Eden Brent

Eden Brent
Eden Brent performing at the Rawa Blues Festival in Poland, 2009
Background information
Born (1965-11-16) November 16, 1965 (age 58)
Greenville, Mississippi, United States
GenresBlues, boogie-woogie
OccupationsMusician
InstrumentsPiano, vocals
Years active1994–present
LabelsYellow Dog Records
Websiteedenbrent.com

Eden Brent (born November 16, 1965, in Greenville, Mississippi, United States)[1] is an American musician on the independent Yellow Dog Records label. A blues pianist and vocalist, she combines boogie-woogie with elements of blues, jazz, soul, gospel and pop. Her vocal style has been compared to Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie and Aretha Franklin.[2][3] She took lessons from Abie "Boogaloo" Ames, a traditional blues and boogie woogie piano player and eventually earned the nickname "Little Boogaloo."[1]

In 2006, she won the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge.[4] Along with other awards, Brent garnered two 2009 Blues Music Awards - one for Acoustic Artist of the Year, the other for Acoustic Album of the Year (Mississippi Number One).[5] At The 14th Annual Independent Music Awards in 2015, Eden Brent won the award in the "Holiday Song" category for "Valentine".

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