Count on Brett Dennen
to do good things. The Northern Californian has worked at a residential summer
camp as a counselor. He led numerous anti-smoking campaigns on his college
campus and was instrumental in removing ash trays from building entrances. Dennen
has been a part of a San Francisco Bay Area-based nonprofit organization that works
towards a peaceful future by uniting diverse children and empowering them to
strive for peace. The boyish-looking 36-year-old is also a folk/pop singer/songwriter,
and released his sixth album, Por Favor,
on May 20, 2016.
At the Bowery
Ballroom tonight, Brett Dennen performed easy-flowing pop tunes that
sometimes rode on waves of light Caribbean and African rhythms. The lyrics were
airy vignettes with little drama, buoyed by melodies that owed a serious debt to
Paul Simon's Graceland era. Dennen performed six songs from his new
album and one or two songs from each of his previous albums, all of which
favored a simple arrangement. While the set was united by an uplifting,
positive vibe, Dennen referenced the Orlando shooting in "Stand Up For It,"
which featured the lyric, “Everyday people like you and me / We have to realize
that we are not divided." At least for this night, Dennen played cheerful,
family-friendly songs that seemed like a light in a dark world.
Visit Brett
Dennen at www.brettdennen.net.
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