Guitar Summit, Europe’s biggest guitar show, is presenting Ana Patan as a first-time artist appearance, with a performance at the Mozart Saal in Rosengarten, Mannheim on Saturday, Sep. 28th, alongside bass legends Jonas Hellborg and Bobby Vega , and featuring Antonio Winkler on drums.
Ana Patan is a German musician, of Romanian descent. She’s a singer/songwriter i.e. a storyteller; her instrument of choice is the electric guitar. Born and raised in Romania, she was adopted by the folk – music movement that blossomed in the wake of the overthrow of the communist regime. Her music was not necessary folk […]
From the latest gig with the boys, fragment from a reportage by Lars Stenberg, in full length here. Next concert at Matverkstaden på Lokstallarna in Malmö SE on June 29. See you there if you’re around! June 22, 2024
Illustrious French magazine Guitare Xtreme Magazine – Le magazine des guitaristes has words of approval for Ana’s latest online video of new song “Silicon Pimp”, which you can see here. “A unique and captivating universe to discover urgently in her album Spice, Gold and Tales Untold” Merci beaucoup les gars! March 5, 2024
This review from one of our favourite magazines in Germany simply made our day! Not only the observant and detailed chronicle of album “Spice, Gold and Tales Untold”, but also the company with which Patan is sharing the page: Bryan Ferry, Anastacia, Bush, Frank Zappa… Here a part of the text, in translation from German […]
A splendid review of Patan’s album “Spice, Gold and Tales Untold” by reputed music journalist Bengt Eriksson in the latest issue (Oct. 2023) of Swedish magazine Hifi & Musik. A clipping of the original article (in Swedish) – pdf, new tab An English Translation of the text (pdf, new tab) “The electric guitar […]
Vintage Guitar Magazine has been, for decades, one of Ana’s favourite publications in matter guitars and music, with its long established and constant quality. The honour and thrill is therefore substantial to find in its pages (no. 81, October 2023) a really snappy little review of her album “Spice, Gold and Tales Untold”! Not only […]
“She is equally good at it all: guitar playing, singing, composing. Which is actually not that usual, for example that a skilled, yes, virtuosic guitarist would write such good, direct and accessible pieces.” Bengt Eriksson for HiFi & Musik, Oct. 2023, on Ana Patan’s album “Spice, Gold and Tales Untold”
…A shiver runs down your spine when listening to this CD. The sparse arrangement and the unpretentious singing of Ana Patan, the simplicity and authenticity of the artistic expression contribute to the unique atmosphere of this recording.” Jazzfun, Sep. 2023
British journalist Steve Lazenby finds in Ana Patan’s album “Spice, Gold and Tales Untold” so much more than the obvious, which makes this review particularly commendable! He writes with the knowledge and sympathy of an insider, of a participant in the music, an attitude which allows him to understand a lot of the discrete meanings, […]
