Just in time to soothe your Holiday blues, one last show before 2014…

I’m joined on stage by my full rock band, The New Black.  We have an exciting set planned out for you, and tickets are on sale now at the Mayne Stage website, and at their box office.

This past August, I lost a dear friend and irreplaceable force in the Chicago music scene.  Tomorrow evening, a lot of his friends are gathering at Martyr’s to perform his music to benefit two organizations that Matt believed in — ANAD and NEDA.

Please come tomorrow night and celebrate Matt’s life and music, and help raise money to combat eating disorders.

I’ll be performing as Jeff Brown, in addition to joining Laura Green and Cobalt & the Hired Guns.

Late September mini-tour!

I’ll be in Minnesota and Wisconsin over a few days, including an appearance at the Cranberry Festival in Warrens, WI.

See you soon!

There comes a time in a solo singer-songwriter’s life when he gets together a semi-permanent group of musical partners and conspirators, and they make awesome music together, and he looks at it all and says, “This is good.”

There occasionally comes a time in that same singer-songwriter’s life when he realizes that it’s both inaccurate and perhaps a bit egotistical to keep on billing the act by his name alone.

My friends, that time is now.

I have built a wonderful relationship with three dear friends, and together we have been making some seriously beautiful music.  While I re-tool my full band, I have been going out as an acoustic 4-piece act with Eric Stafford on guitars, Sarah Blick on violin and vocals, and Liz Chidester on vocals.

The realization came suddenly that – among the group of us – we had something old, … Read More »

And then, there was Part II:  The Far Away Stuff…

I am tremendously excited to be going on the road with the lovely and talented Jesi Jones of Nashville, and will be meeting up with a number of old friends and new friends as well over the course of the two months.  We start in a handful of weeks!!

07.11 – Louisville, KY – The Rudyard Kipling (7pm with Jesi Jones)

07.12 – White’s Creek, TN – Ri’chard’s Café (6:30pm with Mare Wakefield)

07.12 – Nashville, TN – Hotel Indigo (10pm with Alyssa Jacey)

07.13 – Nashville, TN – The Commodore (9pm with Donna Frost)

07.14 – Chicago, IL – SoFoTap (7pm with Stephen Leonard)

07.20 – Huntley, IL – Discovery Music Festival (6pm with Jess Godwin)

08.02 – Utica, IL – Starved Rock Lodge (8pm with The August)

08.06 – Chicago, IL – Act One Pub (8pm with … Read More »

I wanted to thank each and every one of you for helping to reach my funding goal. And then some! Not only did you help me meet the goal, but through your generosity, the goal was surpassed. I am blessed and humbled.

Musicians face rejection every day of their lives in one form or another, and I am not immune to this — but moments like these let me know that what I’m doing is important, and that there are people who care and value the art that I love. They are invaluable, as are you.

Thank you, all of you, for being a piece of this album. I will not let you down.

Studio sessions continue…

I have begun the process of recording an acoustic ep.  After my debut album with the full band, which I am incredibly proud of, I wanted to come back and visit what it is that made me the musician I am — the art of sitting down with a piece of wood and playing a song.  Intimate, beautiful, and simple.  After all, sometimes, all a song really needs is a singer and an instrument and an audience…

Before I start work on the follow-up to Last Chance, I would like to take some time to bring a host of new and old songs back to the basics and give you all an EP of fully acoustic songs to tide you all over, also to be released on CAUDog Records.  These past few months have been tumultuous, and from that has come … Read More »

And then…  there were shows.

And I called it: Doing Stuff! 2013

And I discovered that it was all local.

So it became Doing Stuff! 2013 (part 1: the local stuff)

But then, I decided that while I love Chicago, I think we should see other people.

So I started booking a Summer Tour!  Details coming soon,  — I hope to be announcing dates by early June.

For now, let’s do stuff!

Oh goodness, it’s been a minute since I’ve last given you an update.  And that’s because I’ve been incredibly busy.

The album release party at the Hard Rock Cafe last month was incredible, but I won’t lie – it was a lot of work, and after that I needed a little break.  But all good breaks are short-lived, so it was back to work.  I recently accompanied a band to Austin, TX for the annual SXSW conference.  First time in Austin, and first time at SXSW.  It was an incredible experience, if not completely exhausting.  I was part of 11 showcases over four days — including four of my own!

But now I’m back home, and back to work.  I spent much of February writing a whole cascade of new material, and Austin got a pretty good taste of it, but now … Read More »

Jeff Brown’s Last Chance
Album Release Show (Folk/Pop/Rock)
February 15, 2013
8:30 PM | Tickets $10 | All Ages
Hard Rock Cafe, 63 West Ontario, Chicago, IL 60654 (www.hardrock.com)

Headliner:
Jeff Brown – Indie Folk/Pop/Rock (www.jeffbrownmusic.com)

Direct Support:
Matthew Morgan & the Lost Brigade – Folk/Pop/Rock (www.mmlbtheband.com)
Tree – Folk/Pop/Rock (http://www.reverbnation.com/treeband)

Opener: Little Light – Folk/Pop/Rock

ABOUT
Chicago, IL – February 15, 2013 – Chicago-based artist, Jeff Brown announces his album release show on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 8:30pm CST at the Hard Rock Cafe (63 West Ontario, Chicago, IL) with Matthew Morgan & the Lost Brigade, Tree, and Little Light. Event is All Ages. Tickets are $10.

Jeff Brown of Chicago, the musician-turned-music industry lawyer-turned-musician who grew up with his ears glued to Iron Maiden records and can shred electric guitar with the best of them, has partnered with CAUDog Records to explore a softer side of life with debut album … Read More »