After releasing 3 full-length albums, this is the first instalment in a series of EPs that explore some new sonic terrain.  

Colleen Brown - vocals, keyboards, bass, rhythm guitar on Great Divide, additional guitar on Mountain Man
Raymond Richards - lead guitars, electric sitar, bass on Mountain Man
Franck Fiser - drums and percussion

01 As The Crow Flies

02 Mountain Man

I Love All Of You (People)

A collaboration between Colleen and Jesse Northey of Jesse and the Dandelions for his Mixtape Club sessions. The them is Mystical: riffing on Carl Sagan's Cosmos, dimensions, snowflakes and meandering synths. Plus the 97th setting, whatever that means... 

You can hear/download the Mixtape Club sessions here:
http://mixtapeclubalberta.bandcamp.com/

Photo by Dwayne Martineau.

3.Swallowed Whole - Colleen Brown And Jesse Northey

Direction is the fourth full-length studio album from Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Colleen Brown.

Produced by Joel Plaskett, Raymond Richards, and Brown
All songs written by Colleen Brown, 2014

Tracks 1, 2, 5 - Recorded in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada with Joel Plaskett, Thomas Stajcer engineer. Mixed by Joel Plaskett. Vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass (2) by Colleen Brown. Drums, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, organ, bass (5), BG vocal by Joel Plaskett; bass (1) by Brodie Peterson.

Tracks 3, 6, 7 - Recorded in Los Angeles, California, USA with Raymond Richards, Mike Post engineer. Mixed by Ben Leggett. Vocals, guitar, keys, bass (3, 6) by Colleen Brown. Drums/Percussion - Franck Fiser; Lead guitar and bass (7) - Raymond Richards; Horns by Eric Hargett and David Pittel.

Tracks 4, 8 - Recorded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with Taylor Kernohan engineer. Strings recorded by Scott Franchuk. Mixed by Taylor Kernohan. Viola and String Arrangement by Moni Mathew. Cello by Ian Woodman.

Track 9 – Recorded in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada by Colleen Brown. Additional engineering by Layne L’Heureux. 

Mastered by J Lapointe


Lead Me On

These are collaborative recordings I made with some great musical friends. They capture the experimentation and inspiration we managed to conjure in basements, living rooms and attics across Canada over the last few years. Featuring Mitchmatic, Jesse Northey (Jesse and the Dandelions), Scenic Route To Alaska, Slow Leaves and more

Seasons Are Circling

Stop Dragging My Heart Around

The River

Produced by Joel Plaskett, Raymond Richards, and Colleen Brown
All songs written by Colleen Brown, 2014

Tracks 1, 2, 5 - Recorded in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada with Joel Plaskett, Thomas Stajcer engineer. Mixed by Joel Plaskett. Vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass (2) by Colleen Brown. Drums, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, organ, bass (5), BG vocal by Joel Plaskett; bass (1) by Brodie Peterson.
 Tracks 3, 6, 7 - Recorded in Los Angeles, California, USA with Raymond Richards, Mike Post engineer. Mixed by Ben Leggett. Vocals, guitar, keys, bass (3, 6) by Colleen Brown. Drums/Percussion - Franck Fiser; Lead guitar and bass (7) - Raymond Richards; Horns – Eric Hargett, David Pittel.

Tracks 4, 8 - Recorded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with Taylor Kernohan engineer. Strings recorded by Scott Franchuk. Mixed by Taylor Kernohan. Viola and String Arrangement by Moni Mathew. Cello by Ian Woodman.

Track 9 – Recorded in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada by Colleen Brown. Additional engineering by Layne L’Heureux. 

Mastered by J Lapointe

Photos by Dwayne Martineau
Design by Joel Verhagen

I acknowledge the financial support of the Alberta Foundation For The Arts and the Edmonton Arts Council
My gratitude to all the ridiculously talented people who contributed musically on this album, as well as friends, family and Indiegogo contributors. Especially Jim & Theresa Brown, Peter Hendrickson, Patrick Michalak, Stephen Tchir, Amy van Keeken, JJ Blair, Bri Richards, Matt Schichter, Jason Moore, Patti Nicholl, Steve Zsirai, Rich Terfry, Miranda Calderon & Alan Moses, Larry Wagner, Grant Stovel, Jackie Ainey, Michelle & Jeff Casavant, Stephen Notley, Alisa Doell, Greg & Christie Hutchinson, Kathleen and Gary Giffin, Jason Halbauer, Bryan McDougall, Mark Sonnier, Glen Mitchell, Jessica & Brandon Jacobs, Carly Heffell, Gillian Martin, Peter Herle, David Johnston, Sandra Sperounes, Sam Au, Jennifer & Dale Pethick, Matt Hamill, Bryan Weber, Philippa Moore, Daniel & Carmen Benoit, Sarah Farthing, Carrie & Chris Hamilton, Ryan Parker & Claire Uhlick, Jeremy von Hollen, Jody Glenham

Colleen Brown - Direction - 07 Don't Forget About Me (When You Know Who You Are)

Colleen Brown - Direction - 06 The Cost

Colleen Brown - Direction - 05 Randy Newman

Colleen Brown - Direction - 04 Direction

Colleen Brown - Direction - 03 Moncton Flight 179

Colleen Brown - Direction - 02 Soap and Denim

‘One of Canada's premiere songwriters. With a voice like a clarion call she's one of our premiere singers, too.’ —Judith Lynch, CBC’s First Play

Colleen is a multi-instrumentalist and the creative force behind indie-rock collaboration Major Love, as well as a singer-songwriter in the folk-pop tradition. Colleen has been writing songs for over two decades, and released her first solo album in 2004. She’s worn a number of hats as a performer - classical chorister, folkie, show-girl, rocker, interpreter. She’s drawn to beauty and cynicism equally - and that tension carries her songwriting into some dark corners, often with humour and joy. Apart from her six solo releases (and an earlier foray into garage rock territory as bassist/singer in Edmonton mainstays The Secretaries) 2018 saw the release of Major Love - a collaboration with Edmonton’s Scenic Route To Alaska. Their Aug 24th debut on Cowboy Junkies' imprint Latent Recordings garnered two singles in the CBC Radio Top 20, 13 weeks in the earshot! National Top 50, and some early support at commercial and satellite radio. 

Colleen is an in-demand session musician, backing up Great Lake Swimmers, Sarah Slean and Hawksley Workman. In her own shows she continues to lovingly interpret the songs of Carole King, Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell (who shares her Saskatchewan roots.) These artists are all influences for Brown, evidenced in her forthcoming self-produced solo album (late 2020).

In response to the Covid 19 Pandemic, Colleen has begun a weekly songwriting and recording project - ‘Isolation Songs’. She is releasing self-recorded music that speaks directly to this strange and transformative time. 

”The talents of this Edmonton-based vocalist shine like a beacon. Her boldly written originals...have the good bones and great melodic rhythm of classic big-screen pop songs" -Robert Everett-Green, The Globe & Mail

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