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Nell Bryden has the heart of an artist, the mind of a storyteller and the restless soul of a troubadour.
These traits are in the genes of the native New Yorker – her parents are a painter and opera singer.
But the self-belief and tireless work ethic that have seen her travel 300,000 miles to play 1,400
shows over the past seven years are all her own.Along the way Nell Bryden has picked up
numerous fans, a few good friends, and a lifetime of tales to tell. [http://www.scribd.com/doc/163496315 Greewich Vilage]
“Shake The Tree” is the latest chapter on that journey. Born from personal experience, and sung
with the heartfelt passion that’s her trademark, its 11 new songs signal a new turn in a career that’s
been the result of talent, hard work and more than a little good fortune.In the past she has recorded
in Nashville, New Orleans and New York. This time she’s written and recorded her album in and
around London: her adopted second home. “A lot of the songs are about starting over, about rebirth
and rebuilding,” says Nell. “And finding my way home… wherever that is.” [http://www.scribd.com/doc/163496315 Live in Iraq]
Nell’s musical education began with childhood cello lessons. Her first dream was to become an
opera singer like her mother Jane, a classical soprano who sang at Carnegie Hall. Then she heard
Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin and never looked back. [http://50.22.71.94/~ritsproj/mazelpages.com/activity/p/65553 Nell Bryden]
Her worldwide adventures began on a gap year in Australia, where she bought a cheap guitar. She
began to write and sing songs on travels that took her to a refugee camp in Thailand and, back in the
USA, a drop-zone in Arizona where she made daily free-fall jumps.
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She paid her dues in the pubs and clubs of Boston while studying for an English Literature degree
and, after graduating with honours, polished her songwriting and performing back in New York.
Music became even more of a solace to her in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, which she
witnessed from her apartment windows in Greenwich Village. Delving into old-time American
music, she recorded her debut album in Nashville, tapping into the town’s country heritage for
inspiration. “But,” she admits, “I still hadn’t found my voice.” [http://www.slideshare.net/zincadvice92/greenwich-village Nell Bryden Music]
She would find it in New Orleans, where Nell fell in love with the Big Easy’s musical melting pot –
“jazz, blues, folk, country, cajun, zydeco. everything except rock!” – and found further inspiration
in the resilience of people rebuilding their lives after Hurricane Katrina.
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Next came Europe. From her tiny Greenwich Village apartment, Nell booked herself a month-long
tour of Ireland, Scotland and Holland. Arriving in a foreign land with “just a suitcase and my
acoustic guitar,” she travelled from gig to gig by bus, sleeping on couches that generations of
musicians had used before her. “I played 30 venues and all of them booked me to come back.” So
she did – time and again. [http://www.slideshare.net/zincadvice92/greenwich-village What does it take]