Ann Savoy


Ann Savoy is a musician, author, and record producer.
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Biography

Savoy was born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Richmond, Virginia. She resides with her husband Marc Savoy and family in Eunice, Southern Louisiana.
As a musician, she performs with her husband accordionist Marc Savoy and fiddler Michael Doucet in the Savoy Doucet Cajun Band. She also has an all-woman band The Magnolia Sisters. She also performs with husband Marc and their sons, Joel and Wilson, in the Savoy Family Band. Most recently, she has put together a Django Reinhardt-style swing band called Ann Savoy and her Sleepless Knights.
Savoy appeared as a musician in the film Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and was the associate music director of the film All The King's Men, working on this project with T Bone Burnett. She has appeared in many documentaries on the subject of Cajun music including a Les Blank film, entitled Marc and Ann.
As a record producer she produced, among others, the Grammy Award nominated tribute to Cajun music, Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music, featuring singers Linda Ronstadt, John Fogerty, Nick Lowe, herself, and other noted musicians.
She is the editor and compiler of Cajun Music: A Reflection of a People, which chronicles the history of Cajun and Zydeco music. Volume one was published in 1984, and volume two was released in 2021. Savoy had put the project on hold while she raised four children and pursued a music career, but the downtime forced by the COVID-19 pandemic plus the encouragement of her grown children allowed her to complete volume two in 2020. Volume one garnered the American Folklore Society's Botkin Book Award, and the documentary film J'etais au bal was based in part on the book.
She has recorded a number of albums. As The Zozo Sisters, she recorded with Linda Ronstadt the Grammy Award-nominated and Billboard-charting CD Adieu False Heart. That album is notable for being Savoy's first time recording in English.

Discography

Ann Savoy and Her Sleepless Knights

If Dreams Come True Memphis RecordsBlack Coffee Memphis Records

With Savoy Doucet Cajun Band

Home Music with Spirits Arhoolie RecordsSavoy-Doucet Cajun Band Arhoolie RecordsWith Spirits Arhoolie RecordsJ'ai Ete au Bal: I Went to the Dance various artists Arhoolie RecordsJ'ai Ete au Bal: I Went to the Dance video ; various artists Arhoolie RecordsTwo Step D'Amadé Arhoolie RecordsLes Harias: Home Music Arhoolie RecordsLive! Arhoolie RecordsCajun Country video ; various artists ShanachieAly Meets The Cajuns video ; Aly Bain and others Whirlie RecordsSam's Big Rooster Arhoolie RecordsBest of the Savoy Doucet Cajun Band Arhoolie Records

Magnolia Sisters

Prends Courage Arhoolie RecordsChers Amis Rounder RecordsAprès Faire Le Boogie Woogie RounderStripped Down Arhoolie Records

Savoy Family Band

Savoy Family Album Arhoolie RecordsTurn Loose But Don't Let Go Arhoolie RecordsLive at the 2013 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans Jazz Fest

With others