Musician Keren Ann (pictured) started living an international lifestyle at a very young age. Born to a Dutch-Javanese mother and a Russian-Israeli father, she lived in Israel and Holland before her family settled in France, where she started her career. She continues this globetrotting lifestyle as a performer who is able to cross stylistic and international boundaries by creating a catalog of eclectic songs that are sung in multiple languages, while retaining a very personal and poetic character. This material will be on display tomorrow night at the Black Cat, where Ann will be performing along with Dean and Britta.

Ann released her first two albums, La Biographie de Luka Philipsen and La Disparition, while still living in France, and the songs incorporate electronic, folk, and glossy pop elements. Prior to the recording of 2003’s Not Going Anywhere, Ann relocated to New York and signed with Blue Note Records, the legendary jazz label that is also home to another singer-songwriter, Norah Jones. Last year marked her third Blue Note release, simply titled Keren Ann. The album presents a richly textured and mellow collection of songs that are very personal, but that maintain a pop sheen and are reminiscent of the 1990s work of Emmylou Harris.

Tomorrow night, Ann will be performing in a trio format, so it will be interesting to see how the rich orchestrations of the album translate to this stripped down setting. In the mean time, DCist asked Keren Ann a few questions about her life and latest release.