Katey Brooks - Trouble So Hard

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Trouble So Hard’ - Katey Brooks

One of our favourite debut albums this year is excellent ‘Revolute’ by LCM favourite and friend Katey Brooks. This powerful, spiritual gospel and blues-infused track has a real classic feel. We love the striped arrangement, the reverb rich electric guitar and Katey’s wonderful vocals.

Katey will be headlining at the Green Note in London on December 17th.

Katey Brooks is a rebellious artist that resists formula. A devastating songwriting talent this ‘rising singer-songwriter had the crowd eating out of her hands’ (The Independent) and is simply ‘not to be missed’ (Time Out). The ‘powerful’ (Evening Standard) songstress defies easy classification, with a sound blending folk, soul, blues and country. Her finger-picked, harmony-inflected sound on the 2016 ’I Fought Lovers’ EP received an enthusiastic reception from radio stations around the UK and internationally, including BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and CBC Canada and her new album ‘Revolute’ was released in May 2019 to huge critical acclaim across the world. ‘Revolute’ blends soul and folk with Americana to “create something hopefully pretty different…My realm is connection and emotion, something quite raw, I think” – says Katey.

To watch her sing live is to witness emotional exorcism, but when you know her backstory, it’s hardly a mystery why. Growing up inside a cult, as a child Katey found refuge in song. Later, she travelled the world with her guitar on her back, writing everywhere from the Occupied West Bank to an abandoned Finnish island. Over a career spanning four continents, Katey has journeyed from intimate living rooms to opulent concert halls, from dive bars to decorated studios with some of music’s biggest names, boasting famous admirers like Joss Stone. She has recorded with Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones and Paloma Faith at Abbey Road for BBC Radio 2’s Children in Need single. She has shared bills with a host of big names including Newton Faulkner, Ghostpoet, Martin Simpson, Deaf Havana, Lou Rhodes (Lamb), Mike and the Mechanics, and Mystery Jets. She has played some of the world’s biggest festivals including Glastonbury, WOMAD, the 2012 Paralympics, the Cambridge Folk Festival and Australia’s National Folk Festival.

Photo credit: Nina Gilhooley

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Katey Brooks - All of Me

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘All Of Me’ - Katey Brooks

It's exciting times ahead for Katey with the London launch and release of her debut album ‘Revolute’ fast approaching on Friday. ‘All of Me’ is the wonderful brand new and third single from Katey's new album. It's full of passion and reflection, with a super smooth soul and gospel vibe.

If you would like to join us at St. Pancras Old Church, places are going very quickly. A few special £10 discounted tickets are available for the LCM community. A special night of music guaranteed.

Katey Brooks is a clear-eyed rebel in an industry that demands consistency. A devastating songwriting talent that has drawn comparisons with Jeff Buckley (Supajam) Brooks has no shortage of famous admirers and yet, she has resisted formula. Over a career spanning four continents, she’s journeyed from intimate living rooms to opulent concert halls, from dive bars to decorated studios with some of music’s biggest names. The wandering troubadour defies easy classification, with a back-catalogue incorporating soul, folk, blues and country. With her new album Revolute under construction, the mercurial songstress is more determined than ever to do things her own way. ‘Revolute will blend soul with Americana and even some country, to create something hopefully pretty different.’ Applauded by the press, this ‘rising singer-songwriter has the crowd eating out of her hands’ (The Independent), and is simply ‘not to be missed’ (Time Out). To watch her sing live is to witness emotional exorcism, but when you know her backstory, it’s hardly a mystery why.

http://www.kateybrooks.com

Katey Brooks - Never Let Her Go

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Never Let Her Go’ - Katey Brooks

We love this new video from Bristol based singer-songwriter Katey Brooks. The song has been in her live set for a while, but we think this very powerful new version is fantastic.

Katey will be releasing her debut album ‘Revolute’ on May 31st with a launch gig at the beautiful St. Pancras Old Church in London. She will also be holding a second launch gig in her home town on the 7th June at The Redgrave Theatre. Both are highly recommended.

Katey’s musical journey releasing her debut album has been very difficult and heart breaking for various reason, so we are delighted to see it finally come to fruition.

The song was originally written a few years ago after a conversation she had with two Pentecostal Christian producers that left her struggling with a mix of emotions, she chose to write what she called "a gentle protest song" that reverberates with warmth and love rather than bitter resentment even as she openly rejects religious and societal hypocrisy.

Merging gospel and blues with an incredibly powerful and evocative voice capable of channeling the deepest of emotions, Katey sounds confident and defiant but also liberated, even openly using pronouns like "she" and "her" for the first time in a song without hesitation. For someone whose past hardships inspired her turn to music, it's refreshing to hear her simply celebrating being herself.

Photo Credit: John Morgan Photography

http://www.kateybrooks.com