St. Vincent Biography

The artist known as St. Vincent was born Anne Erin Clark in 1982 in Oklaholma. Clark was born in the Tulsa area but moved to Dallas, Texas when she was seven years old, following her parents’ divorce. Anne began playing guitar when she was in elementary school, and got her first experiences on the road alongside her aunt and uncle, the duo behind the vocal jazz group Tuck & Patti.

After graduating from high school, Clark continued her studies in music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, during which time she released her first EP, a collaborative effort with some classmates. Anne grew weary of the conventional classroom approach to music study, however, and so she returned to Texas and joined a number of small bands and orchestras before deciding to pursue a career as a solo artist.

Under the moniker St. Vincent, Clark released her debut album, Marry Me, in 2007. The work earned her accolades and praise from some of the most prestigious music publications, and also earned her three PLUG Independent Music Award nominations. Marry Me was followed by Actor (2009), becoming St. Vincent’s first album to chart, but it was her fourth album, the self-titled St. Vincent, that truly put her on the map.

St. Vincent earned the artist a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album and the album itself was tapped as album of the year by multiple magainzes, including Slant Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and The Guardian. St. Vincent also earned the Vanguard Award at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards, and a Brit Award nomination for International Female Solo Artist.  

St. Vincent is an artist on the rise for certain. In addition to her own studio albums and singles, she composed “The Antidote” and “Roslyn” for two of the Twilight Saga films, and provided the song “Early Autumn” for the Gangster Squad soundtrack. Her song “Make Believe” is also featured on Boardwalk Empire Volume 2: Music from the HBO Original Series. St. Vincent most recently announced her fall tour for 2017; the Fear the Future tour coincides with her latest album and is expected to run through the end of the year.