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Anna Gilbert
Anna Gilbert Paakaula is an American artist born in Eugene, Oregon. She was the 2007 winner of the "Inspirational Artist of the Year" award for the National Momentum Awards on Indieheaven.com. She self-produced her first two albums with music and lyrics that she wrote herself. Her third album was produced with Charlie Peacock in Nashville, Tennessee and licensed by BMI.

Musical Career
Anna Gilbert's parents were both musical--her father was a high school music teacher and her mother was a worship leader at their church in Eugene, Oregon. Anna began playing the piano and writing at a young age and won a city-wide competition in the fifth grade. She wrote and produced her first album God Sees at age 21. She toured the West Coast playing mostly in churches and college venues.

Anna recorded her second album Falling in a Beautiful Place - completely self-composed and self-produced in 2007. She performed at a benefit to help fund relief efforts in Mozambique in June of 2007 with Calling Simon, an acoustic band from Eugene, and Feel Good Remedy.

She met Charlie Peacock in Seattle, Washington and worked with him to recorded a third album Your Love My Medicine that was produced in the spring of 2009. Her summer tour for 2009 includes venues in Hawaii, Idaho, Washington, California, Oregon and Montana.

Discography

 * God Sees (2003)
 * Falling in a Beautiful Place (2007)
 * Your Love My Medicine (2009)

Band
The musicians on Anna's third album include Scott Dente (Out of the Grey), Ken Lewis, Calvin Turner, Sam Ashworth, and Andy Leftwich.