Eden Brent
| Eden Brent | |
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| Origin | Greenville, Mississippi, United States |
| Genres | boogie-woogie |
| Years active | 1994 - present |
| Labels | Yellow Dog Records |
| Website | edenbrent.com |
Eden Brent (born 15 Nov, 1965 in Greenville, Mississippi[citation needed]) is an award-winning American musician on the independent Yellow Dog Records label. A blues pianist and vocalist, she combines boogie-woogie with elements of blues, jazz, soul, gospel and pop. Her vocal style has been compared to Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie and Aretha Franklin.[1][2]
Brent studied jazz and music at the University of North Texas, graduating with a Bachelors degree in Music.[3]
Along with other awards, Brent garnered two 2009 Blues Music Awards - one for Acoustic Artist of the Year, the other for Acoustic Album of the Year (Mississippi Number One).[4] In 2006, she won the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge.[5]
Brent has appeared around the country at recognized venues and events including the Kennedy Center, the 2000 Republican National Convention, the 2005 presidential inauguration (sharing the bill with B.B. King), the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, the British Embassy, Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival, the Edmonton Blues Festival, the annual B.B. King Homecoming, and aboard the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise.[6]
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[edit] History
The late blues pioneer Boogaloo Ames took the Greenville, Mississippi native under his wing for 16 years, nicknaming her “Little Boogaloo”.[7] This apprenticeship advanced Brent’s talents from a foundation originally fostered by her musical family and music school education. She was featured alongside Ames in the 1999 PBS documentary Boogaloo & Eden: Sustaining the Sound and in the 2002 South African production Forty Days in the Delta.[8]
[edit] Awards
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- Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of The Year by the Blues Foundation (May 2010)
- Acoustic Artist of The Year by the Blues Foundation (May 2009)
- Acoustic Album of Year by the Blues Foundation (May 2009)
[edit] Nominations
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- 2011 Blues Album, Adult Contemporary Song for The Independent Music Awards (January 2011) [9]
- 2010 Most Outstanding Musician – Keyboard by the Living Blues Awards (July 2010)
- 2009 Blues Artist of The Year by the Living Blues Awards (July 2009)
- 2009 Best New Artist Debut Recording by the Blues Blast Music Awards (July 2009)
- 2009 Best Female Artist by the Blues Blast Music Awards (July 2009)
- 2009 Sean Costello Rising Star Award by the Blues Blast Music Awards (July 2009)
- 2009 Blues Album of the Year by the Just Plain Folks Music Awards for "Mississippi Number 1" (June 2009)
- 2009 Blues Song of the Year by the Just Plain Folks Music Awards for "Until I Die" (June 2009)
- 2009 Best New Artist Debut by the Blues Foundation for "Mississippi Number 1" (March 2009)
- 2009 Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year by the Blues Foundation (March 2009)
- 2009 Blues Song Of The Year finalist at the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for "Mississippi Flatland Blues" (2009)
- 2008 Sean Costello Rising Star Award by the Blues Blast Music Awards (July 2008)
- 2008 Blues Song Of The Year by the Blues Critic Awards Reader's Poll for "Mississippi Number 1" (2008)
[edit] Discography
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- Ain't Got No Troubles - Yellow Dog Records - 2010
- Mississippi Number One - Yellow Dog Records - 2008
- Something Cool - Little Boogaloo Records - 2003
[edit] References
- ^ Tom Clarke (2008-06-01). "Elmore review". http://yellowdogrecords.com/eden/eden_brent_press_pages_0001.html. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ Josh Hathaway (2008-04-15). "Music Review: Eden Brent - Mississippi Number One". http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-eden-brent-mississippi-number/. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ Eden Brent website
- ^ "2009 Blues Awards recipients". 2009-05-09. http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=778. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
- ^ "2006 International Blues Challenge results". 2006-01-29. http://www.blues.org/ibc/past.php?YearId=21. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "Artist Bio". http://www.edenbrent.com/bio.html. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ Art Tipaldi (2009-02-01). "Blues Revue, Issue #116 New Women of The Blues". http://www.bluesrevue.com/back_issues.html. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ Cypress Bend Productions and Mississippi Educational Television (2009-02-01). "Sustaining The Sound, public television documentary". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PMriVkum1o. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ Eden Brent at the Independent Music Awards web site
