Brenda Earle Stokes, a Sarnia-born and New York-based musician, is embarking on a short Ontario tour to promote her seventh album, Motherhood. Stops include London’s Aeolian Hall Oct. 4, and Stratford, Hamilton and Toronto. Motherhood is “a collection of songs about what I consider to be the real-life experience of parenting in the 21st century,” said …
Brenda Earle Stokes: Motherhood Canadian singer and pianist flirts with kitsch but stays firm in a wistful set of Latin and light-rock originals featuring Ingrid Jensen By Matty Bannond With one hand gripping the foam-lined steering bar of a pushchair, pianist and singer Brenda Earle Stokes scribbled into a notebook and whispered voice notes …
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Yet another lovely project that combines a beautiful voice, that of Brenda Earle Stokes, with excellent musicians to accompany her on this album: Brenda Earle Stokes – Voice & Piano, Ingrid Jensen – Trumpet, Evan Gregor – Bass, Ross Pederson – Drums, Melissa Stylianou & Nicole Zuraitis – Background Vocals. At first, we are surprised …
Motherhood is a salient subject if ever there was one. Yet few jazz musicians ever touch on it in their work, never mind dedicating an entire record to the topic. The real or keenly felt need to keep up with the Joneses in a musical atmosphere that typically applauds and promotes standard bearers, hyper-masculine happenings, …
Brenda Earle Stokes – New Record “Motherhood" 05/12/2024 Brenda Earle Stokes is a pianist, singer, and composer from Canada. Currently living in New York City, Brenda’s new record is Motherhood, an homage to, and inside-view of, motherhood. The songs are both amusing and serious, offering both release and insight into some of the challenges faced by mothers …
Motherhood EPK Brenda Earle Stokes' Motherhood is a collection of 10 original songs that deal with the laughter, the frustration, the joy and the tears of motherhood. Deeply rooted in traditional and jazz styles, the album features Grammy winning fellow Canadian mother Ingrid Jensen on trumpet. The music was composed during a 9 day residency …
Pianist, vocalist, composer, and educator BRENDA EARLE STOKES presents MOTHERHOOD, a collection of ten original compositions that share the journey of motherhood with songs that explore identity, fear, expectations, body image, friendship, and growth. This is Stokes’ sixth album as a leader and follows Solo Sessions (2019), Right About Now (2014), Songs for a New Day (2009), and …
Loose Tooth Blues Single Loose Tooth Blues shares the unique and often humorous vantage point that a mother has, as she views the world through her child’s eyes. Brenda Earle Stokes' Motherhood is a collection of 10 original songs that deal with the laughter, the frustration, the joy and the tears of motherhood. Deeply rooted in …
Happy Mother’s Day Finally, Happy Mother’s Day is a “calling in” song, celebrating the struggle, the revelry and the adventure embedded into the lives of mothers from every walk of life. Brenda Earle Stokes' Motherhood is a collection of 10 original songs that deal with the laughter, the frustration, the joy and the tears of motherhood. Deeply …
