Anna Carew | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Our arrangements are always totally Anna & Oli! We really enjoyed recording these CDs; we had a lot of fun, and it was something that we were really looking forward to doing—being able to recreate our music and capture everything and present it on a silver disc. But if the truth be told, we both prefer to play live because it gives us the opportunity to convey something more personal to the audience. If we can touch even just one person in the audience emotionally with our music, then that’s the be-all and end-all of what we do—the Alpha and Omega, or perhaps, just simply, the ‘Anna and Oli’, so to speak (both laugh). But although this may sound a bit strange, on a couple of occasions we’ve actually been able to directly affect the lives of people who’ve heard us play. Just recently, we performed a short concert in a small church when a few people from the audience came up to us and said, ‘Wow, you’re doing something that I’ve always wanted to do. The experience of listening to you has energized me into finally realizing that what you’re doing is exactly what I want to do myself. Listening to you play has changed my life!’ These were young people who had been too apprehensive about following their own desires, because sometimes it’s really difficult to strike out on your own and follow your own beliefs. And, to be honest, what more could one ask for? If only one could reach more people in the world, the world would be a very different place indeed.