Chastity Brown

Chastity Brown (born June 1, 1982) is a Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...

-raised American musician based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

. She has released three full-length albums that "straddle multiple genres."

Biography

In 2007, Chastity released her debut album “Do the Best You Can.” In 2009, she released her sophomoric album, “Sankofa,” both received with critical acclaim.

2010 saw the release of “High Noon Teeth,” with Chastity’s bandmates, Michael X. (percussion), Adam Wozniak (of Tarlton, upright bass) and Nikki Schultz (backing vocals). Their groove-based soul is a mix of gritty gospel, rhythm and blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

, and strong vocal pairings. Her style has been called a "soul-jazz" combo.

On June 6, 2010, Brown's "By the Train Tacks" was 89.3 The Current's "Song of the Day.

Jim Walsh of the Minneapolis Star Tribune has commented, "...for those who appreciate songwriter-fueled jazz and a sense of organic greatness in the making, she is nothing short of a massage therapist for the ears and soul."

Brown is a contributing artist to Think Out Loud

Think Out Loud

-Think Out Loud: Music Serving the Homeless:Think Out Loud: Music Serving the Twin Cities is a compilation album where 100% of the album profits go directly to serving the homeless in the Twin Cities, through charitable giving to agencies like Sharing and Caring Hands and St. Stephens.The project...

, a Twin Cities

Twin cities

Twin cities are a special case of two cities or urban centres which are founded in close geographic proximity and then grow into each other over time...

effort to end homelessness through music.

External links

• Chastity Brown’s Official Website