VV Brown
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Vanessa Brown (born 24 October 1983), known as VV Brown, is a London-based English recording artist, songwriter and producer currently signed to Universal's Island Records. The Los Angeles Times and UK newspaper The Independent have both named Brown an artist to watch in 2009
VV Brown was born in Northampton in the UK. She is the eldest of six siblings and is of Caribbean parentage, her mother and father being Jamaican and Puerto Ricon. She attended Overstone Park school near Northampton, which her parents own and work at. Brown learned to play the piano, developed her vocals and took classical and jazz piano lessons at a musical arts school which she attended at the weekend. Growing up, Brown listened to early 20th-century jazz artists like Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie.
Brown gained four "A" grades at her A levels a year early and was offered places at five top UK universities including Oxford, King's College London, LSE and York. She declined the offers to follow a career in music.
P. Diddy attempted to sign her to his label.
Under the moniker "VV Brown", she is now completing her debut album, Traveling Like The Light, which is scheduled for release June 2009 by Universal Records. The album was preceded by a limited non-chart eligible release of "Crying Blood" on 7" vinyl and digital download. By 23 February the album was nearly completed.
Brown wrote the music and plays instruments on the album.
The album is inspired by 1950's and electronic music as well as sounds emitted from Gameboy and Nintendo. Most of the lyrics on the album are about a failed affair Brown endured.
Brown performed Crying Blood and a new song, "Bottles", on the first episode of the 33rd series of the BBC's Later With Jools Holland. She was the musical guest on The Sunday Night Project on 11 January 2009 and performed Crying Blood, as well as short extracts from other of her own songs throughout the show.
On 5 December 2008, she was nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2009 award, alongside acts including Little Boots and Lady GaGa
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Vanessa Brown (born 24 October 1983), known as VV Brown, is a London-based English recording artist, songwriter and producer currently signed to Universal's Island Records. The Los Angeles Times and UK newspaper The Independent have both named Brown an artist to watch in 2009
VV Brown was born in Northampton in the UK. She is the eldest of six siblings and is of Caribbean parentage, her mother and father being Jamaican and Puerto Ricon. She attended Overstone Park school near Northampton, which her parents own and work at. Brown learned to play the piano, developed her vocals and took classical and jazz piano lessons at a musical arts school which she attended at the weekend. Growing up, Brown listened to early 20th-century jazz artists like Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie.
Brown gained four "A" grades at her A levels a year early and was offered places at five top UK universities including Oxford, King's College London, LSE and York. She declined the offers to follow a career in music.
P. Diddy attempted to sign her to his label.
Under the moniker "VV Brown", she is now completing her debut album, Traveling Like The Light, which is scheduled for release June 2009 by Universal Records. The album was preceded by a limited non-chart eligible release of "Crying Blood" on 7" vinyl and digital download. By 23 February the album was nearly completed.
Brown wrote the music and plays instruments on the album.
The album is inspired by 1950's and electronic music as well as sounds emitted from Gameboy and Nintendo. Most of the lyrics on the album are about a failed affair Brown endured.
Brown performed Crying Blood and a new song, "Bottles", on the first episode of the 33rd series of the BBC's Later With Jools Holland. She was the musical guest on The Sunday Night Project on 11 January 2009 and performed Crying Blood, as well as short extracts from other of her own songs throughout the show.
On 5 December 2008, she was nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2009 award, alongside acts including Little Boots and Lady GaGa
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