We're in Awe of Ana Egge's Heavenly Live Performance of 'We Are One' 

by Laura B. Whitmore

Hauntingly beautiful with a gravitas behind its meaning that transcends the mere music of mortals, Brooklyn folk-pop, singer-songwriter Ana Egge’s “We Are One” is a gorgeous work on its own. But this live version of Egge performing with the First Unitarian Brooklyn Choir will leave you aching for more. The song is about finding unity in our differences and Egge’s delivery is spot on.

“There are brief moments in all of our lives when what is happening to us and around us seems to take us outside of ourselves and we simply know that we need each other,” she shares. “We simply know that we are all more alike than we are different. Now, when our country and much of the world is so divided, these moments need to be recognized. When it’s possible to ‘look into a stranger’s eyes, and see yourself looking back’ and recognize ‘all our differences are nothing in the face of love.'”

Here Egge performs “We Are One” with The First Unitarian Brooklyn Choir under the direction of choir director and arranger Adam Podd. “It felt like sunlight coming through a prism! My lone voice, supported and lifted by all of theirs,” she adds.

In September of 2017, Egge met up with acclaimed songwriter Gary Nicholson in Nashville and wrote “We Are One,” releasing it soon after as a one off single. The song quickly took on a life of it’s own and has since gained millions of streams from around the world. The song examines those occasions whether it be eclipse or calamity, when, in wonder or distress we came together.

Egge’s new album Is It The Kiss, despite its traditional roots, is something of a soul record. Along with providing the wind and brass arrangements throughout the album, the whole is put togther by multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer Alec Spiegelman (Cuddle Magic) with guest appearances by Iris DeMent, Matt Davidson (Twain), Alex Hargreaves and Buck Meek (Big Thief).

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