Annie Crummer [SEP] country of citizenship
Annie Crummer
Anne Crummer (born 1966) is a New Zealand pop singer and songwriter who has seen success in both a solo career and as part of various musical groups..
Biography.
Crummer grew up in West Auckland. Her father, Will Crummer, a Cook Islander, was one of her strongest musical influences. She did one semester of Cook Islands Māori language (te reo) at the University of Auckland in 2000.
She has worked with New Zealand bands Netherworld Dancing Toys, When The Cat's
he has written for the Pelicans and the Windy City Strugglers, Lake's country blues band, who have twice won Best Folk Album in the NZ music awards. Formed in 1968 the Strugglers were the subject of the 2008 Costa Botes documentary "Struggle No More".
In 2011, he and Strugglers' bass player Nick Bollinger produced "Shoebox Love Songs", a CD of traditional Rarotongan love songs by Will Crummer, featuring his daughter Annie. In 2013 and 2014 he was a part-time carer for his friend