Ana Popovic

Please fix your tags: Ana Popović Ana Popović's father first introduced her to the blues, through an extensive record collection and sessions hosted at the family home. Popović founded her first serious band at age nineteen. Within a year, she was playing outside of Yugoslavia and opening shows for American blues icons like Junior Wells. Her band Hush released their debut album, Hometown in 1998. The next year, Popović relocated to the Netherlands to study jazz guitar. She quickly became a fixture on the Dutch blues scene and soon ventured into neighboring Germany.

Please fix your tags: Ana Popović Ana Popović's father first introduced her to the blues, through an extensive record collection and sessions hosted at the family home. Popović founded her first serious band at age nineteen. Within a year, she was playing outside of Yugoslavia and opening shows for American blues icons like Junior Wells. Her band Hush released their debut album, Hometown in 1998.

The next year, Popović relocated to the Netherlands to study jazz guitar. She quickly became a fixture on the Dutch blues scene and soon ventured into neighboring Germany. In 2003, she was nominated for a W. C. Handy Award in the United States. Awards 2002 — Three-way nominee for "Best Singer", "Best Guitarist" and "Best Album" at the French Blues Awards. 2003 — First European nominated for "Best New Artist Debut" at the WC Handy Awards in Memphis, USA. 2003 — Nominated for "Best Blues Album’’ at the Jammie Awards in New York City. 2004 — Winner of the award Jazz à Juan Revelation in Juan-les-Pins, France. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..