“In her huge playing and singing you can hear the ghosts of Mississippi in duet with the future of the blues.” -Chip Eagle, Blues Revue
“Brent’s forte is a combustible combination of boogie-woogie piano stylings and an effectively raspy vocal delivery.” -The Edmonton Journal, Alberta, Canada
“When Little Boogaloo talks, she sounds like a milk-cow walking on gravel, but when she sings, she sounds like an angel on Viagra!” -Die Burger, South Africa
"Yellow Dog Records is thrilled to announce the signing of 2006 International Blues Challenge winner Eden Brent, a masterful blues and boogie pianist and vocal stylist.
Dubbed 'Little Boogaloo' by her mentor and duo partner, the late Boogaloo Ames (1918-2002), this Mississippi Delta native holds a bachelor's degree in music but credits Ames's down-home tutelage with teaching her how to 'really play.'
Described by one critic as 'Bessie Smith meets Diana Krall meets Janis Joplin,' others have compared her to Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Marica Ball and Norah Jones (our favorite line, though, involved something about 'an angel on Viagra.') Never mind the comparisons. Eden's fresh voice is one-of-a-kind, and her distinctive style, fusing elements of blues, jazz, soul, gospel and pop, is turning the heads of roots music lovers nationwide." - Yellow Dog Records
"There is no question that she is “Little Boogaloo,” as she is often called: a supremely talented pianist and interpreter of classics by everyone from W.C. Handy to the Gershwins. But Mississippi Number One offers joyous proof that Eden Brent is also a gifted songwriter, a great vocal stylist, and a knock-out entertainer." - Julia Reed "Mississippi Number One began as a solo record in April 2006 and is a tribute to my home and its blues highway, Mississippi State Highway 1, which is less traveled but follows the original blues highway, the Mississippi River, much more devotedly than its parallel neighbor, US Highway 61." - Eden Brent
With introductory liner notes by Julia Reed, famed Southern author and contributor to Vogue and Newsweek, the new album Mississippi Number One features Eden's own Memphis-style "He'll Do the Same Thing To You," urban soul “Afraid to Let Go,” gospel endeavor “Until I Die” and the blues classic "Trouble in Mind." Her first album, Something Cool, was released in 2003.
Click below to listen or purchase EDEN BRENT wishes to acknowledge and publicly apologize for the error on current copies of MISSISSIPPI NUMBER ONE, where she mistakenly credits Amos Milburn for "Trouble In Mind", rather than its rightful author, RICHARD M. JONES.
She also wishes to thank JEFF KOEPKE from KRFC and Live@Lunch in Fort Collins, Colorado, for bringing the error to her attention. She further acknowledges that Amos Milburn did indeed compose a song of the same title. She sincerely regrets any inconvenience or concern this error might have caused, will correct any future printings, and is assured that all performance and mechanical rights have been properly restored to RICHARD M. JONES.
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EDEN BRENT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE ADD. THE VERY BEST TO YOU MY FRIEND IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU SET OUT TO DO IS MY WISH FOR YOU FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, USA. ROCK ON FOREVER SISTER AND CHEERS, CHUCK C.
Hope you had a safe flight back to Memphis and a peaceful drive home to Greenville. It was a great week-end of blues at Blues from the Top and your festival set was the best I've ever seen you perform live! Loved the sets at Fontenot's as well. It was great fun to see Andy & Jimmy have to work a little bit!
Missing you already Eden. I love your music and you too, you little rascal!! 8-) Hope to see more of both soon!!
It was so much fun seeing you again in Winter Park. Next time you have to come to my "show" in Mississippi. I'll be there starting on November 14th for a six week engagement! Tee Hee Hee.
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