Lou Brown has been lucky enough to perform with various very talented musicians at various times including Bobby Burke, Aimee Newsome Stone, Andy Stone, Dan Tucker, Gav Jones, Martyn Oakland, Frankie Milner.
Lou has also been privileged to open for such great artists as Hazel O'Conner, Paul Young, Boo Hewerdine, Steve Tilston, Clive Gregson, Albert Lee, Megson, Julie Fowlis, Eilen Jewell, Po' Girl, and Karine Polwart.
Influences
The way people look at each other when they want to be in each others space. The sunlight when it hits the sea in rays like curtains of serenity. Newborn babies. The fact that you never never know what will happen to you. The way that you never know yourself. That some mornings you wake up and the air hangs heavy with opportunity. Weddings. Funerals. The sound from school playgrounds at lunchtime. The smell of Christmas in the air. Christmas shopping. That sometimes you think everyone in world is mean and then you bump into someone who is genuinely nice. Growing up and not realising your doing it. When you are so heartbroken you think you will actually die but then a couple of years later the thought of feeling that way makes you laugh hysterically. Laughing. The possiblility of falling in love at any given moment. Love. Finally understanding what friends mean and realising who your friends really are. Accepting people despite of their faults and not trying to change them. Music, all music, but I don't want to listen to some of it. Gangs of teenagers. Watching friends and family suffer and being totally helpless to do anything about it. Families and the completely overpowering bond between them. Knowing that if your arse hits the floor then someone will be there to help you stand up. The sound of my guitar when the strings have just been changed by Paul Tucker.
Sounds Like
A mix of Dido, James Taylor and Pink, so someone once told me.
There can't be many songwriters who can draw inspiration from their
love of 'The Sound of Music', the legend of bluesman Robert Johnson,
and a childhood listening to Peter, Paul and Mary records, but Lou
Brown does just that. These and many more influences are combined in
an unique and personal blend of folk, country, and pop that is gaining
her fans across the globe.
"She held the audience captivated... with her beautiful songs"
- Maverick magazine
"You won't hear better songs than those anywhere this year."
- Clive Gregson
"Good songs, great lyrics." - Steve Tilston
"There are a lot of musicians around, many of them perfectly competent,
but once in a great while you stumble onto someone with that spark of
something extra, something beyond the ordinary, far beyond
expectations -Lou [has] that spark in spades."
- Gayla Drake Paul, Editor, Premier Guitar magazine
Management, Bookings, & Publicity enquiries: Dom Kippin
e: dom@loubrownmusic.com
t: 07515970316
Film, TV, & Commercial Licensing: Pat Weaver, LakeHouse Sound
e: pat@lakehousesound.com
Comments & Questions: info@loubrownmusic.com
Chit Chat: lou@loubrownmusic.com
You can purchase the new album "What Are You Singing About?" from here:
Lou Brown track 'Scenic View' to be aired on Merlin's Magical Music Moments; Wednesday 19th August 2009. Live on air on Soundart Radio 102.5 fm 20.30 - 22.00 pm GMT. The full play list is now up on my blog.
Hey Lou, Sounds like everything is going great, less your mates packing skills. I write seldom but think of you often. Hope to see you sometime soon, somewhere.
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Hi Lou, Thanks for a fab set on Saturday night - it was a rare experience to see someone perform with such an open heart. Honest and pure - that's what it was. Always welcome here! Best to you & Dom. Al & Mike x
Thanks for the lovely call the other day...it was great to catch up and I loved your set with Pete Christie and friends at Centrestage on Thursday....splendid music! :-)
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