BIO

No matter what language Anna Lisa Hughes sings in, she communicates an enveloping sensuality. Armed with a smoky alto voice, cherry red electric bass, and bombshell looks, Anna Lisa is hopelessly magnetic. Her original songs showcase an ease of stylistic expression, from R&B to Latin rhythm, pop to blues.

With a family that spans the globe from Latin America to China and back to the US, she has traveled and lived in a small handful of the world's cultures. She first began to compose songs on an acoustic bass while studying and living abroad in Chile and Nicaragua. The total immersion in Latin music and culture fed into the rhythms of her compositions and inspired romantic lyrics in Spanish. Upon her return to the US, her songwriting was more influenced by listening to artists within her own album collection such as Sade, Tracy Chapman, Muddy Waters, The Beatles and Les Nubians. Of any of the above mentioned artists, listeners immediately hear an influence from Sade in Anna Lisa's soft and sultry vocals.

Anna Lisa's music career began at age 25, in China, just as she finished her Mandarin studies in Beijing. She headlined at many of Shanghai's most popular venues including The Cotton Club and charmed the crowds with her fluent Mandarin and commanding stage presence. In October 2010, Anna Lisa was invited to play with her trio at the JZ Shanghai Music Festival, one of the largest music festivals in China. Shortly thereafter, she began working on her first album, "Something I've Been Missing", and moved back to the USA to complete it. Now at 28 years of age, the well-traveled bassist/songstress lives in Denver, not far from her hometown of Boulder, Colorado.