tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:/blogs/latest-news?p=2Latest News2024-02-05T22:10:09-06:00PIETA BROWN falsetag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/73465752024-02-05T22:10:09-06:002024-02-05T22:10:09-06:00PIETA TO JOIN HELM FAMILY MIDNIGHT RAMBLE<p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.tixr.com/groups/levonhelm/events/midnight-ramble-feat-pieta-brown-87167" data-link-type="url"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/59302/e5fb27cfefd9828ac30b5322a4c03d802b7f8c32/original/mar-pieta-brown.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/71785892023-03-25T22:20:27-05:002023-10-16T09:53:44-05:00IN THIS WORLD : NEW DOUBLE SINGLE OUT NOW ON RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/59302/54d49482d65eaef8d553c698fdce5de0ceb1f64e/original/pieta-final-in-this-world-cover.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://righteousbabe.ffm.to/in-this-world" data-link-type="url">NEW SET OF SINGLES OUT NOW ON RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS</a></p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/71785882023-03-25T22:17:38-05:002023-03-25T22:17:38-05:00PARADISE OUTLAW NOW AVAILABLE ON RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/59302/bab3077385fb84a0d0de1293f4d41e7bc2825bb5/original/paradise-outlaw-final-copy.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://righteousbabe.ffm.to/paradise-outlaw" data-link-type="url">PARADISE OUTLAW NOW COMING AT YOU VIA RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS</a></p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/71376532023-01-13T13:54:13-06:002023-01-13T13:56:11-06:00BEYOND THE BLUE : PIETA CURATES A NIGHT OF CINEMA & SOUND WITH LIZ DRAPER & THE CEDAR CULTURAL CENTER (MINNEAPOLIS, MN)<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.thecedar.org/listing-2/2023/2/11/beyond-the-blue-a-night-of-cinema-amp-sounds-curated-by-liz-draper-amp-pieta-brown" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/59302/8fb4c59d698c340c5ac2d716fcbbcc2612e78f9e/original/1810b4dd-6b97-4e4d-8602-2878a711bc12.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="FOR MORE ABOUT THE SHOW &amp; BUY TICKETS FOLLOW THIS LINK" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.thecedar.org/listing-2/2023/2/11/beyond-the-blue-a-night-of-cinema-amp-sounds-curated-by-liz-draper-amp-pieta-brown" target="_blank">FOR MORE ABOUT THE SHOW & BUY TICKETS FOLLOW THIS LINK</a></p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/71361482023-01-10T16:18:21-06:002023-01-10T16:19:17-06:00PIETA AS CO-PRODUCER ON IRIS DEMENT'S NEW ALBUM<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://ffm.to/workinonaworld" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/59302/59ae1edfa71ac98d45e58f777e7e10867c035bf6/original/iris-dement-workin-on-a-world-cover.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="PRE-ORDER HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://ffm.to/workinonaworld" target="_blank">PRE-ORDER HERE</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="LISTEN TO SINGLES HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://Singles%20out%20today:%20ffm.to/workinonaworldsingle" target="_blank">LISTEN TO SINGLES HERE</a></p>
<p>On February 24th, Iris DeMent contemplates the external and internal issues of our world with her 7th album, the inspiring Workin’ On A World. During the course of her celebrated career, the pioneering artist has continued to evolve as she thoughtfully touches on the critical moments in our lives. On Workin’ On A World, her songs are her way of healing our broken inner and outer spaces. DeMent sets the stage for the album with the title track in which she moves from a sense of despair towards a place of promise. “Now I’m workin’ on a world I may never see / Joinin’ forces with the warriors of love / Who came before and will follow you and me.” “Goin' Down To Sing in Texas” is an ode not only to gun control, but also to the brave folks who speak out against tyranny and endure the consequences in an unjust world. </p>
<p>Stalled partway through by the pandemic, the record took six years to make with the help of three friends and co-producers: Richard Bennett, Pieta Brown, and Jim Rooney. It was Pieta Brown who gave the record its final push. “Pieta asked me what had come of the recordings I’d done with Jim and Richard in 2019 and 2020. I told her I’d pretty much given up on trying to make a record. She asked would I mind if she had a listen. So, I had everything we’d done sent over to her, and not long after that I got a text, bouncing with exclamation marks: ‘You have a record and it’s called Workin’ On A World!’” With Bennett back in the studio with them, Brown and DeMent recorded several more songs and put the final touches on the record in Nashville in April of 2022.</p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/70569382022-09-09T13:01:48-05:002023-01-02T13:22:46-06:00LIMITED EDITION SYLVEE & THE SEA TAPE CASSETTES AVAILABLE TO ORDER<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://righteousbabe.ffm.to/thelessineededthebetterifelt" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/59302/ab61ad551b6ed969f49ebe0299119248cf6ec2ad/original/img-9530.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_none" alt="" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="PRE-ORDER LIMITED EDITION TAPE CASSETTES NOW!&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://righteousbabe.ffm.to/thelessineededthebetterifelt" target="_blank"><strong>LIMITED EDITION TAPE CASSETTES AVAILABLE NOW! </strong></a></p>
<p><strong>SYLVEE & THE SEA</strong>’s first release <em><strong>The Less I Needed The Better I Felt</strong></em> is a vivid collection of experimental instrumentals by Indie-Americana songstress Pieta Brown in collaboration with <strong>John Convertino</strong> (Calexico), <strong>CARM</strong> (CARM, Bon Iver, Y Music) and <strong>Don Was</strong> (producer, musician, president of Blue Note Records) scheduled for release October 4th on <strong>Righteous Babe Records</strong>. </p>
<p>Started spontaneously from a distance during the isolation of pandemic times through a rapid-fire ping-pong session between Pieta Brown and John Convertino, the free-form-in-the-moment melody and tone explorations quickly became coherent instrumentals through the exchange. With upright piano, electric guitars, drums, and vibes at the sonic center, the energy of the collaboration expanded further when Pieta sent a handful of the tracks to Carm (horns) and Don Was (bass) who responded openly from their outposts as well. The result is a highly emotive and playful piece reflecting both the fragmentation and openness of the times. Traces of influences as varied as Kim Gordon, Keith Jarret, Erik Satie, Alice Coltrane, and Mulatu Astatke weave together to make <em><strong>The Less I Needed The Better I Felt</strong></em> a mesmerizing originative quest that can be listened to on repeat. </p>
<p>Lauded for her songwriting, singing and inimitable sound and style, Pieta Brown’s music has been used in various movies (including <strong>Every Thing Will Be Fine</strong> : <strong>Wim Wenders</strong>) and TV shows (including <strong>Jane The Virgin</strong>). Recently commissioned by the progressive and internationally recognized <strong>Walker Art Center</strong> in Minneapolis, MN to curate and score 60 minutes of experimental films from the Walker archives and beyond, Brown chose to highlight avant-garde films by women and performed her experimental score live with her band to great reception in August 2022. Brown's new collaborative project <strong>SYLVEE & THE SEA</strong> is her first fully instrumental release.</p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/70503452022-08-31T15:27:00-05:002022-08-31T15:31:12-05:00PIETA JOINS RIGHTEOUS BABE REVIEW TOUR<p>PIETA JOINS THE RIGHTEOUS BABE REVUE WITH ANI DIFRANCO! </p>
<p>Pieta joins The Righteous Babe Revue, supporting Ani DiFranco along the East Coast!</p>
<p>Tickets available for pre-sale 8/31. Tickets <a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.righteousbabe.com/pages/tour-dates-2#artist-5" target="_blank">here</a>, shows below: </p>
<p>Nov 4 // Chicago, IL // Vic Theatre <br>Nov 5 // Madison, WI // Capitol Theater <br>Nov 8 // Ithaca, NY // State Theatre <br>Nov 9 // Boston, MA // Royale <br>Nov 11 // Troy, NY // Troy Savings Bank Music Hall <br>Nov 12 // Plymouth, NH // The Flying Monkey <br>Nov 13 // Asbury Park, NJ // Asbury Lanes <br>Nov 14 // New York, NY // Webster Hall <br> </p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/70095422022-07-07T12:10:27-05:002022-07-07T12:13:24-05:00PIETA & SOUNDS FOR SILENTS <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="vimeo" data-video-id="727790432" data-video-thumb-url="https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/1464997980-5de4f95d4782fdbe61739d6a0a311ea72ac87130c836b9e8ebda9dd43ee7aebf-d_295x166" type="text/html" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/727790432" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="WHEN :&nbsp;Thu, Aug 18, 2022&nbsp;7:30–10 pm&nbsp;WHERE&nbsp;Wurtele Upper Garden &nbsp;Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://walkerart.org/calendar/2022/sound-for-silents-2022-film-music-on-the-walker-hillside" target="_blank">WHEN : Thu, Aug 18, 2022 7:30–10 pm WHERE Wurtele Upper Garden Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN</a></p>
<p>“Self-styled poetess, folk goddess and country waif, Pieta’s music resonates with a seductive simplicity and lyrical grace.” —BBC </p>
<p><em>Grab a blanket and meet us on the hillside for Sound for Silents, an electrifying evening of live music paired with films from the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection. Returning for its sixth year, this summer’s program will feature a newly commissioned score from ethereal Iowa City–based singer-songwriter Pieta Brown and her ensemble. </em></p>
<p><strong>This Land is Your Music </strong><br><em>The indie-songstress blends her love of film soundtracks, folk songs, and experimental soundscapes in a program titled This Land is Your Music. Brown’s compelling and visually stunning meditation on the connections between people, land, and music weaves her sounds throughout 65 minutes of films mostly by women, including the Ukrainian-born luminary Maya Deren, Minneapolis-based filmmakers Sheryl Mousley and Rini Yun Keagy, award-winning artists Kelly Gallagher and Sama Alshaibi, and others. </em></p>
<p>The event begins at 7 pm with DJ tunes and food trucks; film screening and live performance begin at 8:30 pm.</p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/69190142022-03-10T14:27:21-06:002022-03-10T14:33:57-06:00SUNSUNDAY (REMIX BY S.CAREY)<p style="text-align: center;">"We need to keep singing about survival..." - Pieta Brown<br><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqMLa5obNzg" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/59302/48ccdfa791d6e8b8cb9e8e0bcf012a30468a437d/original/screen-shot-2022-03-10-at-2-28-10-pm.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a><a contents="WATCH&nbsp;SUNSUNDAY (REMIX BY S.CAREY)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqMLa5obNzg" target="_blank">WATCH </a><a contents="SUNSUNDAY (REMIX BY S.CAREY)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqMLa5obNzg" target="_blank">SUNSUNDAY (REMIX BY S.CAREY)</a> : RELEASED TODAY ON RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="BUY / STREAM / LISTEN&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://righteousbabe.ffm.to/sunsunday" target="_blank">BUY / STREAM / LISTEN </a></p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/68820892022-01-28T11:12:49-06:002022-01-28T11:12:49-06:00Ô LE COEUR (REMIX DUET WITH BERTRAND BELIN)<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://lnk.to/OLeCouer" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/59302/0455e11e6d178ef12157a465023465a8f007b0b4/original/lecoeur-cover-v2.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_none" alt="" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="STREAMING WORLDWIDE NOW ON 37D03D" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://lnk.to/OLeCouer" target="_blank">STREAMING WORLDWIDE NOW ON 37D03D</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Ô LE COEUR (WE ARE NOT MACHINES REMIX BY BRETT BULLION)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">DUET VERSION: PIETA BROWN W/ BERTRAND BELIN</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">RELEASED FRIDAY JANUARY 28, 2022. </p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/68121912021-11-16T22:18:33-06:002022-01-18T20:35:56-06:00NEW SINGLE (FT. CARM) ON RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/59302/94aed6bd43fb9e1be50d66087263088c110fda2d/original/pb-jt-sunday-artwork.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_xl justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="LISTEN TO PIETA'S NEW SINGLE&nbsp;"SUNDAY" OUT NOW ON RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://righteousbabe.ffm.to/sunday" target="_blank">LISTEN TO PIETA'S NEW SINGLE "SUNDAY" OUT NOW ON RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS </a><br><br> </p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/67812062021-10-19T20:52:13-05:002021-11-16T22:19:46-06:00NEW SINGLE ON RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/59302/34d893ffa0b7341149329eb43c30015b31788b78/original/pietafolkdress2021.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO OUT ON RIGHTEOUS BABE " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02AQ4sOOCw0" target="_blank">NEW SINGLE "IS / WAS" (AND VIDEO) OUT ON RIGHTEOUS BABE </a></p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/67089102021-08-06T10:20:43-05:002021-08-06T10:24:21-05:00SWEET PRETENDER FEATURED ON ALL SONGS CONSIDERED<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ffm.to/notonthemap" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/59302/edbaa8d722346921a67b315fd6977223acf75b31/original/screen-shot-2021-08-06-at-10-14-03-am.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Pieta wrote Sweet Pretender in garage in Iowa and knew right away she wanted it to be a duet. By a lucky and musical twist of fate Pieta was invited to record this song during the pandemic across the miles with The Colorist Orchestra & Howe Gelb.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="LISTEN HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ffm.to/notonthemap" target="_blank">LISTEN TO PIETA TALK ABOUT WRITING AND RECORDING SWEET PRETENDER</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/59302/fe10bed87b976d303b31a7475eb8062523cbc431/original/screen-shot-2021-08-06-at-10-14-18-am.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/67088862021-08-06T10:10:54-05:002021-08-06T10:10:54-05:00PIETA WITH THE COLORIST ORCHESTRA & HOWE GELB<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ffm.to/notonthemap" target="_blank"><span class="font_small"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/59302/57e57adeb9b2294d6f7e1f9d8bbc53948bb562fc/original/screen-shot-2021-08-06-at-10-04-31-am.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></a></span><br>Pieta is a featured guest on the gorgeous new album Not On The Map by The Colorist Orchestra & Howe Gelb. To be released on Dangerbird Records October, 2021.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="&nbsp;YOU CAN PREORDER THE ALBUM NOW!&nbsp;LIMITED EDITION VINYL AVAILABLE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ffm.to/notonthemap" target="_blank"> YOU CAN PREORDER THE ALBUM NOW! </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="&nbsp;YOU CAN PREORDER THE ALBUM NOW!&nbsp;LIMITED EDITION VINYL AVAILABLE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ffm.to/notonthemap" target="_blank">LIMITED EDITION VINYL AVAILABLE</a></p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/65021962020-12-17T20:41:19-06:002020-12-17T20:46:07-06:00GOLD SHINING - WITH THE COLORIST ORCHESTRA & HOWE GELB<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="zBqIGot8szk" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/zBqIGot8szk/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zBqIGot8szk?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Here is a sonic Christmas cookie with sprinkles from all of us to all of you!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Colorist Orchestra with Howe Gelb featuring Pieta Brown</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">“Gold Shining” Written by Pieta Brown</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Arranged by The Colorist Orchestra and Howe Gelb</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Performed by The Colorist Orchestra, Howe Gelb, and Pieta Brown</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Produced and mixed by Jo Francken</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Video by Brandise Danesewich and Pieta Brown</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Colorist Orchestra is a pop/chamber music collective led by Aarich Jespers and Kobe Proesmans that uses classical and bespoke instruments in unorthodox ways to remix the repertoire of an invited singer/songwriter.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/64813052020-11-19T11:58:54-06:002020-11-19T11:59:28-06:00FOLLOW YOU VIDEO PREMIERE<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/59302/aeed59ef8624c4f4d44fe7ffaf69459aa4066d1c/original/screen-shot-2020-11-19-at-11-57-02-am.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">https://floodmagazine.com/82896/pieta-brown-s-carey-follow-you-video-premiere/</p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/63921342020-07-24T12:48:48-05:002020-07-24T13:09:39-05:00WE ARE NOT MACHINES<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="HmAtmgiaPME" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/HmAtmgiaPME/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HmAtmgiaPME?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="WE ARE NOT MACHINES : JULY 2020" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://lnk.to/WeAreNotMachines" target="_blank"><strong>WE ARE NOT MACHINES : JULY 2020</strong></a></p>
<p>Collective in its essence and source, “We Are Not Machines” was recorded at HIVER (the 2019 37d03d Artist in Residency and Eaux Claires winter Festival), in a make-shift studio in downtown Eau Claire, WI. Envisioned and produced by Pieta Brown, with S. Carey and Brian Joseph, the music and collective ambient energy demand the spotlight, with the words becoming almost secondary, swerving in like mantras, reminders of things we think we already know. Sparked by a dream and a Charlie Chaplin movie, the song echoes and weaves timeless universal messages and sounds into a powerful living-breathing reclamation. We are not machines...This individual offering succinctly represents what the 37d03d community is becoming and what it is about, with luminous contributions from Ani DiFranco, Shahzad Ismaily, Mike Lewis, Trever Hagen, Erika Dohi, Mary Hickson, Ben Lester, and Eoin French. </p>
<p>Pieta revisits the story of the song… </p>
<p>“In the dream I walked into an empty, ramshackle warehouse to play a show. I remember I walked up and out to the middle of a stage, looked out at the empty room and started singing. There was no gear or microphones. I kept singing the phrase ‘we are not machines” over and over. People started entering the warehouse slowly, and suddenly I could hear voices singing that line with me. The warehouse filled up with people of all colors, shapes, sizes and ages. Many people had umbrellas, and as they opened them I realized it had started to rain in a little bit through the crumbling ceiling. </p>
<p>Months later I was at April Base mixing an album. The studio was buzzing...with artists and musicians getting ready for the Eaux Claires summer festival. One afternoon I came into the little living room where there was a piano with some pedals and reverbs set up for whenever the sparks might arrive. There was no one else in there...more emptiness. I sat down at the piano and started singing that song. It had been in my head, and I was still trying to land it. Around that time Francis (Starlite) came in. Then Mary (Hickson). Then Justin (Vernon) was there and wanted to record the song on his phone as I was experimenting. When I was singing in the little living room, I flashed on the dream, wishing I could hear all those voices singing “we are not machines.” </p>
<p>Afterwards, I let the song drift. Freeway (the album I had been mixing) came out, and I got caught up in that. Many months later, Mary invited me to be a part of the 37d03d HIVER Residency. As soon as I got the invite I knew I wanted to try to record the Not Machines song there with as many musicians and voices as possible. When I went to record it I asked Sean (Carey) if he could play the piano part while I sang. And as we started recording, Sean helped me land the song and the sonic vision for it. And so many musicians and friends that were at the residency came in and added parts, sounds and voices with Brian Joseph at the recording wheel. </p>
<p>A few days later when the festival opened, Sean and I got to play and sing it at the opening ceremony. I love the recording we made there with the collective force of so many musicians and people I love and admire. And I still can’t wait to sing it in a big big place with many many voices.” </p>
<p>Co-Producer Mary Hickson (also Director of 37d03d Events) adds… </p>
<p>“We Are Not Machines was an idea percolating in Pieta’s mind for some time. She told me about it over a year before we actually fully imagined it at Eaux Claires Hiver. The song quickly became the anthem of the festival for all of the artists and audience members that were lucky to attend our last in-real-life event together having witnessed it’s first performance at our opening ceremony. It’s such a sweet and timely gift to the world. It feels like a hug and a reality check all in one - something the world really needs right now. At the same ceremony Korde addressed us all, planting inspiring words for the weekend to set off from. His response and that of the inimitable William Brittelle are a real testament to the power of both Pieta and this song. We are stronger together. Let us all unite.” </p>
<p>Leaving HIVER, the song stuck and more ideas were born. We Are Not Machines, the digital triptych/EP (produced by Pieta and Mary Hickson), expands the collective Not-Machines horizon, exploring variations on a theme. The “We Are Not Machines: Meta Version” is a truly mind-bending other-side-of-the-sonic-coin version, masterminded and arranged by visionary composer William Brittelle. It features vocalists Holland Andrews and Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Flock Of Dimes, Bon Iver), as well as the renowned Metropolis Ensemble, which features Erika Dohi, a captivating mainstay of the 37d03d community. </p>
<p>Says Brittelle, "I was frankly moved to tears upon first hearing Pieta's original version of this song and was extremely excited when she and Mary Hickson suggested I create an alternate version. Pieta's song seems somehow to distill a sentiment I and many others had been feeling for a long time to its very core. For my version of the track, I decided to engage with the machine world directly, using auto-tune, walls of synths, sectionalized form, and programmed drums as a foil to Pieta's heart wrenching lyrics and melody. I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the help of Metropolis Ensemble and guest vocalists Jenn Wasner and Holland Andrews, all dear friends of mine, on this project. Our final day of tracking was my last day of IRL art making pre-quarantine. To me, Pieta's sentiment now feels more poignant than ever." </p>
<p>And rounding out the 3 song release is “We Are Not Machine: Body Made of Stars,” a mesmerizing collaboration between Pieta & poet/multi-disciplinary maker Korde Arrington Tuttle under his knotahaiku moniker. Built around a deeply relevant poem by knotahaiku, and offered in part as a response to the “We Are Not Machines” song, it is knotahaiku’s performative reading that elevates the track. With additional production from electronic musician/artist Limit Infrared, “We Are Not Machines: Body Made of Stars” is the first piece to be released from the tripytich. Another 37d03d stalwart, artist Eric Timothy Carlson (Grammy nominated for his visual work with Bon Iver), provides the visual component offering up his drawing “Soil, Mother” to dissect and re-arrange, and even animate his work to accompany the project into the world. </p>
<p>This is truly, uniquely 37d03d.</p>PIETA BROWN tag:www.pietabrown.com,2005:Post/63167042020-05-14T16:28:58-05:002020-05-14T18:05:50-05:00*LISTEN TO NEW REMIX* THE HARD WAY REMIX (FROM FREEWAY) <p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ffm.to/thehardwayremix" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/59302/972339ce8b5c057fa304e6b9f562d2c30898b568/original/3fm2f1qq.jpeg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="LISTEN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL AMBIENT DANSE-ESQUE&nbsp;REMIX" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ffm.to/thehardwayremix" target="_blank"><strong>LISTEN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL AMBIENT DANSE-ESQUE REMIX</strong></a> OF <em>THE HARD WAY</em> (FROM <strong><em>FREEWAY</em></strong> FEATURING MARK KNOPFLER). REMIX BY ENGINEER & PRODUCER BRETT BULLION. </p>PIETA BROWN