About
Songwriter Artist Performer Producer
Songs where words matter...
Anouschka is half Swedish and half American. She has been compared to artists like Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Shaina Twain, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Osborne, and Nora Jones. Anouschka grew up traveling and has lived in Thailand, Sweden, U.S.A., Germany, Kenya and England. She is an accomplished guitarist, singer, songwriter and lyricist. Anouschka travels just as easily between genres, blending blues, jazz, rock, pop and reggae with well-crafted lyric content. This year Anouschka presents "My Bedroom Productions"- a collection of songs she has produced in her bedroom on her computer during corona
The first single in the collection "Lifeline" has already placed as semi finalist in the ISC (International Songwriting Competition). Top 9 % of 26,000 entries. The single is scheduled for release in late March
Prior albums include a singer-songwriter album in Boston, a blues-inspired album in Sweden, a pop-rock album in Berlin, an East African album in Kenya, and a solo album in Berlin. Awards include BILLBOARD WORLD SONG, IAMA, JOHN LENNON SONGWRITING AWARDS, ISC
Anouschka has worked as a music educator, as a music reporter for NPR, a copywriter and as an actress to support her passion. She is an active advocate for education out of poverty, wildlife preservation and universal rights
Anouschka will also be releasing "The Africa Collection" for international audiences this year. "The Africa Collection" is a collection of songs inspired and recorded in Kenya over the last 7 years. Her African-inspired songs are family-friendly, spiritual, and intended to inspire a more tolerant and kind world. The collection includes the heart wrenching anti-trophy hunting song "Dying To Be Free" which was the campaign song for the Global March to Save the African Lion in 60 countries, and the song "Shine" which has charmed audiences worldwide with its message of hope in Kiswahili and English
Photo Jakob Tryniszewski
“A strong vocalist, surprisingly fine, subtle acoustic guitarist”
— Music Connection, USA
“A master of versatility and depth”
— Home of Rock, Germany
“Rich texts...full of emotion, whether she works in the jazz, blues or rock idiom”
— Rootsy Magazine, Sweden