one of Germany's most esteemed blues festivals. Based on that success AV was presented the opportunity to open for Brit soul/pop artist Lisa Stansfield at the end of 2019. The pandemic put a pause in her momentum, but it is about to be picked up again with AV's new album release, "Everybody Matters."