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Pieta Brown's second songwriter-in-residency called "This Land Is Your Music" at The Mill Restaurant kicked off on Saturday 12/4 right on the heels of a six-day mini-tour of Australia which wrapped up the previous Saturday. I had been looking forward to seeing these two shows. Last year's three consecutive Thursday night shows in November (read my reviews for 11/5/09 , 11/12/09 , 11/19/09 ) were truly magical, intimate shows. Pieta considers The Mill her home venue- she got her start playing The Mill, so she was happy to bring these shows to that stage. [...]

It's hard to believe that it already has been over a year since Pieta Brown hosted her first artist-in-residence at The Mill Restaurant . That show was three Thursday night shows in November last year (see my reviews for: 11/5 , 11/12 , 11/19 ). Next to the Daytrotter Barnstormer shows, these were some of my favorite shows of 2009- very intimate and special. The stage lighting and design by Stan Crocker was a great touch- an eclectic little living room. Pieta was using these shows to try out some [...]

This week we have been treated to some news about Pieta Brown's follow up to her Shimmer EP from the folks at Red House Records. Pieta's new album and first full-length for her new label home, titled One & All will be released on April 6th! Co-produced by Pieta and Bo Ramsey the record is a culmination of material she's been performing live since the release of her last full-length Remember The Sun which came out in 2007. She started performing "Calling All Angels" during that solo tour, and I [...]

• Pieta Brown - Faller(MP3)

Thursday night, November 19th, was the last of the three shows that comprised Pieta Brown 's Artist-in-Residence at the Mill Restaurant in Iowa City . Each show had different opening acts and gallery exhibits, and Pieta used these shows to try out different performance configurations. The first show was a solo acoustic show, the second was a duo show with Bo Ramsey , and this show was a full-band show. The band, dubbed "Skyrocket" was Bo Ramsey on guitar, Steve Hayes on drums and Jon Penner on bass. Effectively this her "Dream #93 band with a swap [...]

Last week I posted about the first of the three This Land is Your Music shows at The Mill Restaurant in Iowa City featuring Pieta Brown and selected regional artists. Last week's show featured Pieta in a solo acoustic setting. This week's show featured Pieta in her most common live configuration- in a duo with Bo Ramsey . This was a show I was really looking forward to as it also had Bo as the opening act as a solo acoustic performance, which I hadn't seen before! As much as I look back [...]

In the middle of her solo performance at The Mill in Iowa City Thursday night, Pieta said to the small crowd, "It's like I'm playing to you in my living room!" Pieta was referring to the small crowd on Thursday night, but the stage was adorned with a chair and nightstand as well as lamps and an old dress form giving the stage a homey touch with lighting designed by Stan Crocker , who has done a lot of lighting design for TV shows like CMT's Crossroads. Last night was the first night of a three-week artist-in-residency [...]