BRENNEN LEIGH: Lonesome, Wild & Blue

Brennen Leigh

Lonesome, Wild & Blue

© 2002 Barking Dog Records (631161221227)

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Seven original songs and nine covers of such americana classics as Hank Williams' "Moanin' the Blues" and Bob Wills' "San Antonio Rose" to contemporary gems like Greg Brown's "The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home"

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Brennen Leigh, another in a string of extraordinarily talented young women from the high plains of Fargo-Moorhead, has emerged as an authoritative voice of eclectic roots music. Hearing her perform live is to be treated to an unconventional assortment of styles ranging from bluegrass dazzlers, country & western heartbreakers, raw Mississippi Delta blues, Appalachian mountain songs, Irish folk ballads, Texas swing tunes and a sprinkling of well-crafted originals.

Accompanied by her brother Seth Hulbert on guitar and harmony vocals, Brennen plays mandolin as her main instrument and occasionally works harmonica, Ozark harp and Irish tin whistle into her songs.

Brennen gained her first professional experience as a 15-year-old singing in a blues-rock ensemble -- usually for several hours in front of an often unforgiving bar crowd. In the years since then she has found a niche in a wide variety of venues from bars and coffeehouses to colleges and outdoor festivals.

Although Brennen is steeped in the honest, heartfelt sounds of Appalachian bluegrass, Hank Williams' pain songs and the genuine country music of the rural South, she adds something new and fresh to the hallowed traditions with her original songs which are written in an american-roots style but evoke vivid images of a life spent on the winter-swept plains near the Canadian border. Like contemporary americana artists Steve Earle, Greg Brown and Lucinda Williams, Brennen Leigh makes her own compelling contribution to a treasured musical tradition.

Brennen devotes all her energies to music, performing in wildly diverse venues from Florida honkytonks and Winnipeg biker bars to Minnesota coffeehouses, colleges and folk festivals.

In September 2002, Brennen and Seth moved from the upper Midwest to San Marcos, Texas, where they immediately began performing full time throughout the Austin/San Marcos region. Brennen's debut recording on Barking Dog Records, Lonesome, Wild & Blue was released May 2002.

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  • can't help falling in love
    author: olaf van Roggen

    Wonderful cd from this great and beautiful artist,with a strong and ringing voice. Fresh and promising debut from an artist who right now is where she's still growing and rising. Brennen is a lovely and nice person.

  • author: olaf van Roggen

    Wonderful cd from this great and beautiful artist,with a strong and ringing voice. Fresh and promising debut from an artist who right now is where she's still growing and rising. Brennen is a lovely and nice person.

  • Absolutely great !
    author: SLT

    Loved Brennen's "Devil's on my Tail" but "Lonesome Wild and Blue" is even better. Destined for great things.

  • Combines the best of bluegrass and country
    author: phillip.H

    I don't even especially like Bluegrass.... but I LOVE this CD. Brennen combines the best of Bluegrass and Country into one dynamite CD. This CD successfully pulls off material from artists ranging from Elvis to Hank Williams.

  • Destined to be a country star!
    author: C. Aaron McNeece

    Brennen Leigh is destined to be a country music star. She has a vibrant new voice that makes country classics come alive again!

  • Fresh, traditional, contemporary and ear pleasing and heart warming.
    author: Vick J.

    I love this CD. The musicanship and singing is tops. It is as if the musicians and singers are one. This really made me fall in love with country music once again. This is going to go far. I can't wait to own it. It is traditional yet, contemporary and pleasing to the ear and heart.

  • Treat yourself to this one!
    author: Mark A.

    Every once in a while, a gem like this comes along. Brennen Leigh sings with passion, style and conviction. This CD is a perfect mix of "roots" styles, but it never comes off sounding like a bunch of people saying "hey, look at all the stuff we can play!" Instead, each track leads into the next in a natural way, and the CD as a whole presents a fine soundscape where country, bluegrass, western swing, folk and blues all combine into one complete and enjoyable picture, with a truly individual stamp to it (this ain't no copycat stuff!). Tasteful arrangements and fine musicianship round out the recording. Don't pass this one up!!

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