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Artist
Brooke Parrott
12+ albums
pianovirally femalefemale vocalistfemale vocalistsunder 2000 listeners
about
Brooke Parrott can’t remember a time when she didn’t write songs. As a four year old in the backseat of a car, she sang her first rhymes about the passing Oregon scenery into a Playskool recorder with matching microphone. Her love affair with the piano began at six, when her twin brother threw a tantrum after attending exactly one week of lessons. She was sent in his place, and from then on practiced with an alarming studiousness. Add in a stride and blues piano-playing father, a jazz-theory education at Berklee College of Music, some time in Nashville, and influences ranging from Bright Eyes to Paul Simon, and you have Parrott’s understated and soulful Americana. And with a voice reminiscent of Carole King, it’s easy to hear the impact of the 60s & 70s-era songwriters on her melodic sensibilities. A nomad at heart, Parrott’s music has pulled her through Seattle, Boston, and most recently London, where she lived in a disused pub (rumored to be an old haunt of both Charles Dickens and Karl Marx) and wrote songs on a disintegrating grand piano. This rootlessness has seeped into her music, fueling her songs with poignant storytelling and a disarming sense of loneliness in love. Her debut album, ‘Another City’, was self-released on Ten ‘til Six Records in 2008, and the single ‘Maybe She Just Doesn’t Love You’ was recently featured on T-Mobile phones worldwide. Parrott has shared the stage with the likes of Lauren Pritchard, Darrell Scott, Kimmie Rhodes, Madi Diaz, Kim Richey, a
