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About Me

Brazen formed some years ago in the hey-day of Auckland's raucous folk scene, thanks to some whisky, a mutual love of Gillian Welch and the Dog's Bollix Bar. Jo Taylor and Lou Hayes had performed together before in the legendary NZ folk rock band Alfalfameo. Ang Kidd was a relative newcomer to music in general and took to it like a duck to water. New Zealand wasn't quite prepared for the explosion that took place when these three Brazen lasses joined forces! Astonishing twists on traditional songs, glorious harmonies and energising performances abound as the Power of Three is unleashed on songs from all over the world - Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand and North America included.After a short time exploring new horizons and pushing boundaries all over the place, Brazen is ready to take on the world. But is the world ready for them...?

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/21/2007
Band Members: Jo Taylor - voice, guitar, bodhran, whistle;Lou Hayes - voice, fiddle, bodhran, bass, guitar;Ang Kidd - voice, bodhran, guitar, fiddle, whistle
Influences: Each other! :) Gillian Welch, Fairport Convention, Waterson:Carthy, Nick Jones, Steeleye Span, Clannad, Deanta, Rory McLeod, Leonard Cohen, Andy M Stewart, Ewan McColl, Alfalfameo etc etc....We also love local NZ folk/Celtic music like Sean Kelly, Glor na mBan (OK, Ang might be a bit biased there!), Clayton Taylor, Brendyn Montgomery, Conor McSwiney & Swigger Stacy, Angel Gordon, Florabunda, Marcus Turner and so on.Oh, and Ang is really into heavy metal. No, really!
Sounds Like: Well, Brazen... hard to classify.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Portarlington - beer, blokes, songs and those stickers...

Oh how we laughed...! Honestly, the best marketing ploy ever was a spur-of-the-moment, alcohol fuelled drop of inspiration. I am referring to, if you don't already know, the bright red stickers that a...
Posted by Brazen on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:31:00 PST

The best quote courtesy of Dick Gaughan

Hi all, The Wellington Folk Festival was fantastic, as predicted! We had a great gig, a great workshop and a great time! We also used the time to launch our new CD - Berthed. This is a collectio...
Posted by Brazen on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:24:00 PST

New gig, possibly a new CD too...

Well, after a very good weekend playing traditional Irish and Scottish music at Ceol Aneas in Nelson, I stayed in that fair city to catch up with Jo and Lou and to revisit some of our classic material...
Posted by Brazen on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:12:00 PST

And... we're back!

So, after a hiatus while we all had a good long think about life, the universe and everything (it really IS 42!), we are back. Big style. With any luck there'll be new music and new gigs, so watch thi...
Posted by Brazen on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:38:00 PST