Lauren Brombert Delights Fans in Paris Concert Premier!!!

By: Phil Cartwright

In this time of Book of Revelation-like world events, Paris got a real breath of fresh air last week with the arrival and performance of Lauren Brombert.

HorizonVU Music and other fans had a fantastic night at Lauren Live! The crew at O’Sullivan’s Rebel Bar was welcoming as always. Fréquence Orange was on the scene to cover the show and Gibson provided us with a beautiful J-160 E.

Lauren http://www.laurenbrombert.com

has command of a broad range of music. She can really rock with a band - her new album “Closer than Skin” on Teresa Records proves the point. Her solo acoustic performance really shined. She started the evening with “Make It Last” and ended with “Just A Lie”. Songs such as “Like An Angel” that rock hard on the CD work beautifully when done on her own. And she can really cross over moving into the country sound with “Say Goodbye” (also on “Closer Than Skin”).

Classical music was the soundtrack of Lauren’s upbringing. Born in New Haven, CT, as thedaughter of a Parisian and a New Yorker, she was raised on two continents. Though her father was an opera singer and her mother a classical pianist, it was the Beatles’ “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” that ignited the musical passion of a five-year-old. After studying classical piano for eight years, she switched to guitar.

In a garage outside of Paris when she was fourteen, Lauren sat in as a singer for the French band, Duty Free, and was hooked. But instead of pursuing music, she wound up taking a long academic detour. After a B.A. in Classics at Haverford College, an M.A. in Russian Studies at Yale University, more graduate work in linguistics, and a couple of teaching jobs, she was about to start a career abroad as a field linguist and realized it was a now-or-never proposition. She settled in Chicago and finally abandoned herself to songwriting.

Adopting the moniker Urban Nomad, Lauren started performing and recording with her band. A few years later, she began a collaboration with guitarist/arranger David Chelimsky and recorded an acoustic EP produced by guitarist extraordinaire, Fareed Haque. Their acoustic duo eventually attracted renowned Chicago bassist Bob Lizik (Brian Wilson) and drummer Ed Breckenfeld (the Insiders, CathyRichardson Band). Together they recorded “From These Stones” (Tessera Records), which received critical acclaim and was chosen by “The Performing Songwriter” as a Top 12 DIY.

Lauren moved to Denver in 2003 with three songs for a new album having already been produced by Bob Lizik and engineer Jon Smith. With new Denver band mates Greg Blankenship on bass and David Harms on drums, the rest of the album was finally recorded by Brian and Greg McRae (Wrecking Room, Coupe Studios) and released in early 2008.

The good news is that Lauren will be back sooner than later and we’ll be waiting!!!

Check out Lauren’s CD “Closer Than Skin” and downloads at SHOP HorizonVU Music http://blog.horizonvumusic.com/?page_id=3156.

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Lynette Ruiz - Singer/Songwriter with a Smooth Melodic Voice and Feel Good Lyrics

Lynette Ruiz

By: Phil Cartwright

It's HorizonVU Music's pleasure to introduce Lynette Ruiz! She’s here in Paris and ready to sing with a voice that is clear, melodic and just sensational. Off the stage, Lynette is lot of fun, but at the same time a very polite and a bit reserved. She’s bright and very enthusiastic toward her music…and she’s all about pop/folk and she’s got that special sound HorizonVU Music loves to hear…

Lynette ws joined by Maxime Jean-Louis at O’Sullivan’s Rebel Bar on the 17 February. Kim took care of the sound engineering along with pro Huge Petit, Jonathan (The French) joined us to record for Fréquence Orange and of course, our good friend Seb, took good care of the bar! the place was packed – Lynette really stole the show – Love where is your fire (Brooke Fraser), Wild Horses (Natasha Bedingfield),

Lynette Ruiz and Maxime Jean-Louis

Firework (stripped down) (Katy Perry) and one of our favorites Need you now (Lady Antebellum). That’s not to take away from Max and his driving performance of Use somebody (Kings of Leon).

Lynette sings with the confidence and clarity of a woman who really knows her own voice. Which makes sense, since she says she’s been singing for as long as she can remember. Writing her first song at the tender age of seven, Lynette knew music would always be a big part of her life. She began classical voice training at the age of eleven. Seizing every opportunity to learn and grow musically, she sang in everything from school and church choirs to semi-professional musical theater and private recitals. She even had the opportunity to perform as part of an elite choir at Carnegie Hall. In high school, Lynette began writing and performing in earnest, setting her sites on NYU’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts.

A boit about Lynette. In a twist of fate, following an early acceptance to Tisch for musical theatre, she was also accepted to Princeton University. Feeling that this was an opportunity that couldn’t be missed, Lynette chose to

Lynette Ruiz and Phil Cartwright

pursue academics at Princeton University. While there, she focused her undergraduate studies on sociology and music. In her independent research she studied the world of music and the power of its application in society. During this time, Lynette still found time for her music taking as many music and songwriting courses as she could and singing and writing at every opportunity. She was also a member of the Princeton Tigerlilies, an elite all-female a cappella group.

Since attending university, Lynette has had the opportunities to do some songwriting and recording at various studios in Nashville. Her studies, extensive travels, life experiences and the friends she’s made along the way have helped to significantly shape her musical tastes and writing and performance styles. Lynette’s lyrics have a poetic quality and bring to bear the power and multiplicity of words. Her music attempts to express and illuminate the power of common, shared experiences: life, love and hope.

Lynette is currently working on an EP and we at HorizonVU Music plan to make sure you hear a lot more from this rising star!!!.