Birgit Bidder (real name Anna Åhman)[1] is a Swedish indie musician, songwriter, arranger and artist. Known for ones distinctive voice and songwriting, Birgit Bidder music often blends elements of retro pop, new wave and soul. Various instruments can also be found in Birgit's songs, including saxophones, synthesizers, vibraphones, French horns, saw and bandoneon.
Birgit Bidder has performed with artists like Ebbot Lundberg, bob hund, Moneybrother, Edda Magnason and Oskar Linnros and recorded solo albums with Grammy awarded producers like Jari Haapalainen and Niklas Perned.
She is also known under her alter ego Annie Angel, performing in productions like Chelsea Hotel at Berwaldhallen with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, on radio shows like Nordegren & Epstein i P1 and touring as an opening act for Oskar Linnros during spring 2018. In Chelsea Hotel Birgit Bidder performed Have You Ever Been (To Electric LadyLand) by Jimi Hendrix on wurlitzer with Grammy awarded jazz quartet Tonbruket. In 1967 at Gothenburg Operahouse she performed solo songs by Woody Guthrie, Sam Cooke and Velvet Underground.