Hello from the sunny Isle of Man...

Its a beautiful day here..I'm flicking between the Wimbledon Final and also keeping an eye on local boy Mark Cavendish who has just won the 2nd stage of the Tour de France...go Cav!!!! I've got my laptop on my knee and after some continuous problems with getting onto MySpace I finally seem to be all sorted.

I hope you are enjoying the summer and wherever you are the weather is keeping you warm and cheery.

Finally got my hands on the edit for the LMO concert and you can view it here. Would love to know what you think. I still can't believe that's me standing up there with Andy Brown and all his awesome musicians who all made me feel really welcome and played so amazingly well...

The LMO and Me!


We're also just off for the premiere of the new video for Night Fever which we filmed over the past couple of weeks. We've invited along everyone who took part in the video so it should be a great end to the afternoon..

I've got a little sneaky peek of that video for you below but there will be more to come soon I promise :)

Sneaky Peak of Night Fever

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday :)
Big Lovesies
Anna xxx

After a race to the finish line for our fantastic hard working producer Dave Armstrong of Stereoscout Records,here is the song to become the anthem of the world's first clean emissions road race that is the TTXGP..

This record is extra extra special because it was filmed and recorded entirely on outdoor location by artists of varying genres all from the Isle of Man.

If you live locally the CD is available to buy from Shakti Man in Ramsey, Peter Norris Music,on board the Steam Packet vessels and the TTXGP stand at the grandstand. It will also be available next Thursday evening at our very special "Promise of a Generation" concert at the Villa Marina.

For those further afield the cd is available from www.stereoscout.com with details at www.ttxgp.com

All proceeds will go to the MGP Helicopter Fund. Please support this very very special occasion..

The single is a cover of John Mayer's "Waiting for the World to Change" and the message is clear.

You can have a sneak preview of the video right now...for the next 48hrs only the video will be available to view if you click here WAITING ON THE WORLD TO CHANGE

Its exciting times!!
Big Lovesies
Anna xx

Hey,

Just wanted to point you in the direction of the new video on my profile page (or you can click HERE or HERE) which was shot in sunny Weybridge, Surrey last week when Dave and I headed over to meet with the London Metropolitan Musical Director Andy Brown to talk about the upcoming concert and have a chance to go over the score that is being frantically worked on.

This is sooo exciting folks!
Tickets for the "Promise of a Generation" TTXGP Concert with me and the London Metropolitan Orchestra featuring the film music of John Williams and Michael Kamen are available now TTXGP Tickets

The practices for this years TT are well under way and you can feel the atmosphere building up everywhere as the visitors all arrive for the festival fortnight.

Next week (date to be confirmed) also sees the release of the official song for the TTXGP...its a cover of a great song and was exciting for all those who took part as it includes a stellar line up of local artists and musicians. It was all recorded live on outdoor locations and after a sneak preview I can confirm it sounds awesome and I cant wait for you to hear it and see the video (the video was shot on a beautiful sunny isle of man day with views to die for!). Not going to give much else away for now coz you know how much I like to surprise you with good things

So dont forget to check out the new video HERE and I'll be speaking to you again soon

Big Love
Anna x

My little home of the Isle of Man is a gentle laid back place that time could simply forget..if it wanted to..

We are famous for castles, rich celtic heritage,the biggest water wheel in the world,the bee gees and who could forget the TT Races..the world's oldest road race(101 years this year!).

In all of those things we are famous for, something which wouldnt usually be included is innovation, looking to reach out into the unknown. But this year the Isle of Man will be the home of the very first Green TT Road Race. The Green TT will be a race of clean emission technologies and our chance to show the world that being green doesn't mean going slow!

I have been very proud over the past few years to be involved in the TT festival from my association with the wonderful Steve Hislop RIP to having had the honour of opening the festival each of the past 3 years singing the Manx National Anthem and the unoffical anthem "Ellan Vannin" before the start of the first and final days of races. The feeling as a Manx person of my heart racing as I stand there and sing the beautiful lyrics to Ellan Vannin have been some of the proudest moments of my musical life.

