Annie Lewandowski was raised near the headwaters of the Mississippi River and now
lives in Ithaca, New York. She writes songs under the name powerdove. Her first band, Emma Zunz, recorded their self-titled debut album for Tellous in 2006. She has also recorded with Hawnay Troof (Islands of Ayle, 2008), The Curtains (David Shrigley’s Worried Noodles, 2007), Xiu Xiu (Tu mi piaci, 2006), and Former Ghosts (2011), and toured the US and the UK as a member of The Curtains in 2006. Powerdove's first album, "Be Mine," was released on Circle into Square Records in 2011, and a 7" with Bob Corn was released on Northpole Records February 21st, 2012. Powerdove is currently working on her next full length album with John Dieterich (Deerhoof) and Thomas Bonvalet (L'ocelle Mare). Annie has also just started working with Freddy Ruppert on their new, post-industrial band Low Chariots.
As an improviser on the piano and accordion, Annie has recorded with Doublends Vert
(Cistern, 2006; s/t, 2004), Caroline Kraabel (In the Garden City, 2009), Fred Frith (Long as in Short, Walk as in Run; 2011), and the London Improviser’s Orchestra (Improvisations for George Riste, 2008), and has performed with Sylvia Hallett, Robert Stillman, Jennifer Pike, John Edwards, John Butcher, Chris Cutler, Charles Hayward, Evan Parker, the London Improviser's Orchestra and others. She is a current member of the Cornell Avant-Garde Ensemble (CAGE), and is collaborating with percussionist Tim Feeney on soundtracks to the short films of artist Michael Ashkin. She is a lecturer in music at Cornell University.