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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Brook Returns To Bay Area after European Dates
Berkeley, California - August 24, 2004 - Progressive folk artist, Brook,
has returned to play a series of shows in the San Francisco Bay Area after
playing dates in Holland and Germany. In September, he will be performing
dates at local venues Simple Pleasures Café, La Peña Cultural Center,
and The Nomad Café.
Brook will appear solo at Simple Pleasures on Thursday, September 23rd.
He will appear with long time collaborator, Dennis Fortin, at The Nomad
on Saturday, September 25th. Brook will be appearing with the political
satire group, The Welfare Cheats, at La Peña on September 19th. Along
with the Welfare Cheats, also appearing at The La Peña is Jon Fromer.
In addition, Brook appears with jazz vocalist DJ Hamhouris at the Nomad
on Friday, September 10th.
In his acoustic shows, Brook has been working with unique new percussive
and open string acoustic guitar arrangements along with more conventional
techniques like his signature slide guitar work, and jazz stylings. As
always, there will be plenty of Brook's gritty, signature vocal work.
Brook is currently performing material from his first solo release, "The
Great Blues Sea", recently released by Melusine Records in Berkeley, California.
The album uses the blues as a spring board for explorations of American
musical genres with themes of environmental awareness, progressive political
action, loves found and lost, and personal transformation. In addition,
he frequently adds new songs and interpretations.
"There's nothing like Brook in the pagan music world. I'm very excited
about his new album." Anne Hill, CEO of Serpentine Music. Wendy Wizardwoman,
of www.wgds.net, Goddess Radio says about "The Great Blues Sea", "Your
music is so unique. We listen to *a lot* of music as you may guess, and
your CD is so refreshing. It's made it from the play on the station only
stack of Cd's to the personal stack!" The CD is available at CDbaby.com.
With "The Great Blues Sea", Brook explores his musical roots through a
series of 13 musically related but highly diverse selections. Accompanying
Brook's vocals and guitar playing, a list of fine Bay Area musicians make
appearances. Among these are Bruce Unsworth, Ellen Hoffman, and djembe
master Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney.
Noted for his deep blues feeling, Brook was nicknamed by saxophonist Richie
Cole, "The Bluesman". Brook has worked with Bo Diddley and his BoKay Production
Company, Chuck Berry, and appeared with Bruce Langhorn, Laurie Lewis,
and Michaelle Goerlitz, among others. Brook's folk and local rock work
includes Linda Hershorn, Mokai, Anne Hill, T. Thorn Coyle, Pat Wynne,
The Welfare Cheats, and The Freedom Song Network. He has also accompanied
many jazz performers like singer Opie Bellas for 3 years. In addition,
he has worked and recorded with many local groups, including blues, rock,
folk, American roots, fusion, big band, and progressive jazz.
Simple Pleasures shows start at 8PM. Simple Pleasures is located at 3434
Balboa, (at 36th Ave.), San Francisco, (415) 387-4022. The Nomad shows
start promptly at 7:30PM. The Nomad Café is located at 6500 Shattuck Ave.
(at 65th St.), Oakland, CA, (510) 595-5344, info@nomadcafe.net. La Peña
show starts at 7:30PM, $7-15. La Peña is located at 3105 Shattuck St.,
Berkeley, (510) 849-2568.
Press Contact:
Brook
510-315-1104
brook(at)magicbrook(dot)com
www.magicbrook.com
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