Ann Scott is an Irish singer-songwriter from

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Music career

*Ann Scott recorded her debut album Poor Horse between 2002 and 2003. Prior to its release in 2004, Scott released three EPs ''Pauper Tiger'', ''Madness'' and ''Knife''. *Her debut album received positive reviews where it was voted in Hot Press Magazine's Top 100 Irish Albums Ever at number 58. Between the releases of her EPs (starting with Pauper Tiger in 2002) and first album Poor Horse in 2004, Ann Scott toured the Republic of Ireland extensively. Her second album We're Smiling released in 2006 received positive reviews and followed with a tour of the Republic of Ireland. The album was later released outside Ireland in early 2008 with a short tour of the

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. In 2009, Scott was named among

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''The Ticket'' Top 50 Irish acts right now, while a recent live review from The Irish Times, describes her performance as 'a beguiling snapshot of a musician in thrall to her music but not her ego.' *Scott has appeared alongside and supported live Blondie,

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. Scott has toured

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. *Since 2009 and 2010 Scott has received more media attention in the United Kingdom featuring regularly on

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. Scott supported fellow Irish artist

throughout from November 2009 to May 2010 on her European Winter/Spring Tour. *In April 2010 Ann Scott announced details about her third album. On 4 June 2010 her third album Flo was released in Ireland, with a UK-European release expected for 12 July 2010. The third album features 14 tracks guided by Karl Odlum. The album features appearances by

and Kim Porcelli. The album was part-recorded in

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’s Electrical Audio studio. Promotion for the album began with the release of ''Candy'' as the debut single from the album and a tour of Ireland during May and June 2010. The promo single ''Candy'' was noticed by BBC Radio where it appeared regularly on BBC 6 Music's Introducing *In 2012, her track "Love Is In Him" appeared in Irish horror film ''

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'' which featured as part of IFI Horrorthon 2012. On 19 October 2012 Ann Scott announced that a new album would be released in 2013. *Scott's fourth studio album, ''Venus to the Sky'', was independently released in Ireland on 18 October 2013. The album launch took place at

's The Grand Social on 11 October.

Awards

Meteor Ireland Music Awards * (2005) - Best Irish Female Artist '' ominated' * (2007) - Best Irish Female Artist '' ominated'

Albums / EPs

Albums *''Poor Horse'' (2004) *''We're Smiling'' (2006) *''Flo'' (2010) *''Venus to the Sky'' (2013) EPs *''Pauper Tiger'' (2002) * ''Knife'' (2004) *''Universe Remix EP'' (2011) *''The Killerman Remix EP'' (2011)

Singles

*Pauper (2004) *Madness (2005) *Knife (2005) *Poor Horse (2005) *Mountain (2006) *Hot Day/Jealousy (2007) *Always (2009) *Candy (2010) Collaborations *

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(2011), Magdalene Survivors Together charity single

References

External links

Ann Scott Official WebsiteOfficial My Space Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Ann Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Irish women singers