Live:
Katie Brayben (vocals, piano, acoustic guitar)
On record:
Chris Hollis (Kit and Percussion)
Leon Camfield (Bass)
Ollie Glaze (Electric guitar)
Mike Burke (acoustic guitar)
Influences
Ani diFranco, Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius, Robben Ford, Charles Mingus, (and anyone else thats played with 'the Mitchell'), Tori Amos, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Nick Drake, the Be Good Tanyas, The Crimea, Radio Head, Blur, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Muddy Waters, Bill Withers, Miles Davies, Bill Evans, So Long Angel, The Chilli Peppers, Automatic for the People by REM, Jeff Buckley, Vicente Amigo, Ella Fitzgerald, Kate Bush, Shawn Colvin, Greenday, Nina Simone, John Martyn, RATM, the Judds, Hall and Oates, The Beatles, George Orwell, Paula Rega, Picasso, Matisse, Silvia Plath, Philip Pullman and mint choc chip ice-cream.
Sounds Like
Kinda folky kinda funky kinda erm, soulful and unique.
Katie Brayben writes and sings songs. She also performs them. Her self titled album features humbling performances of her playing alone or accompanied by friends and fellow musicians.
She hails from South East London – home of all great singer / songwriters in the Northern Hemisphere such as Fran McGillivray & Mike Burke - her parents. Influenced by artists such as Joni Mitchell, Donny Hathaway, Bob Dylan and many many more, Katie and her sister Jo were introduced to a wide range of musical stylings from an early age. It was not long before they were playing with other musicians and getting gigs of their own.
After that, Katie went to acting college, turned into a fairy then took off to sing her way around the world in the show Mamma Mia! She has recently returned on top form, and will continue playing the part of Sophie in London’s West End version of the musical. When she’s not doing this, she is most likely found in deep meditation with her favourite collaborator – the piano.
Katie has sung her way around the UK, Ireland, China and America both on and off stage. She has worked up an impressive collection of songs, and will be recording a hand picked selection of them over the coming months. They will feature her, her piano and of course her voice.
For information on gigs and what Katie is up to, please sign up to the blog or keep checking this web page.
Hiya baby! Hope lifes treating you well! I have an new song available to hear entitled "You're Makin' Me Feel Sexy," and a new video of a poetry performance (my poem entitled "Don't Call Me A Twink") if you would like to check them out!
Katie Brayben, your self-titled album is brilliant. I can't stop listening to it. I know you've probably heard this before but "Precious" has to be one of the best songs I've heard, and that is completely genuine.
hey hey ! ur probably wondering who this random person is! well im mandy and i came to a show last week! the momma mia one! just wantd to say ur fabulous and brought tears to my eyes at the end afta i have a dream! u truely are amazing! good luck with the fture! xxxxxxx
Needleandthread presents... {yet another series of} dirty great big nights out.. {nearest tube : oval / brixton..} {buses: 159,N59,333,133,N3..} {running 8pm-4am, £5 all night..
friday june 6th'll be our last big shindig for the summer, at Brixton JAMM (261 Brixton Road).. its festival season, and the fields are calling us! so on that note, we have live bands; Stig Noise Sound System ~ 6-piece liverpudlian noise core.. Nouvelle Croix ~ gypsy swing masters.. get up and djan-go.. Hooverville ~ putting the cleaning implement into vaudeville.. Bonsai Big Band ~ serious groovery, funk, fusion, and hiphop classics.. Daisy & Archie ~ beautifully layered soulful lyricism.. Fat Tuesday ~ lung busting acoustic anthems.. Teknology ~ mc = mechanical construct.. DJs.. Martin Sage ~ broken noise, with musical interludes.. Mr Hovis ~ the bakers dozing..
Room two; Short Circoid.. Rootsix (Concrete Plastic / Ai records) ~ slick slices of melancholic detroit.. The Third Man (Ai records) ~ tough chunks of techno grit.. Patscan (Concrete Plastic) ~ angular slabs of electro clunk.. Uncle Smutfist (Short Circus) ~ a salty spray of breifcase beats.. Jones Deviation (Short Circus) ~ trackhead, with filthy needles.. SunMonkey (needleandthread) ~ party tunes, for squares, and loons..
