Pieta Brown's own blend of folk, rock, country and blues has garnered numerous comparisons to musical forbears such as Rickie Lee Jones, Bobbie Gentry, and Bob Dylan. Lyrically and musically poetic, Brown's deceptive simplicity and seductive purity combine to create songs that meet somewhere between the Carter Family and Tom Waits. Tonight, she will be joined by Benson Ramsey (of The Pines), and Jon Penner!
The daughter of two preacher's kids, Pieta spent her childhood in Iowa and Alabama amidst a bohemian and musical family. In her bare-bones Iowa upbringing Pieta was exposed to traditional and rural folk music through her folk-singer father, Greg Brown. Later, while growing up in the deep south of Birmingham, Alabama, Pieta drew on and expanded these musical influences and began writing poetry and composing songs for piano. While still in her early 20s, Pieta Brown picked up a May Bell arch top guitar, released her eponymous first album and hasn’t looked back. Amazon.com chose Pieta’s 2005 national debut album In The Cool as one of the best CDs of 2005. Pieta has recently started collaborations with indie band Calexico and is also currently working on her next album, due later this year.
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