This year to celebrate the launch of the new Green TT the organisers are going all out with a concert. They are flying in the wonderful London Metropolitan Orchestra to open the new festival  on Thursday June 11th at the Villa  Marina Hall.

I have been falling over myself to be able to tell you but have been sworn to secrecy until now...but finally I can give you my amazing news..

The organisers having given me the honour of being able to sing with the prestigious 72 piece orchestra!!!!

I have to admit this will be THE performance of my entire career. Little me with a HUGE orchestra. I am so ecstatic, proud and pretty much bursting with a mixture of lots of other excited emotions.

I can't tell you the song just yet but my lovely producer and good friend Dave Armstrong and I think we've come up with a winner to be able to include my classical and more contemporary sides.

The hard work is here now with the task that we have with arranging the piece and scoring it for the orchestra in time for the concert..something that is being relished.

The next two months will be about scoring with techincal help from the wonderful and graciously supportive Charles Guard (of the Manx Heritage Foundation who were a massive support in the production of "Let it Rain") and then off to London for rehearsals with the orchestra..there was talk of Abbey Rd Studios in there but I just won't believe it until I see it with my own eyes! And then marching on into June for a night that I am sure will be hard to be surpassed by any other.

I have been dying to share my news with you as you have all been so supportive of my music. I struggle to comprehend sometimes that good things really do come to those who work hard and wait ,maybe not as patiently as they should, for the good stuff to come.

Singing with an orchestra has been on my wish list since I was a little girl with big classical dreams but now I am going to get the chance..and be able to rock out in the bargain..good times!!

At this moment I am a very very happy easter bunny :O)

Some other good stuff to come but thats a whole other blog altogether..

If you want to be kept updated on details about the Green TT Concert and any other upcoming AG stuff then please join the mailing list on the front page of my website Click for Mailing List

Thank you for being there so that I can share this news with you

Big Love and lots of scrummy stuff
Anna xx

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Happy Red Nose Day!!

   
I'm trying out a new website called "I Like Songs" featuring lots of indie artists..why not eh! So if you get chance click on the "metaphor" link above to get voting, "You Slayed All My Monsters" is up there too..

Winding down to the weekend right here and right now!
Big Love as Always
Anna xx

Hello and Happy late Saturday eve to you!



I hope you are enjoying your weekend. I love those laid back weekends
where maybe the weather isn't great and you haven't made any special
plans in particular, but they are just good because those around you
make it so :O)



Did you get chance to tune in to Manx Radio on the 5th?? Never fear if you didn't. Christy has kindly posted one of the clips on my profile page but I also did an acoustic version of "let it rain" which I would love you to have a listen to.

Feel free to check out Sir Bernard Of Manx Radio's Blog page for the extra video clips (you can also listen to the whole interview again). You can click below to get to the blog page and then click on "anna goldsmith's live appearance"

click me please!

Big Love to you as always..
AnnaG xx

p.s Remember that awesome news I had to tell you? I'm nearly at the stage of being able to tell you, but I'm just going to hold on to it for a bit longer to make sure I don't tempt fate but you will be the first to know!

Hello!
The RADIUS gig last weekend was such an amazing thing to be a part of
 
Take a look at this video which just sums up the whole night in 4 short minutes..I hope you enjoy :O)
 
RADIUS Highlights

Hello! Tis only me again!

Just confirmed today that on Thursday night I will be on Bernie Quayle's evening show on Manx Radio. Bernie has been a supporter of my music since I wrote my first recorded song "You've A Smile" when I was 15. He was the first person to play my music on local radio as well as being a legend in his own right...

For those of you across the pond you can listen online from around 10pm on..

Manx Radio

We will be having a chat and I am also going to be playing my new song "Ordinary Comfort" as well as maybe one or two old favourites...I would really appreciate your feedback on the song if you do get chance to listen so please contact the show as both Bernie and I would love to hear from you both locally and as far away as possible too..

Join us if you can on Thursday from 10pm onwards...

With Love
AnnaG xx