Tom Brosseau

Tom Brosseau
Birth name	Thomas Anderson Brosseau
Origin	Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.
Genres	Folk music
Occupations	Writer & performer
Instruments	Guitar, Vocals
Years active	2001 - present
Labels	Fat Cat
Associated acts	The American Folksingers, Les Shelleys, Hilary Hahn, John Doe, Largo
Website	www.tombrosseau.com
Notable instruments
guitar, harmonica, banjo, violin

Tom Brosseau is an American musical storyteller and guitarist, born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Biography

Fat Cat Records artist Tom Brosseau tours and performs in the US, UK, Europe, Japan and Taiwan. In the Los Angeles area his home club is Largo. His song "How to Grow a Woman from the Ground" was covered by Chris Thile, who released a 2006 album of the same name. One Take New York, in association with Le Blogotheque, filmed 2 Take-Away Show acoustic video sessions in New York. In 2010 the band Mice Parade covered his song "Mary Anne" on their album What It Means To Be Left-handed. Collaborations include American Folksingers, a folk duo with Gregory Page, and Les Shelleys, a folk duo with Angela Correa, of which they released an album on Fat Cat Records in 2010.

Tom Brosseau is starring in a film about a man who tries to escape his ex-girlfirend by moving to the desert. Wonder Valley, directed by Andrew van Baal and written by Patrick Strange (publisher of Constance, ex-editor of Filter Magazine), is to be finished 2011.

Discography

• North Dakota (2002)
• Late Night at Largo (2004)
• What I Mean To Say Is Goodbye (2005)
• Empty Houses Are Lonely (2006)
• Tom Brosseau (2006)
• Grand Forks (2007)
• Cavalier (2007)
• Posthumous Success (2009)
• Les Shelleys (2010)

External links

• Tom Brosseau official website
• Les Shelleys official website
• Fat Cat Records: Tom Brosseau
• Mary Jones Management
• complimentary Tom Brosseau demo