• Press Shot Anja McCloskey & Band © Adam Prosser
  • An Estimation Album Launch, Slaughtered Lamb, London, September 2012 © AM Photographies
  • Anja McCloskey and Dan Whitehouse on tour in Canada (c) Hannah Miller
  • (c) Bella von Einsiedel, Anja Bührer, fineArt elégance
  • Too Many Words Video Shoot in Southampton, April 2014 - (c) John Stewart/ Vision Productions
  • An Estimation Album Launch at Southampton's Tudor House, September 2012 © Adam Prosser
  • Press Shot Anja McCloskey & Band © Adam Prosser

  • New Album Out Now

    Pre-order Anja's second album Quincy Who Waits now. The first 100 will receive a special printed short story with illustrations from Billy Mather!

    Hello peeps, It brings me great pleasure to let you know that you can now buy my second album “Quincy Who Waits”, out now on Sotones Records. Order your copy here. The album was recorded in Hamburg, London and Brighton and also features a number of fellow Sotonians, including Fredrik Kinbom, Campbell Austin (Moneytree, TS Idiot), Mikey Kenney (Ottersgear), Joseph [&hellip
     
     

  • Up Coming Shows

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      26th July 2014 – Aldershot Live Music Day, Aldershot 16th August 2014 – The Art House, Southampton 22nd August 2014 – Roll for the Soul, Bristol (with Etao Shin) 23rd August 2014 – Shooting Star, Southampton (with Etao Shin) 29th August 2014 – Industriemuseum, Elmshorn, Germany 1st September 2014 – Akkordeoncafe im Fritz Henßler Haus, Dortmund, Germany 4th – [&hellip
     
     

  • Latest Video!

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    Brand new video for Anja’s new single “Too Many Words”, out on Sotones Records on 8th June 2014. Directed by John Stewart/ Vision Productions and Anwen Sheppard. Thank you also to Michael Stevens, Nicole Yiannaka, KLV, Joanna Rose Tidey, Eloise Rose, Helena Larsen, J.J. Stevens and the Bargate in Southampton.   Video for single “Instigate It“ (August 2013). Credits: Gillian [&hellip
     
     

  • Pre-order second album Quincy Who Waits now!

    Pre-order Anja's second album Quincy Who Waits now. The first 100 will receive a special printed short story with illustrations from Billy Mather!

      You can now buy Anja’s second album “Quincy Who Waits” for just £10. “A charming slice of modern folk” (The Girls Are) “McCloskey is in a league of her own – her voice is like nothing I’ve heard before.” (Sophie Porter, femalearts.com) “Essentially an accordion player, the German-born singer/songwriter is so much more. She has at least one foot [&hellip
     
     

  • Seven - sheet music and MP3

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                        This is a digital download for Anja’s instrumental Seven. You will receive sheet music scored for accordion (pdf file), as well as a recording of the instrumental (MP3 file) featuring Anja McCloskey (accordion), Hollie Chapman (violin), Campbell Austin (acoustic guitar) and Andy Harris (electric guitar)
     
     

  • Order new EP "Still", a collaborative project with Dan Whitehouse, for £4

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                        Order Anja’s new EP “Still”, which is a collaborative project with singer-songwriter and good friend Dan Whitehouse, for £4. It was released on Sotones Records on 20th January 2014. “This is a collaboration between two good friends, with that friendship built on good musicianship, so the quality of this work [&hellip
     
     

  • New collaboration!

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    I am very pleased to announce that I have spent the last few months planning and realising a collaboration with my good friend and fellow musician Dan Whitehouse. Dan and I first met at university in London some years ago (it’s in my interest not to reveal the actual number of years) and have always gigged together and talked about [&hellip
     
     

  • A handwritten tour diary compiled by Anja and her band during their April 2012 stint in Europe. It also features an album list that helped them through the long drives and an alternative "Lads on Tour" diary, which is not to be taken seriously :-)

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    A handwritten tour diary compiled by Anja and her band during their April 2012 stint in Europe. It also features an album list that helped them through the long drives and an alternative “Lads on Tour” diary, which is not to be taken seriously EU Tour Diary
     
     

  • Italian Song was released on Sotones Records in May 2012. It also features a B-side remix by label mate rude_NHS.

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    Italian Song was released on Sotones Records in May 2012. It also features a B-side remix by label mate rude_NHS. Italian Song Italian Song Italian Song (Remix by rude_nhs)
     
     

  • Anja McCloskey’s first full-length album An Estimation was released on Sotones Records in September 2012. It received the Musicians Benevolent Fund’s Emerging Excellence Award.

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    Anja McCloskey’s first full-length album An Estimation was released on Sotones Records in September 2012. It received the Musicians Benevolent Fund’s Emerging Excellence Award. “Like Philip Glass reimagining Prussian folk” (The Arts Desk) An Estimation Decision Buddenbrooks Italian Song Instigate It Tornado Quite Low Blinded By Blue And Her Head Sunset No. 73 A Kiss Ivory Tagetes &nbsp
     
     

  • Summer Adventures

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    I’ve had the most wonderful and musical summer. It started with a UK tour that had me perform with my Sotones friends and ended with a fantastic performance in a fair trade shop in my hometown of Elmshorn, Germany. First things first, this was the first time I tried taking the train from Hamburg to London with my accordion. I [&hellip
     
     

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