Lili Añel has been described as “Part soul sister, part jazz chanteuse, and pure dynamite” (Jazz Times), possessing “unusual power, fearless emotional directness, and a wide-open timbre” (New York Times). Additionally, Añel’s presence has certainly been felt on such top Triple A radio stations as WFUV (New York), WXPN (Philadelphia), WUMB (Boston), and WXRT (Chicago).

On her latest release, Every Second in Between (Wall-I Records), due Sept. 29, 2009, the Cuban influenced singer-guitarist from Spanish Harlem has hooked up with four-time Grammy winning producer, Glenn Barratt, to deliver her finest work yet.

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With a sound that reflects her Black/Cuban heritage with frequent comparisons to such greats as Joan Armatrading, Joni Mitchell, and Steely Dan, Lili Añel certainly delivers on Every Second in Between, especially on her favorite track, the lead-off single, “Supposed to Be.”

“‘Supposed to Be’ was captured exactly as I had hoped – the arrangement, instrumentation, everything,” she says. “The vocal is up front, it’s minimal, and it’s the kind of song that someone else could have gone to town with and thrown in the kitchen sink. But Glenn did a real good job keeping it simple. I just love the way the vocals sound and the feel of the whole song.”

Other standout tracks include “Can’t Fall Out of Love,” which contains tasteful harmonica work (very much in the style of Toots Theilemans and Stevie Wonder), as well as “Voyager,” which teams Añel with a string quartet (which she compares to what David Amram did with the score for the classic 1961 movie Splendor in the Grass), as well as a cover of one of her all-time favorites (and another influence), Nina Simone’s “That’s All I Want From You.”

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To mark the album’s release, two special shows have been confirmed – first in her current hometown – September 26th at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia, then her former, November 10th at the Living Room in NYC.

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