“[‘Remember The Sun'] could have been recorded any time in the last 30 years and still stand out .... [its] gentle swing mixing with swagger as perfectly as beer and chasers.”
- Q MAGAZINE

On September 25, 2007, One Little Indian Records released Pieta Brown's 'Remember The Sun', a new album steeped in the rising songwriter's unique personal history. By turns hypnotic and driving, the eleven new, original songs on ‘Sun' - all penned by Brown and delivered in her distinctive, throaty drawl - combine alluring poetry with a reporter's eye for detail. Produced by Brown, Bo Ramsey (Lucinda Williams), and Chris Goldsmith (Blind Boys of Alabama, Ben Harper), ‘Sun' has already earned strong notices in the UK, where it was released earlier this year. After making her debut at Bonnaroo last month, Brown is now poised to break through in the US.

The daughter of two preacher's kids, Brown spent her childhood in Iowa and Alabama amidst a broken yet musical family. In her bare-bones Iowa upbringing Pieta was exposed to traditional and rural folk music through her father, Grammy nominated folk singer, Greg Brown. Later, while growing up in the deep south of Birmingham, Alabama with her mother - who worked and attended medical school - Pieta drew on and expanded these musical influences and began writing poetry and composing music for piano. But it wasn't until her 20s that she picked up a guitar. Her songs, like her poetry, convey a strong sense of place - equal parts southern gothic and heartland hip.

‘Sun' features Brown's strongest writing to date. Songs like “Sonic Boom” and “Not Scared” roar out of the gate and never let up, while others unfold like an unhurried dream. A childhood memory of her father taking her to see ‘Coal Miner's Daughter' forms the premise for “In My Mind I Was Talkin' To Loretta,” while one can feel the walls closing in on “West Monroe”'s tale of small town claustrophobia.

Brown plays guitar, piano and Wurlitzer on the album, accompanied by a crack backing band including Ramsey on guitar, ace sessioneer Chad Cromwell (Neil Young, Mark Knopfler) on drums, Jon Penner (Junior Brown, Sue Foley) on bass, Ricky Peterson (Prince, John Mayer) on B-3 organ and keyboards, and David Mansfield (Alpha Band, Rolling Thunder Review) on violin and viola. 'Sun' was recorded and mixed in Minneapolis by Tom Tucker (Prince, Johnny Lang)

‘Remember the Sun' follows Brown's acclaimed 2005 release 'In The Cool.' Produced by Ramsey, it was named one of the year's best by Amazon.com and several daily papers nationwide. It also broke the Top 20 of the Americana Music Association radio chart and the Top 30 on the AAA radio chart. The success of ‘In The Cool' led to tour dates with Neko Case, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Jimmie Dale Gilmour and others, plus a recording collaboration with Calexico.

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Bettye LaVette, Mavis Staples And More Rosebud Artists Recognized In Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll
January 2008, Rosebud News

Rosebud artists Bettye LaVette and Mavis Staples scored spots in the top 35 of Village Voice's annual "Pazz & Jop Poll" for LaVette’s Scene Of The Crime and Staples’ We'll Never Turn Back. The annual poll combines ballots from 577 critics’ Top 10 lists to acknowledge the best albums of 2007. Additional Rosebud artists whose CDs were honored were Bill Frisell (for his work with Floratone and with Paul Motian and Joe Lovano) Loudon Wainwright III, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ruthie Foster, Pieta Brown, Ann Savoy and the late Muddy Waters. Compilations that featured Rosebud artists were Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars), Goin Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino (Allen Toussaint, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Trombone Shorty and Marcia Ball) and Song Of America (The Blind Boys of Alabama and Bettye LaVette).

See the full list of albums at: Village Voice's annual "Pazz & Jop Poll" >>

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