Brooke Waggoner

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Brooke Waggoner
Birth nameBrooke Waggoner
Born (1984-05-30) May 30, 1984 (age 38)
Origin Houston, Texas, United States
Genres Indie pop / folk
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • clavinet
  • hammond organ
  • moog synthesizer
Years active2007–present
LabelsSwoon Moon
Website brookewaggoner.com

Brooke Waggoner (born May 30, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter from New Orleans, Louisiana, who resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Early life

Waggoner was born in Houston, Texas, to Lewis Earl and Kris Allyn (Kulcke) Waggoner. She comes from a classical music background with 17 years of formal training. [1] She graduated with a music composition and orchestration degree from Louisiana State University in 2006. [1] After graduating, she left for Nashville and began developing her current music. [1]

Career (2007–present)

Waggoner has released four albums independently, with all music being fully written, orchestrated, and arranged by herself. Her debut release was an EP titled Fresh Pair of Eyes (2007). After touring nationally through the spring of 2008, Waggoner released her second album, Heal for the Honey, in the fall of that year. She continued touring nationally with such artists as Copeland, Bell X1, Owen, Paper Route, and Unwed Sailor. In 2009, she produced her third album, Go Easy Little Doves. [2] The album again debuted at #1 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts.[ citation needed ] Waggoner spent fall of 2009 and spring of 2010 on tour with such artists as Owl City, Rocky Votolato, and Denison Witmer.[ citation needed ]

Waggoner has been a part of the long-running and award-winning radio show "NPR's Mountain Stage", [3] appearing multiple times with acts such as Wilco, Au Pair, The Hold Steady, Jerry Douglas, Crooked Still, and others.

Her music has appeared on numerous TV shows such as ABC Family's Greek , Kyle XY , Pretty Little Liars , and Grey's Anatomy , as well as CBS's Ghost Whisperer , and Lifetime's Army Wives .[ citation needed ]

Waggoner released her first DVD, entitled And the World Opened Up, in 2010. It contains a live performance recorded at Nashville's Art House America in late 2009. Her music from Go Easy Little Doves is presented for the first time with a complete live orchestra. The DVD also features biographical interviews with Waggoner, footage of her musical development, and animated sections. Production is credited to Charlie Peacock.

Waggoner has also produced records for other artists, including the 2010 vinyl release of The Sower [4] by The Champion & His Burning Flame and the 2012 EP The Family Album for Jessica Ripka.

In 2011, Waggoner recorded with Jack White on his first solo album, Blunderbuss . She performed live with White in 2012, including a performance at the Grammys. Waggoner also appears on White's follow-up album "Lazaretto"

In September 2012, Waggoner was featured in the campaign "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide , a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book. [5]

Waggoner followed this with the release of her album Originator on March 5, 2013. After touring with Ron Sexsmith, playing the 2013 SXSW festival, Lollapalooza festival, releasing two music videos and an additional single, she finished the year by playing the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

In 2014, Waggoner signed a deal with Beijing-based label Pocket Records, and toured the entire country of China in partnership with Pocket Records for distribution of her albums Heal for the Honey and Go Easy Little Doves.

During 2015, the Nashville-based chamber music ensemble CHATTERBIRD commissioned Waggoner to compose a piece consisting of instrumentation for woodwinds, strings, and piano entitled "Minor-Born". The piece debuted at Abrasive Media in May 2015 and a second time as part of the Sideshow Fringe Festival in July 2015.

In January 2016, Waggoner's self-produced album Sweven released on her own label, Swoon Moon Music. Flood Magazine called it her "most ambitious work to date". [6]

Awards

Waggoner was nominated for an Independent Music Award for "Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album" in 2009.

Also in 2009, she won the Nashville Music Award for "NBN Emerging Artist" of the year. [7]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Live albums

DVDs

Singles

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