“The talents of this Edmonton-based musician shine like a beacon. Her boldly written originals… have the good bones and great melodic rhythm of classic big-screen pop songs from the sixties and seventies.” The Globe and Mail Toronto, ON – Feb 26, 2015 - Colleen Brown has spent the past two years rediscovering her passion for music, fuelling a stunning collection of songs focused on themes of love, fate and psychic retooling. Co-produced by Joel Plaskett, Raymond Richards and Brown, the small-town prairie-raised singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist will release ‘Direction’ on March 16, 2015. The writing and recording process was initiated from ‘attic’ demos Brown pieced together on her own while holed up in her hometown of Edmonton throughout 2012/13. Colleen began re-recording these songs in the summer of 2013, first with producer Raymond Richards (Local Natives) at his Red Rockets Glare studio in Los Angeles, CA. This resulted in the 4-song EP ‘Direction 1: Major Love’, and a music video for the single Mountain Man. Continuing to record throughout the fall of 2013, a full-length album began to take shape. Each of the songs on ‘Direction’ explores a different sonic terrain, production, and lyrical perspective. Jangly guitars, care of Richards, vintage synths, precise soulful drumming by Franck Fiser, fresh-eared mixes by Juno-nominated engineer Ben Leggett- these elements all carry Brown’s soaring, vibrant vocals, intonating lyrics about personal growth and trajectory. Brown then joined forces in Halifax with venerable Canadian songwriter and cardigan-clad rock icon Joel Plaskett to record three tracks featuring Plaskett’s production and indelible guitar playing. The folk-rock landscape also opens up for a couple of bare-bones tracks with live piano/vocal performances, recorded in one session with Taylor Kernohan at the Drive Shed in Toronto. The colors and vulnerability of Brown’s voice cut through on Come To Arizona and the title track. The album closes with the song I Asked In The Night- written, recorded and performed by Brown in one late-night attic session. These recordings are the farthest Brown has seen her talents stretch as a musician- immersed in many of the bass, guitar, and keyboard parts, and guided by her striking vocal performances. This effort broadcasts a new trajectory for Colleen, and indeed a clear and joyful musical Direction.