Greg Brown's daughter has a new album, and it sounds like a breakthrough to me. I'm listening to it now and it would be hard to imagine it won't be one of my favorite albums of the year.

http://www.pietabrown.com

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Review
BBC
"Pieta's music resonates with a seductive simplicity and lyrical grace."

Chicago Reader
"She has that kind of voice - intimate, raw, and enveloping."

Sonic Boomers
"one of the best modern songwriters"

NPR
"moody, ethereal"

iTunes
"a gem."

Amazon.com
"a young artist with vision, intensity, and the talent to combine them in to compelling music."

About The Artist
Pieta Brown is a striking poet-songwriter with a haunting voice and an unmistakable style. Her unique blend of alt-country, folk, blues and indie-rock speaks to music fans around the world and has garnered rave reviews from the likes of the BBC and Boston Globe, as well as a variety of hip music blogs and indie radio stations. Even her own musical hero Iris DeMent is a fan, saying she is "the best poet I've heard in a long damn time." An artist with cross-genre appeal, Pieta has toured with such diverse artists as John Prine, Ani Difranco, Calexico, J.J. Cale and Mason Jennings.

Informed by her travels and the many places she has called home, Pieta writes story songs with beautiful landscapes and vibrant characters. And, coloring it all, a deep abiding saturation in folk and blues that's beyond her years, showing she is a songwriter to be reckoned with and a talent too good to ignore.

The daughter of two preacher's kids, her early upbringing in Iowa was in a rural outpost with no furnace or running water. There, Pieta was exposed to traditional and rural folk music through her father, Greg Brown, the now beloved Midwestern folk singer. Later, while living with her mother in Alabama during her formative years, Pieta drew on and expanded these influences and began writing poetry and composing instrumental songs on piano.

By the time she left home at 18, Pieta had lived in at least 17 different houses and apartments between Iowa and Alabama. Staying true to the disjointed lifestyle of her childhood she wandered from the West Coast to the East. Each locale left its mark on her, accounting for an artist who brings together the unvarnished humility of Loretta Lynn, the honest modern rock punch of P.J. Harvey, the hipster swagger and poetry of Cat Power, and the airy sophistication of Feist.

After releasing two critically acclaimed albums in the last four years--Remember the Sun (2007) and In the Cool (2005)--Pieta has now signed with Red House Records. A natural addition to the label's award-winning roster, she spent her early childhood in the very red house that gave the label its name. Her label debut Shimmer (2009) was an EP of stripped-down alt-country songs recorded by legendary producer Don Was (Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Rolling Stones). Hailed as "incisive and carefully crafted" (All Music Guide), it charted on Americana and folk radio.

Now, with her new CD One and All, Pieta proves she is "one of the best modern songwriters" (Sonic Boomers). Produced by Pieta and frequent collaborator Bo Ramsey, this compelling collection of original songs employs guitars, keyboards, and pedal steel to create hypnotic melodies and raw, soul-tinged grooves.

Product Description
One and All is Pieta Brown's stunning breakout album with 12 original songs that perfectly meld roots rock and moody alt-country. Following up on her critically acclaimed EP Shimmer, Pieta delivers hypnotic melodies and soul-tinged grooves, with her signature vocals and an electrifying band. Distinguishing herself from the crowd of singer/songwriters these songs prove why Pieta is "one of the best modern songwriters" (Sonic Boomers) in music today. Part Tom Petty cool and part J.J. Cale groove, One and All is a timeless record that has the makings of a true classic.

At the production helm for the first time, Pieta has created a record with the touch of a veteran. One and All isn't cluttered with unnecessary instrumentation or too much studio shine, rather the songs were carefully recorded almost entirely live in just 4 and a half days in her hometown of Iowa City. Her compelling vocals have a hauntingly powerful quality that many of today's indie-rockers try to emulate, but for Pieta it's natural. Drawing on influences from Sade to Ray LaMontagne, the songs have a mellow cool as well as an edge that rocks as much as it drawls. Songs like "Calling All Angels" convey a sad isolation while "Other Way Around" is quietly prophetic and unforgettable. Fans of Shimmer will hear a rocked up version of "El Guero" that sounds like it could have been a B-side to Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down a Dream" while "Faller" is her beautifully lilting tribute to her musical heroes Tom Petty and J.J. Cale. One of the gems on this utterly fantastic record.

One and All is the kind of album that raises the bar for what is considered great music. An album of this magnitude only comes around every now and again and Pieta is the real deal.

1. Wishes Falling Through The Rain
2. Other Way Around
3. Out Of The Blue
4. Prayer Of Roses
5. Calling All Angels
6. El Guero
7. Faller
8. Flowers In The Kingdom
9. Shake
10. Grass Upon The Hills
11. Never Did Belong
12. It Wasn't That

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0039208NK/?tag=imwan-20