Beyond Borders presents - Miss Emily Brown
2010.04.15

Miss Emily Brownʼs debut album, Part of You Pours Out of Me (April 2008) was named one of Ontario’s 2008 top ten by CBC’s Alan Neal. In January 2010 she will release In Technicolor, an album written during her recent Canada Council sponsored songwriting project based on her grandmotherʼs WWII diary. Recently featured on CBC Canada Live, CBC Canada NEXT and CBC Bandwidthʼs Remembrance Day program, Miss Brownʼs live performance impossibly combines autoharp, vintage keys, guitar and music box with her unmistakable voice.

Straight from the wild mountains and valleys of the west, comes a ramblin' troubadour by the name of Steve Brockley. Spending the last few years following his guitar across the continent, he can now be found in a place known for its vibrant music scene and night life, Montreal. Settling for nothing but the best, Brockley has no time for anything half assed when it comes to his guitar picking, singing or songritting. As soon as he hits the first notes, there is no chance of mistaking him for just another guy with a guitar playing in the background. Flying high on the wings of his sensitive and commanding guitar work, he summons tales of love, heartbreak, beauty and pain with striking honesty, and it doesn't take long for everyone in the room to fall into a deep hush. Steve Brockley began his musical journey as a devoted student of the folk and blues guitar masters, listening and learning from records ranging from the howling electric Chicago sound, to the raw truth of the Delta blues. He continued to hone his guitar skills by travelling and gigging with bands ranging in styles from rock, jazz, reggae, and some African styles he learned while playing with musicians from Congo and Kenya.