Pieta Brown

Biography

In her modest early life in Iowa, Pieta was exposed to traditional and rural folk music through her father, Greg Brown, the now beloved Midwestern folk singer. Later, while living with her mother in Alabama, Pieta drew on and expanded these influences and began writing poetry and composing instrumental songs on piano. By the time she left home at 18, Pieta had lived in at least 17 different houses and apartments between Iowa and Alabama. This wandering life shaped Pieta’s varietal sound anchored by an abiding saturation in folk and blues that’s beyond her years. With the range of sound and artists that have influenced her music, Pieta maintains her own distinctive style, lyrical substance, and voice.