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Anjani

Anjani’s musical journey began at the age of four when she first picked up the ukulele at her childhood home in Honolulu, Hawaii. She studied voice, guitar and piano, before a desire for new adventures brought her to New York City. Once there, a friendship with renowned music producer John Lissauer lead to her first gig with Leonard Cohen—singing back up vocals on his original version of “Hallelujah.” Neither one knew at the time how that meeting would change the course of both their lives. Anjani went on to sing and play keyboards on Cohen’s 1984-85 Various Positions World Tour. After subsequent vocal work on his records, I’m Your Man, The Future and Dear Heather, their musical vision culminated in the release of Blue Alert

New Releases, Grammy Nominees With New Jazz Categories & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 4, 2023

This broadcast includes an assortment of Grammy nominees (not a bad year for women overall, with some new jazz categories), plus new releases from Solidaridad Tango, violist Debbie Spring, drummer Allison Miller, vocalist Anita Wardell, pianists Marta Karassawa and Thandi Ntuli, with songs of gratitude and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you ...

Blue Alert

By Anjani

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Blue Alert; Innermost Door; The Golden Gate; Half the Perfect World; Nightingale; No One After You; Never Got to Love You; The Mist; Crazy to Love You; Thanks for the Dance.

Anjani: Blue Alert

by Jim Santella
May 30, 2006

With its program of popular songs by Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas, Blue Alert settles in gently for an audience in love. Don't look for sheets of riveting sound to fill the room with propulsive action, or thunderous backbeats to shake your bones in a fascinating rhythmic groove. This is not that kind of album. Anjani's ...