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Eden Brent is USA Today’s Pick of the Week
NPR may have picked Eden Brent‘s “Ain’t Got No Troubles” as its Song of the Day, but USA Today has gone one better by selecting the upcoming album as Pick of the Week. Other artists highlighted for the week include Mavis Staples, Arcade Fire, JJ Grey & Mofro, and Gregg Allman. Eden is keeping great company!
USA Today writes that Eden “draws from the boogie-woogie piano bible and evokes the raw vocal sound of Bessie Smith, only with a friendlier New Orleans tinge.” Read the whole capsule here.- And check out a preview track (more soon!) on Eden’s music page.
Eden Brent has NPR’s Song of the Day
The title track from Eden Brent‘s upcoming album “Ain’t Got No Troubles” is featured on the home page of NPR.org as NPR’s Song of the Day. Critic Marc Silver writes, “The recording sounds as if it were bootlegged in an obscure juke joint back in the 1920s… although her vocals, honed in clubs where she had to sing over the piano without much amplification, sound irresistibly fresh.”
Read the review and hear the track at NPR Music (or just hit ‘play’ below). To download, visit our music page for Eden Brent.
The album’s release date is Sep 7, but we’ll be unveiling the whole thing for streaming preview and advance copy orders at noon on Thursday, Aug 26. We’ll start by broadcasting each track on our Blip.fm music discovery channel, and afterwards enable the preview player on Eden’s music page. Mark your calendar!
Eden Brent nominated for Living Blues Award
Fresh from Blues Music Award honors as “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year”, Eden Brent is again nominated for an award recognizing her piano prowess. Eden is nominated in the Living Blues Awards as “Most Outstanding Musician – Keyboard”. Voting is free and closes on July 15, so please don’t delay!
Here’s a track from her celebrated album “Mississippi Number One” to enjoy while you visit the ballot.