Brooke Annibale

Biography

Brooke Annibale (born July 1987) is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Music career

Brooke Annibale started to write songs at age 15 and soon began performing in the Pittsburgh vicinity. At 17, she released her first full-length album, Memories in Melody as her senior project at Moon Area High School. After graduating in 2005 she went to Belmont University receiving a degree in music business in 2009.
In 2010, Annibale raised crowd funds with a Kickstarter campaign funding recordings with producer Paul Moak at The Smoakstack in Nashville. The sessions became the album, Silence Worth Breaking, which was self-published and released by Annibale on March 15, 2011. The album garnered positive reviews from writers in Pittsburgh and Brian Palmer of Glide Magazine called it "phenomenal" writing, "Filled with gravitas, passion, joy, sorrow, humility and boldness, the ten tracks that make up Silence Worth Breaking are done in a stunning, hypnotic fashion, encompassing the genres of folk, rock, Americana and pop in masterful ways."
Words in Your Eyes, was released February 5, 2013 and featured at an official launch performance at Club Cafe in Pittsburgh, on March 9, 2013.
Annibale's critically acclaimed fourth album The Simple Fear released on October 2, 2015. Produced by Justin March at Paul Moak's Smoakstack studio in Nashville, the album release was followed by a breakout year for Annibale and then continuous touring with artists including Iron & Wine, Josh Ritter, Margaret Glaspy, Great Lake Swimmers, Jesca Hoop, Rufus Wainwright, The Handsome Family, Chadwick Stokes, and Aoife O'Donovan. Annibale won an Independent Music Award for Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album and appeared at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Folk Alliance International, and SXSW.
In March 2018, Annibale announced her latest full-length studio album Hold to the Light which was released on June 8, 2018. Produced by Sam Kassirer (Ritter, Lake Street Dive, Craig Finn) at his Great North Sound Society studio in Maine, the album features contributions from Zachariah Hickman (Ray LaMontagne, Ritter) on bass; Josh Kaufman (The National, Ritter) on accompanying guitars; Sean Trischka on drums; and Matt Douglas (Sylvan Esso, The Mountain Goats) on woodwinds.

Albums

Memories in Melody, self-released, March 15, 2005
Silence Worth Breaking, self-released, March 15, 2011
The Simple Fear, Brooke Annibale Music, October 2, 2015
Hold to the Light, Brooke Annibale Music, June 8, 2018
Better by Now, September 30, 2022

EPs

Words in Your Eyes EP, Brooke Annibale Music, February 5, 2013
Silence Worth Breaking (Redux), Brooke Annibale Music, May 7, 2021

Singles

"This Holiday", November 15, 2011
"Home Again", June 26, 2020
"What If You", May 9, 2022

Television

Several of Annibale's songs have been licensed for use in television: