Maggie Brown

Maggie Brown

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 6, 2004)
• Original Release Date: July 6, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Riverwide Music
• ASIN: B0002EXKJC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #270,433 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Bruce Warren (WXPN Philadelphia)
"Brown's debut is mind-blowingly fantastic.."

Product Description
"A solid guitarist, singer and songwriter, Brown's debut is mind-blowingly fantastic—a singular achievement from an artist who has been practicing her craft for the last 20 years. Her release is an honest record that is equal parts Southern rock and country, with blues and folk flavoring. While comparisons to Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Allison Moorer, Susan Tedeschi and Lucinda Williams are just a few inevitable musical touchstones for comparison, Maggie has her own incomparable style. Add a dash of Tom Petty and Delbert McClinton… and you've got a sense of Brown's musical range.

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Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shades of Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams on strong debut, July 16, 2004

By	hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

It's the rare musician who takes time off, lives a "normal" life, and actually returns to write about it. But that's exactly what the thirty-something Brown has done. As a teenager she earned the family's keep in roadhouses and honky-tonks throughout Texas, but when her mother passed away, she dropped out, married and started a family. Years later, the siren's call of music proved too strong, and as she gradually re-entered the industry, she found that the life she'd been living provided ample material.

Her songs (she wrote eleven of these twelve) knit together the bluesy work of Bonnie Raitt and Joan Osborne (those who've never listened past Osborne's "One of Us" should take her album "Relish" out for a spin) with the twangy fusion Lucinda Williams brought to her self-titled album in 1988. There's even an occasional spark of Janis Joplin to be heard. Brown is equally at home singing confessionals with her acoustic guitar as she is belting it out in front of an electric band.

Though technically a debut album, these are the songs and performances of a seasoned artist. Brown writes with a voice full of experience, fleshing out women on the move from failed relationships to those that should have been and never can seem to be. She contemplates the contradictions of being both a mother and a daughter, and finds both dreams and nightmares on the road. Producer Jeff Ford mixes up full-band backings with acoustic singer-songwriter settings that frame Brown perfectly to create a tremendously accomplished CD.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A favorite from the first play, October 2, 2004

By	alternative music fan (north carolina) - See all my reviews

I've listened to a lot of wonderful (and underappreciated) women singers recently--Lucy Kaplansky, Rosie Thomas, Mindy Smith, Kasey Chambers. I've enjoyed all of their CDs. Maggie Brown easily ranks among them. Her debut CD is simply amazing. Comparisons to Bonnie Raitt and Toni Price come to mind. Maggie Brown holds her own with everyone that I've mentioned. And she is a truly gifted songwriter. Buy this CD!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listen and you will love.., October 29, 2005

By	Vanessa Brown (Durant, Oklahoma/Denton, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Rarely do I love an album on first listen, but this one I did. "Nowhere to Go But Crazy" was the first song I heard on a local Americana radio program and fell head over heels immediately. It is still a favorite. I only wish she would come back to Texas!!