About

Annette Conlon is an acoustic folk singer-songwriter who, along with her husband, Doug Conlon, creates memorable and intimate live music experiences. Her gentle melodies and heartfelt lyrics create a warm and welcoming atmosphere that envelops the listener in a cocoon of emotion.

Singer/Songwriter

She has written/co-written, composed, and performed her own musical material, including lyrics and melodies, since the mid-1990s.

Music Supervisor

She has provided music supervision services on various films since 2017, private vocal instruction to actors, and other services.

Instructor

She leads the Black Rose Songwriting Circle, providing songwriting instruction, music industry conversation, and more.

“In her own way, Annette is following in the footsteps of such folksingers as Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez, not only showing their activism through their music but through their actions too.” – Ed Simon, The Boise Beat (August 16, 2017) .

History

Annette’s Compassionette Tour through the Southeast included a stop at the Asheville VegFest, spreading hope for compassionate living through music, fashion, and food along the tour route. Her performances at a variety of vegan festivals including the SoCal VegFest (2017 & 2019 where she organized a two-day stage with ten artists), L.A. Tofurky Trot & Vegan Food Fest (2017-2019), Central Coast VegFest, Plant Fest, National Animal Rights Day (2016-2018), Have A Heart Ranch, WorldFest, EarthDay LA, and the Oakland VegVest, The 3rd & 4th Annual Veggie Connection Event in Rancho Cucamonga, and more all allow Annette to spread compassion up and down the west coast and beyond. Additionally, Annette has performed at Americana Fest, NAMM, The Bluebird Café, Chicago Veganmania, Mesa Music Festival (2015-2018), and more from California to Arizona, Colorado, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Chicago.

Other

Her music has been licensed for several films, including “Cedar Box,” from her CD Life, Death, and the Spaces Between in the Highland Myst film The Harrowing (2018.) She is endorsed by Bedell Guitars, Seagull Guitars, Daisy Rock Guitars, LR Baggs, and Shubb Capos. Guitar Moose, Couch Guitar Straps, Kat Mendenhall Vegan Cowboy Boots, Bent & Bree, and BHAVA. Tofurky supported the Compassionette Tour by providing coupon booklets and compassionate counter-culture cards to distribute on tour and at shows.

Affiliations

  • ASCAP, Voting Member – since 1998
  • The Recording Academy, Voting Member – since 2002
  • Guild of Music Supervisors, Freelance, Voting Member – since 2019 
  • Women In Music, since 2011
  • NSAI, Voting Member – since 2015
  • Women In Film, since 2022
  • The Society of Composers & Lyricists, since 2023
  • Black Rose Acoustic Society, Instructor, since 2023