Anna Gutmanis

Hi beautiful music lovers,

These are very challenging times for everyone around the world. A social media post this morning read in part: "Love will not be cancelled. Songs will not be cancelled." For some of us, love and songs have always been one and the same thing. Music has helped me get through tough times in my life, whether those challenges are for me alone or for the entire society around me. Thank you so very much for listening to the music I've put out into the world. If my songs help even one of you get through this global health challenge in a happier, more centered way, I've done my job. Stay strong and full of love!

Hugs (from a social distance!)
Anna

Happy Family Day Weekend, everyone! In Canada, we celebrate Family Day tomorrow. I am SO grateful that my extended music family is putting my eclectic music into the Top Ten of a bunch of N1M National Charts for Canada. This week, you have made In The Sun #6 for Pop; People (Got To Get It Together) #6 for Spiritual; Til Doomsday #6 for R & B; I Am Who I Am (2019 Dance Version) #9 for Dance; and Let It Slide #10 for Blues. As somebody who grew up admiring the genre-crossing songs of artists like Billy Joel and Laura Nyro, I couldn't be happier or more grateful. You GET what I'm doing musically, and I thank each and every one of you for listening! Have a beautiful weekend wherever you are and whatever you decide to do :)

Hi music lovers,

I hope everyone is withstanding all that 2020 has brought us so far. Never has it been more important to find ways to relax and to heal, which music can do for us. Over the past few months, I've had requests from several of you to add more songs, and now I have done that. Although I have not recorded nearly as much as I'd like - the cost of studio recording is still high when you're an independent artist - I hope you'll find a tune or two that you like among the additions here! They include a tune that I released on a radio-only CD compilation (Then Came You - 1992 remix), which is not available for sale. Then Came You was my first-ever single, released to Canadian radio 30 years ago. For the CD compilation version, which came out a couple of years later, I wrote another verse to make the song a bit longer. You can decide whether you like the original reggae version or the more pop radio-friendly later version better. I thank you again for taking the time to listen, and I hope that each one of us will find true happiness and peace this year!

Hugs and cheers,
Anna

Dear folks,

I want to wish each and every one of you the merriest, most musical holiday season! I enjoyed some beautiful holiday music last night at Roy Thomson Hall here in Toronto, with incredible solos by singer-actors Alana Bridgewater and Ma-Anne Dionisio, renowned opera tenor Richard Margison, and others. People sing with that extra bit of power and soul at this time of year! But this can also be a difficult time for many folks. Whether you are celebrating, or whether you are just trying to make it through the holidays, I know that music is a big part of your journey. Thank you so much for taking the time to listen to mine! Please know how grateful I am for your support. Wishing you a 2020 that fulfills and even exceeds your dreams!

Best,
Anna

I can't believe it's December already! Here in Toronto, the weather is finally feeling wintry, so I thought I'd share with you once again my winter blues tune, "Lately It's Cold". It has been getting some good airplay on blues radio lately! Hope you enjoy listening and remember to STAY WARM! :)

Hugs,
Anna