FLATLANDS PRES. BRENNEN LEIGH & JOSHUA HEDLEY [US]

Brennen Leigh

Brennen Leigh is an American songwriter, guitar player, and mandolin player. Her songs have been recorded by Lee Ann Womack, Rodney Crowell, Sunny Sweeney, Charley Crockett, and many others. As renowned for her musicianship as for her writing, it’s easy to see how Leigh caught the ear of greats like Guy Clark, who colorfully endorsed her flatpicking: “Brennen Leigh plays guitar like a motherfucker,” and David Olney, who described her writing as “tender, violent, sentimental, foolish and wise, she is always Brennen. Confident and at ease with herself, without being a jerk about it.” Following her album Prairie Love Letter, Leigh has continued to leave an imprint on Western music with Obsessed With The West featuring The Kings of Western Swing, Asleep At The Wheel, and the highly-acclaimed Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet.

Awash in full-throttle fiddle, weeping steel guitar, a sprinkling of heavenly backing vocals, and anchored…