I'm a solo artist but lucky to be surrounded by amazing musicians. The new album features:
Amal Bouhabib (vocals), Pamela Quinn (vocals), Kevin Plessner (guitar), Skye Steele (violin), Jeff Malinowski (vocals), Ben Holmes (trumpet)
Influences
Patty Griffin, Ryan Adams, Peter Gabriel, Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, Elton John, Carly Simon, Gilian Welch, Aimee Mann, Alison Krauss, Ida, Ani Difranco, Annie Lennox, Bob Dylan, Larune, Damien Rice, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Lyle Lovett, Steve Goodman, Michael Smith, John Prine
Drew Brody is a NYC-based singer/songwriter whose influences include Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel, Rufus Wainwright, Damien Rice, Patty Griffin, Carly Simon, Elton John, Steve Goodman, Ani Difranco, Ryan Adams, and Fiona Apple, to name a few. He is also the lead singer of M-LAB, a piano-and-violin based rock band.
n the summers of 2006 and 2007, Drew hosted and curated the Baskethouse Acoustic Folk Series, a weekly FREE summer music festival at the Bitter End in New York's Greenwich Village.
Drew also created the Baskthouse Song-a-Week Challenge. This podcast ran for six months in 2006-2007 and challenged 12 independent, do-it-yourself singer/songwiters to record a new song each week. Over the course of the podcast, 185 songs were recorded.
In 2007, Drew founded Baskethouse Records and produced an acoustic solo album, released in June of 2007. The songs are an eclectic mix of original folk songs. On the album, Drew also recorded two of his favorite covers: John Prine's "Angel from Montgomery" (with vocals from Pamela Quinn and Amal Bouhabib) and Michael P. Smith's "The Dutchman."
Drew also composed the music for 5 BannerNY Productions, including the Lightning Field (winner, Outstanding Play at the 2005 Fringe Festival) and the new musical Cutman, which recently debuted at the New York Musical Theater Festival (NYMF) and is currently in development for a full production.
Recently, Drew co-produced, recorded, and mixed an album for singer/songwriter and Internet phenom Jay Brannan, titled In Living Cover. Drew is working on recordings for a second solo album, and his rock band M-LAB is releasing a CD in late 2009.
Your music is so good it's scary. Came by for a listen, fell into a comatose sleep and woke up drooling all over my keypad nearly electrocuting myself. Thank God your music woke me up. You saved my life and you have a really scary beautiful , expressive voice.
Hey Drew - Welcome to the Hillbilly Family! Stop by tonight, Tuesday, April 1 at Rodeo Bar for Lindy Loo's April Fool's Hillbilly Hayride. We'll kick things off about 9 p.m. and we'd love to book you on it sometime soon! Your friend & fan, Lindy Loo
Just wanted to give you a heads up that I'll be playing out at the very swanky Crash Mansion this Wednesday March 26th at 8:00pm with my band, followed by Clara Lofaro's CD release party for her third studio album Perfekt World. I'll also be performing the next day March 27th at 8:00pm at Spike Hill in Williamsburg. Check out my profile for more info. Come out to get your drink on and listen to some great live music!!!
