Colleen Brown
| Colleen Brown | |
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| Origin | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Genres | Adult contemporary, folk, world |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Independent |
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Colleen Brown is a Canadian singer from Edmonton, Alberta.
History
Colleen spent much of her childhood in Lloydminster, Alberta. Upon moving to Edmonton, she studied music at Grant MacEwan College in the Vocal Performance Program. Since graduating she sang and danced at the now defunct Kit Kat Club, and has played bass and sung in the all female rock band The Secretaries.
Music
In 2004, she released her first full-length album A Peculiar Thing. The album was funded by Colleen and contained all new music.[1]
Her second album Foot In Heart was released in 2008. It became the number 2 Folk/Roots/Blues album in Canada on !earshot (the Canadian national college/community radio chart) and spent 6 weeks in the top 10.[2]
As well as a skilled pianist, Colleen has branched out to embrace other instruments in her performances, notably the upright bass. She credits this and working with her backing band as helping her to develop and refine her songwriting abilities.[3]
Discography
Studio albums
- 2004: A Peculiar Thing
- 2008: Foot In Heart
- 2012: Dirt
- 2013: Major Love
- 2015: Direction
References
- ↑ "CBC Radio 3 Artist Biography - Colleen Brown". Radio3.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ↑ CBC Radio 2 Archived November 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ ""Colleen Brown follow-up sounds like, well, Colleen Brown," Vue Weekly, Dec 5, 2007". Vueweekly.com. 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
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