Take a Virtual Trail Walk with me! Celebrate the release of my latest song "Back in the Saddle" out now! Listen Walk along with me as I hike the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin. The walk is 25 minutes long, goes through the woods, and to the top of a grassy hill where there's a… Continue reading “Back in the Saddle” Virtual Trail Walk
In the summer of 2017 my folks moved out of my childhood home in Madison, Wisconsin. I had lived there since I was four up until I left for college in Minnesota where I studied music, theatre and dance, and performed in the Twin Cities area. View: Performing Pictures Since 2000, I had been traveling… Continue reading How going back to my roots led to my first song
I created a virtual online space called the "Annie Lynn Club," this website, that started as just a blog in 2018. Every Monday night after I gave my boys a bath I'd sit down and reminisce, and write stories about my childhood. Feeling nostalgic felt like an escape from the day-to-day challenges of being a… Continue reading How the Annie Lynn Club started
I grew up singing and loving to be in front of an audience. At the age of 18 I moved from my hometown of Madison, Wisconsin to Minneapolis, Minnesota where I studied music, theatre, and dance and performed professionally in the Twin Cities area. See performing photos below: Over time I slowly gave up singing… Continue reading How my motto: “Make it an Adventure” helped me find my way back to singing
I've been working on building a home studio for a while now. It's been a huge process both in research and learning what the heck I'd exactly need to do what I want to do.I still have a long way to go in practicing how to use everything, but at least now I feel I… Continue reading My NEW home studio set up!
I decided to start looking at life more like an "adventure" after becoming a mom, and around the time I was exploring songwriting for the first time. The two things coincided probably because I found myself needing a new way to look at my everyday life. I wanted to be more spontaneous with my kids… Continue reading How “Annie’s Adventure” started
Growing up in Madison, Wisconsin as a little girl I used to listen to the radio all the time. There wasn't the endless options streaming has brought us nowadays. We'd just turned the radio on and listen to whatever was playing that day. Things were definitely simpler. My Dad introduced me to the oldies he… Continue reading Song “Carry On” plays on Madison, Wisconsin Radio WWMV-LP 95.5FM -Live, Loud and Local
Annie Lynn Radio is a new playlist I created on Spotify, and it's playing now!! listen and "click the heart" to follow the playlist here.Remember mixed tapes?I've been taking a lot of walks lately. Not with a walk-man like the good ol' days (sigh), just me and my trusty phone. But on those walks I've been carefully curating a… Continue reading Annie Lynn Radio: Your “YOU got this!” Spotify playlist
My first open mic night ever was in Nashville, Tennessee the summer of 2018. I had only been playing guitar for less than six months. It might be my sheer persistence that I was able to play at the Bluebird Cafe. But I did. It started like this: My husband suggested just the two of… Continue reading Playing “Carry On” in Nashville: My Bluebird Cafe story
They say people can feel the spirit of the Ryman Auditorium while visiting it, whether you're on its stage or sitting in the old wooden church pews that are its seating. I know I felt like there was something really special about the space, like I could sense the presence of all the people who… Continue reading Two strange things happened while recording “Carry On” at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville
