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Undercover

by Bronwynne Brent

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chris-cash We are at the beginning of 2021 but for me it is on this album will be one of the best , i love . Bronwynne has a wonderful voice , very pleasant , it's an album to listen to in loops .
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Hassles The individuality of the artist. The artist's multi-genre influences of staggering yet subtle proportions and lyrical accomplishment. The two amazing reinterpretations could easily convince listeners that these were originals, both a veritable re-birthing of these songs. A musical Chameleon? most definitely. A wonderfully masterful release.
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about

Spilling the tea of love and reading the leaves has been the leitmotif of Bronwynne Brent’s work for nearly a decade. “I know,” she sighs, folding into a southern drawl, “it’s not like I sit down and try to write love songs, but what else is more important than love?” Lauded by American Songwriter Magazine as “captivating”, Brent’s last release, Stardust, saw her voted Female Performer of the Year twice in a row by Americana UK and called up for television and radio appearances on the BBC. For her latest album, Undercover, the Greenville, Mississippi, native setup shop at Brooklyn’s legendary Daptone Studios. Conjured up with trusted collaborator and producer Johnny Sangster, Undercover is a deep Southern roux, combining simple elements of folk, blues, and jazz into a complex and flavorful brew of truth-imbued Americana.

A multi-instrumentalist, industry veteran behind albums for Maggie Bjorklund and Mudhoney, Sangster brought in Mikey Post (drums) and Benny Trokan (bass) to fill out her sound. In an unlikely combination with Sangster, Post and Trokan, better known as the runaway engine rhythm section behind the 60s revivalist garage-pop of Reigning Sound, lay a thick, soulful foundation for Brent’s folk songs. The result recalls the soul-burners of 1960s Muscle Shoals and country-folk stingers like Bobbie Gentry’s Ode To Billie Joe. “I Know It’s Late” introduces Brent’s deep, soothing voice, and the band’s driving chops, while she sings “I can’t quit a good thing, before my good thing goes bad, everybody knows a good thing when they see it, good things don’t last”. She bookends the album with the empowering “I Walked Away”, declaring “I walked away, I don’t regret a single word I said,'' singing vertiginous high notes over a brain-jangling guitar break and in-pocket backbeat. Undercover sees the once reclusive folk singer from the deep south becoming a bandleader and blues balladeer.

Using her world of experience to poke out small town prying eyes amid a groovy, organ heavy title track, she’s positively funky lamenting old habits on “Walking Relapse.” On a bluesy cover of Chuck Willis’ “Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Baby Leaves You”, Brent celebrates the forward-looking 1950’s artists patented rock ‘n’ stroll. Her interpretation of Belgian crooner Jacques Brel’s “If You Go Away” matches the emotional complexity and sardonic intensity that made Brel himself famous. She discovered the track listening to Nina Simone records, and brought in another frequent collaborator, cellist Barb Hunter, to arrange strings into a symphony strong enough to make it a James Bond theme.

Brent’s deftness for inhabiting the perspective of a wronged lover makes her voice extra poignant on her songs about trauma bonds. “I don’t play the blues,” says Brent, “but I’m definitely singin’ ‘em!” Helmed by Brent’s singular, bold, alchemical voice, Undercover is a ferocious amalgam of American roots music, at once devastating and empowering. It’s Bronwynne Brent’s best recording, made at a studio famous for its soul, by a band known for revitalizing rock ‘n’ roll.

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released June 26, 2020

*ALL SONGS BY BRONWYNNE BRENT EXCEPT "Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Baby Leaves You by Chuck Willis and "If You Go Away" by Jacques Brel and Rod McKuen
Bronwynne Brent - Vocals, acoustic guitar
Mikey Post- Drums
Benny Trokan- Bass
Dan Walker- Keys
Johnny Sangster- Guitar, percussion
Barb Hunter- Cello, String arrangements
Christopher Foerstel- Viola, Violin
Andrew Joslyn- Violin, Viola
Jason Hyde- Pedal steel
Jason Cressey- Trombone
Scott Morning- Trumpet
Skerik- Saxophone

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Bronwynne Brent Greenville, Mississippi

Undercover is a deep Southern roux, combining simple elements of folk, blues, and jazz into a complex and flavorful brew of truth-imbued Americana. Producer Johnny Sangster brought in Mikey Post and Benny Trokan, better known as the runaway engine rhythm section and founders behind the 60s revivalist garage-pop The Jay Vons. Dan Walker on keys, lays a thick, soulful foundation for Brent’s songs. ... more

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