Today, GuitarWorld.com presents the exclusive premiere of a new song by guitarist Ana Popovic.
The song, "Can You Stand The Heat," is the title track from Popovic's upcoming album, which will be released April 16 via ArtisteXclusive Records.
Popovic moved from Amsterdam to Memphis to record Can You Stand The Heat at Ardent Studios. "I wanted to capture the hot Memphis summer, the greasy Stax sound," Popovic says. The album features some of Memphis' finest musicians, including longtime B.B. King drummer Tony Coleman, with whom Popovic co-produced the album.
Popovic grew up in Belgrade during Milosevic's regime in the former Yugoslavia. She discovered her father’s collection of American blues/soul and picked up her first guitar when she was 15.
She formed a band and was playing 100 shows a year by age 20, becoming one of very few women playing blues guitar in her country. Since then, she has shared stages with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Solomon Burke and others.
Damian is Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World magazine. In past lives, he was GW’s managing editor and online managing editor. He's written liner notes for major-label releases, including Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'The Complete Epic Recordings Collection' (Sony Legacy) and has interviewed everyone from Yngwie Malmsteen to Kevin Bacon (with a few memorable Eric Clapton chats thrown into the mix). Damian, a former member of Brooklyn's The Gas House Gorillas, was the sole guitarist in Mister Neutron, a trio that toured the U.S. and released three albums. He now plays in two NYC-area bands.
