Emily Jeanne Brown

Emily Jeanne Brown’s music speaks to the crossing of thresholds: from childhood to adulthood, from west to east coast, from a pre- to a post-pandemic world. A lifelong singer trained as a Shakespearean actor, Brown began her foray into recording during quarantine, with a minimal but visceral cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “i’m on fire”, which quickly garnered tens of thousands of streams. Since then, she has released a string of original singles that are “a natural fit with the current movement of women in indie-folk pop [boygenius, Maggie Rogers, Fiona Apple, HAIM, Phoebe Bridgers, Sharon Van Etten or even Taylor Swift’s latest work]” (Aptly Journal).

Drawing from the folk and Americana music of her California upbringing and the influence of collaborators embedded in Brooklyn’s independent music scene, Brown’s forthcoming ‘Nina EP’ signals the arrival of a songwriter who has settled into herself. With intimate, stream-of-consciousness lyrics and evocative melodies, Emily’s “unique” and “timeless” songs (LeFutureWave Blog) are both singable and thought-provoking.

“Language is really important to me, so I often find myself driving the songwriting process through my lyrics,” Brown says. “There’s imagery from nature, conversations with the inner child, unconventional love stories and the pain of disappointment; but at the heart of all the songs is an acceptance of what it means to grow up.”

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