Annemarie grew up in a very religious home with piano and as 10-year-old she was sent to piano classes. Quickly she got tired of the strict piano teacher and two years later she grabbed her sisters old guitar to make melodies for the songs she had started to write.
In spring 2008 Annemarie Zimakoff released her debut album "Ivory" which led to tours in Denmark, Germany and The United States. She played at Oppenheimers Afternoon in Århus, where the renowned music journalist Ole Rosenstand from Danish music Magazine GAFFA acknowledged her concert with 4 stars. "Ivory" also got a stunning reception by the critics: "She sings outstanding", Martin Hansen from Rootszone wrote. "A powerful debut", wrote Henrik Breum from the Bergske Blade.
The melodies move between pop/folk and americana/country. They're unpredictable, edgy, often melancholic and make their way into the heart along with Annemaries expressive voice.
With her intense performances she has captured her audience around the world so far in Dublin, Berlin, New York, Nashville and of course in all corners of Denmark.
The personal lyrics are in English and often tell about murderers, myths and intimate stories from everydaylife. Annemarie is working on her second album to be released in 2010
Annemarie Zimakoff has lately performed at the wellrenowned Start!Festival selected out of 1200 applying bands to be one of the upcoming new names that the festival wanted to present.
Another great surprise was that Underground Music Awards nominated Annemarie in the category Best Alternative Act 2009.
Annemarie is also on the first Red Cross album to be released to support refugees coming to Denmark. They chose the song "Sitting in a Lukewarm Room" to be on the album "Paradiso Diaspora". Besides all this Annemarie has just finished her Berlin Summer Tour with 4 gigs in Berlin, Germany. In the autumn Annemarie is performing 4 Højskole concerts and in November touring in Germany again. Meanwhile she will be recording her second studio album in Copenhagen.
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