After over a decade in the Nashville grind, a series of failed deals and a vocal cord injury, the pandemic prompted singer/songwriter Annie Bosko to move back home to California. In that moment, she made a promise to herself: she would return to Music City when she got a paying gig. In 2022 she was offered a booking and proudly came back to Nashville.
Performing solo, guitar in hand, she played a private event where, unbeknownst to her, GRAMMY award winner Vince Gill was in attendance. He was so impressed by her vocal prowess that he offered to collaborate on a song with her, giving her his number for when the right one came along.
That show — and his offer of support — reignited her belief in herself to pursue music with full-force and record her first album.
Bosko wrote “Higher Ground” with Gill’s voice in mind, and the result is a timeless collaboration.
“Sometimes it takes someone else believing in you to make you believe in yourself. I hope this message provides hope for those who are navigating tough times, like it did for me,” adds Bosko.
Written by Bosko with Tommy Sims, the message of “Higher Ground” is especially poignant this Easter weekend leading into Passover: a time of reflection and rebirth.
These times are heavy
And oh so dark
My world is breaking apart
Lord, won’t you lift me
I’m falling down
To Your higher ground
This road keeps stretching
It’s been awhile
I can’t keep walking one more mile
You can see clearly show me now
To Your higher ground
Higher ground above all the madness
Higher ground safe from the sadness
When I’m weary let my soul be found
On higher ground
“Higher Ground” follows her self-titled EP featuring five songs including lead single “Neon Baby,” which found Bosko making her late night debut on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” earlier this year.
Having recently made her international debut at C2C: Country to Country in Glasgow with a solo acoustic set to a sold-out arena, Bosko will perform on festival stages across the U.S. this spring and summer, including Tortuga Music Festival, Stagecoach, CMA Fest, Country Jam, Faster Horses and Watershed Festival.
For a full list of tour dates, visit AnnieBosko.com or follow on Instagram, TikTok Twitter/X @AnnieBosko and Facebook.com/AnnieBoskoMusic.
About Annie Bosko
With a voice that beams like a ray of California sunshine, Stone Country Records/Brown Sellers Brown Management singer-songwriter Annie Bosko pairs a sound anchored deep in the organic twang of ‘90s country with simple songs told from the heart, preaching equal parts healing and honky-tonk hope. A student of legendary crooners like Patsy Cline with added inspiration from Shania Twain, George Strait, Dwight Yoakam, The Beatles and more, the Golden State native broke out in 2014 with the SiriusXM/CMT hit “Crooked Halo,” bucking the bro-country trend for a traditionally flavored anthem that has now amassed more than 3 million streams. She went on to write songs recorded by Willie Nelson and Jessica Simpson, tour alongside Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley and Blake Shelton, sell out the famed Troubadour and perform on the Grand Ole Opry and at Ryman Auditorium–the fabled Mother Church of Country Music–while also becoming an in-demand studio vocalist and earning the title Artist to Watch from rolling Stone Country. After a series of standout collaborations with country icons Vince Gill, Dwight Yoakam and Raul Malo, she is now embracing her true nature for creative rejuvenation. Working with producers Derek George and Mickey Jack Cones, a new batch of music pairs unapologetic twang, clever wordplay, and deep compassion with her long standing downhome-diva vocal, capturing the full range of timeless American art in its purest form. In 2023, Bosko released the powerful-yet-tender ballad “Dandelions” in memory of the victims of Nashville’s Covenant School shooting–a track written alongside Danny Myrick which has now become a beacon of community remembrance and faith. Lost in grief and capturing the reverberating shock of that day’s unfathomable loss, the track has been embraced by the Covenant School families themselves, with all proceeds being donated for their benefit through ACM Lifting Lives. Her five-song EP Annie Bosko is available now, featuring sharp-yet-simple, pure-country songs written or co-written with hitmakers like Jeffrey Steele, Bridgette Tatum and more, all aimed at uplifting, inspiring or just singing along with women and country-music lovers everywhere.
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