“Anny Celsi is one of this city's smartest and catchiest pop songwriters” – LA Weekly

Her style has been described as “beatnik cool,” “pop-noir,” and “slightlydelic pop jangle,” and has evoked comparisons to artists like Aimee Mann, Lucinda Williams and Jackie DeShannon.  The LA Weekly cited her as “one of this city’s smartest and catchiest pop songwriters.”  Her album "Tangle-Free World" (2009), produced by Nelson Bragg of the Brian Wilson Band, showcased influences ranging from Bacharach to The Bangles and back and was chosen by Al Kooper for his “Cream of the Crop” album list. Anny’s self-produced2013 album 2013, "January," once again combines Brill Building hooks with a storyteller's eye for detail. And in 2019, she released “Kaleidoscope Heart: 12 Golden Hits,” a greatest-hits album lavishly pressed onto a 12” gold vinyl LP.

Born in Portland, Oregon, Anny spent her teens as an writer/performer with the renowned avante-garde Storefront Theatre.  She moved to Los Angeles with her first husband, songwriter/guitarist Duane Jarvis, where she co-founded the boy/girl rock band The Tearjerkers, honing her songwriting and harmony-singing chops before striking out as a solo artist.  In 2003 she began producing and releasing her music under her own Ragazza label.  After  her album "Little Black Dress & Other Stories" was discovered by the Dutch Roots Radio Ring, she began touring Europe and the UK regularly, joining forces with musicians in Germany, The Netherlands, England and Ireland to perform in concert halls, pubs, house concerts, backyard barns and comic shops.

Anny is proud to have come from family that values creativity over commerce. Her mother is the painter Lolita Celsi. Her brother David Chelsea is an illustrator, author and arguable champion of the annual 24-Hour Comic Challenge. Her sister Teresa Celsi is the author of many books, notably the childrens' classic The Fourth Little Pig.  Their late father, Dick Celsi, was a community organizer who for a time was Oregon's Democratic Party Chairman.  Anny's son Ivan Pyzow is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and arranger who has contributed his talent to many of her live shows and albums.

Anny recently relocated from Los Angeles back to the Pacific Northwest. She looks forward to writing, performing and recording with musical friends in Portland, while continuing with her day job as Senior Producer of the podcast “Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng.”

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