Hailing from Woking in Surrey comes a sensual, playful and feisty young singer songwriter, Anna Neale. After touring as a member of the Dublin soul band The Commitments Anna’s move to become a performer in her own right has seen her take her career to a new level. So far Anna has performed her unique acoustic rock (or ‘sex folk’ as dubbed by the national Canadian press!) with gutsy vocals around the world, attracting the attention of an increasing number of fans with her live, TV and radio appearances.

2008 has seen Anna reach the finals of the London Metro's 'On-line, On-tour' competition', and the finals of MTV’s 2008 ‘Get Seen, Get Heard’ competition. Her interview and song (recently filmed live at 'Bed' in her home town) ‘Soul Momma’ received regular play on various MTV channels across the UK over the spring and summer. To finish the year, Anna is performing as part of O2 Undiscovered before the Elton John concert at the O2 Arena.

In 2006 Anna played at the sell out BPI showcase as part of Canada’s NXNE festival where she was the highest rated solo artist. Part of her Canadian tour saw her writing and recording with Justin Gray (Joss Stone, Emma Bunton) and John Wozniak (Marcy Playground).

As well as showcasing at Manchester’s renowned ‘In The City’ music conference and performing regularly at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Anna has performed as part of SXSW in Austin, Texas, and at the NEMO Music Festival in Boston USA in 2005. Anna’s Boston appearances resulted in her track ‘All For Nothing’ topping the NEMO Starbucks download charts across the whole of New England.

Winner of 2009's Guildford Brit Award for Best Female Solo Artist, this year has also seen Anna headline at the world renowned Canadian Music Week festival (CMW) in Toronto. She is currently working on a new album with producer Jez Larder (One Eskimo, Amy MacDonald) set for release early 2010 in conjunction with independent label 'Somebody's Music'.