Anne Haigis

Anne Haigis (born 9 December 1955) is a German musician, singer and songwriter. Through the 1980s, she gained commercial success with rock songs, blues and ballads sung in German with her native Swabian accent. In the 1990s she incorporated English language material again, and recorded with Tony Carey and Eric Burdon. Her intense and passionate singing style has been praised as belonging to one of Germany's best contemporary voices, a "down to earth, charismatic, warm-hearted entertainer".

Career In 1974, aged 19, she changed to Interstate Roadshow, a band which mostly toured US soldiers' clubs. During the holiday seasons she sang with French musicians in restaurants, cafés and bars of St. Tropez. That year, she first performed with a jazz band. In 1981, Haigis released the acclaimed debut album For here where the life is, produced by her discoverer and later partner Wolfgang Dauner. She went on her first large tour and also accompanied the United Rock & Jazz Ensemble as a support act. In 1982, her second similarly successful album Fingernails was released. Aside from touring she was a guest singer with the Radio Jazz Group of Südfunk Stuttgart, was invited to NDR and Bayerischer Rundfunk radio productions as a soloist; she was a member of the Band Wolfhound by Wolfgang Schmidt, and can be heard on "Hallelujah" and "Neverending Story".

she continues to be well received when performing, on tour with the release of her 15th album, 15Companions.

Personal life Haigis said in a 2015 interview that she is "married to music", that it is her "highest priority", and that she does not really have time for a social life. She has two dogs.

Awards 1987: Deutsche Phonoakademie in Jazz 1989: Löwen by Radio Luxemburg

Discography Fore here where the life is (1981) Fingernails (1982) Truth (with Wolfgang Schmid, 1982) Anne Haigis (1984) Lass mich fallen wie Schnee (1985) Geheime Zeichen (1987) Indigo (1989) ...in deutsch (Best of-Album) (1989) Cry wolf (1992) Dancing in the fire (1997) [mi:] (2000) Homestory (2003) Das Beste in deutsch 2 (2004) 8:00 pm – im duo live (2005) Good day for the Blues (2007) Wanderlust (2011) 15 Companions (2015)