Ana Popovic

The award-winning, hard-touring, guitar slinger and singer Ana Popovic is back on the road promoting her new album 'Like It On Top', that focuses on empowered, successful, inspiring female role models.

Like It On Top opened #2 at the iTunes most downloaded US blues albums. The album peaked at #2 of the Billboard Top Selling blues albums chart.

Recorded in Nashville, TN and produced by four-time Grammy winner Keb’ Mo’, the blues influenced album features guest appearances from Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robben Ford and Keb’ Mo’.

A trending theme in today’s world is women overcoming obstacles and breaking through the glass ceilings to reach the top. Like It On Top celebrates those that take initiative, develop, inspire and motivate. But it also credits the men who are motivated and enlightened enough to support women in their quest to be their best versions of themselves.

“I hope that my music inspires others to motivate ladies all over the world to be successful, energetic, empowered women on a mission, and to motivate men to give them that chance,” Popovic says. “The majority of women need to work harder than men to prove themselves or need to cope with a feeling of constant pressure to never make a mistake and be perfect. I believe that women no longer only have the right to earn a living and to take care of themselves and their families. The time has come to step it up. Becoming the outstanding leaders of tomorrow. Corner-office ladies in business, politics, and the electric guitar!”

Ana has been moving west all her life. She fell in love with American blues as a kid, starting back home in Belgrade, Serbia (ex-Yugoslavia), then moved to the Netherlands to study at the conservatory of jazz and world-music. She lived in Amsterdam for over ten years, and then in a single-minded pursuit of her art and career, she relocated to Memphis, TN to record and work with Southern musicians. Finally, two years ago, she moved her family to Los Angeles, California where she now lives.

Called “one helluva a guitar-player” by Bruce Springsteen and nominated for six Blues Music Awards, Ana has appeared on the covers of Vintage Guitar and Guitar Player magazine. Her albums 'Can You Stand The Heat' and 'Unconditional' were USA Today Picks-Of-The-Week and featured on NPR Weekend Edition, who praised her "Fiery technique on the Stratocaster". Nearly all of Ana's albums reached the top of the Billboard Blues Charts. She and her six-piece band have toured tirelessly, sharing stages with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, Joe Bonamassa and many others.

Electric Guitar

Instrument

Blues

Genres

5.05 reviews

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Maria M.

01/19/22

Amazing!

This is an Excellent course! I love soulful songs and highly recommend if you love blues! ♥

Brenda

10/07/21

Ana Popovic's firepower

When you are just starting to play the guitar you must know the main basics that are derived from the blues, the way Ana plays the guitar is a good way to learn those basics. Having the opportunity to listen and learn from Ana is an amazing experience, the technique she has is excellent and inspires me to keep improving to have the quality of playing that she has.

Jorge

10/04/21

The modern essence of the blues

Blues is a genre where I have listened to many guitarists and recently there is a minimal amount of those who have quality in all its forms, that's where Ana Popovic enters due to her qualities. I personally love Rock and Blues music. I like the fact that she has a style of playing where you can hear the classic Blues bases, but she also has a sound that adds a freshness within the genre, due to all the techniques and effects she uses when she makes music, all this added with the feeling that can never be missing, that makes me like the way she plays.

Durian

05/08/20

Real life blues

Quite a rare case when you not only like what you are listening to, but also what you are watching. And over time, this simple watching gradually turns into admiration, because Ana’s mastery and virtuosity can only be admired. Excellent course! It's not an academic blues, it's a real life, stage born blues! Thumbs up!

George C.

04/28/20

Ana Popovic's Blues Power

Excellent course! Exciting soulful songs that Ana starts off with an overview, explantation of the chord changes, solo highlights and her approaches to feeling the band and injecting your soul into it.