Ann Savoy

Ann Savoy ( ; ; born January 20, 1952) is a musician, author, and record producer.

Biography Savoy was born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Richmond, Virginia.

As a musician, she performs with her husband accordionist Marc Savoy and fiddler Michael Doucet in the Savoy Doucet Cajun Band. She also has an all-woman band The Magnolia Sisters. She also performs with husband Marc and their sons, Joel and Wilson, in the Savoy Family Band. Most recently, she has put together a Django Reinhardt-style swing band called Ann Savoy and her Sleepless Knights. and volume two was released in 2021. Savoy had put the project on hold while she raised four children and pursued a music career, but the downtime forced by the COVID-19 pandemic plus the encouragement of her grown children allowed her to complete volume two in 2020. Volume one garnered the American Folklore Society's Botkin Book Award, and the documentary film J'etais au bal was based in part on the book.

She has recorded a number of albums. As The Zozo Sisters, she recorded with Linda Ronstadt the Grammy Award-nominated and Billboard-charting CD Adieu False Heart. That album is notable for being Savoy's first time recording in English.

Discography

Ann Savoy and Her Sleepless Knights If Dreams Come True (2007) Memphis Records Black Coffee (2009) Memphis Records

With Savoy Doucet Cajun Band Home Music with Spirits (1981) Arhoolie Records Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band (1984) Arhoolie Records With Spirits (1987) Arhoolie Records J'ai Ete au Bal: I Went to the Dance various artists (1989) Arhoolie Records J'ai Ete au Bal: I Went to the Dance video (DVD); various artists (1989) Arhoolie Records Two Step D'Amadé (1993) Arhoolie Records Les Harias: Home Music (1993) Arhoolie Records Live! (1994) Arhoolie Records Cajun Country video (DVD); various artists (1995) Shanachie Aly Meets The Cajuns video (DVD); Aly Bain and others (1998) Whirlie Records Sam's Big Rooster (2000) Arhoolie Records Best of the Savoy Doucet Cajun Band (2002) Arhoolie Records

Magnolia Sisters Prends Courage (1995) Arhoolie Records Chers Amis (2000) Rounder Records Après Faire Le Boogie Woogie (2004) Rounder Stripped Down (2009) Arhoolie Records

Savoy Family Band

Savoy Family Album (2003) Arhoolie Records Turn Loose But Don't Let Go (2008) Arhoolie Records Live at the 2013 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (2013) New Orleans Jazz Fest

With others The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco Various Artists (1999) World Music Network Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music Various artists, including and produced by Ann Savoy (2002) Vanguard Records Adieu False Heart with Linda Ronstadt as the Zozo Sisters (2006) Vanguard Records Allons Boire un Coup: A Collection of Cajun and Creole Drinking Songs Ann and Joel Savoy; Ann Savoy and Jane Vidrine – various artists (2006) Valcour Records I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country four-EP set – various artists (2015) Valcour Records Fais Do Do: Louisiana Lullabies Ann Savoy and Jane Vidrine (2019) Valcour Records