July 05, 2007
Brett Dennen -- FREE INSTORE
Brett Dennen In-store Performance
Tuesday, July 10th, Noon
Wahoo! Brett Dennen is coming back to play for us once again. Many of you were lucky enough to catch the incendiary street date set Brett and his friends played last November (including a couple of tracks that just happened find their way onto Brett's recently released live album, More, So Much More.) This time around Brett is out touring with Dan and Steve of ALO (who also kicked off their album release on our stage) so expect much magic and a funky good vibe. It's a lunch time event so we will do everything we can to get it started on time. We encourage you to bring your lunch. We're still trying to confirm free burritos, so keep an eye on your email box and we'll let you know when we have the details worked out.
Check out a few of Brett's songs on his myspace page.
Brett and his band (Steve and Dan of ALO, dontcha know) will also be playing a night time show at the Henry Fonda on the 10th.
Some Press:
"It is a rare combination when an artist can be as good a singer and guitarist as Brett is, but it is his commitment to the word that makes his song live and breathe. His music has a playfulness in its bounce while the lyrics ring with a truth beyond his years."
- Michael Franti (Spearhead)
"Brett Dennen is on my very short list of artists to watch. So Much More is a joyous dance - deliciously steeped in hope, faith and unconditional love."
- Chris Douridas, KCRW
"I'm really into this kid Brett Dennen, who I heard at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. He may get lumped in with the Jack Johnson feel-good/barefoot thing, but he's so much different than that. He's timeless-he's probably twenty-five, but he seems like he's twenty-five in 1972. He paints these gorgeous pictures, musically, where you think, 'I want to hear his voice, I want to hear that guitar, and I want to hear those melodies.' I put him on as a head clearer."
- Rolling Stone (written by John Mayer)
Click here to buy More, So Much More and to buy/sample So Much More.
Here is what we wrote about Brett the last time he played here, we still stand by all of it:
Every once in a while an artist shows up our radar and is fully formed, Brett Dennen is just such an artist; we'd heard the name, and certainly the buzz, but were all taken aback at the sheer strength of Brett's new album, So Much More. Every song on this, his 2nd record, is incredibly solid and it has the kind of flow that is usually reserved for musicians of the household-name variety, and make no mistake, Dennen will be a household name. For those who've wondered whatever happened to all the singers with both a social and personal consciousness and a sense of melody, look no further than Brett Dennen.