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The Trifecta: Fatherhood, Nature and Music

While he’s still a wild child himself, Brett Dennen now has one of his own

Brett Dennen was backing up a vehicle when the singer/songwriter hopped on the phone with me. “Can somebody spot me? Just yell stop!” It was a family beach day for Dennen and a few of his relatives, and it had become apparent to him that everyone was still in “vacation mode.” As he sat on […]

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An Acoustic Life

Brett Dennen gets some pop on his folk

I know that this is a gross oversimplification, but I’m going with it anyway: Brett Dennen is a hit with the ladies. That’s not to say that his music is aimed at women specifically, but over the last few years, I have had at least two dozen women try to introduce me to Brett Dennen’s […]

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Homeschooled & Barefoot

Folk singer Brett Dennen puts the ol’ in folk

You’d think someone with such flaming red hair would be the stereotypical feisty hothead. But, at the prime age of 35, Brett Dennen speaks as though he has been around the block a few times. In an interview on Vevo, he slowly and thoughtfully responds to questions fans post on Facebook, explaining that his guitars […]

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The Arc of an Artist

Folksy troubadour Brett Dennen doesn’t have a special approach, just good music

Requiring little more than something personal to say, good enough acoustic guitar skills and a coffee shop to sing in, the singer-songwriter is as commonplace in America as the aspiring actor. In 2005, California musician Brett Dennen was one of many—Amos Lee, Brandi Carlile, James Blunt to name a few—who released debut albums hoping to […]

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