Sam Brown speaking to Jason Barnard
In an advance written interview to her forthcoming podcast, Sam Brown reveals her highlights as a singer and songwriter. We cover her early years, success with ‘Stop!’, her personal approach to songwriting, the ‘Concert for George’, collaborating with Jools Holland and Jon Lord and overcoming the loss of her voice with new album ‘Number 8’.
“I signed a deal because I’d always written songs and I wanted to make an album. But I’d been around celebrity and success my whole life and I didn’t really like that side of it. So [Stop!] was brilliant that it was a hit. But after about three years of just doing promotion, photo sessions and interviews, but not doing music was not a good way for me to live. I think that was the start of me thinking I’m not sure this is the way of life that I want. Because if you do have a hit record you have to maintain that popularity, and in order to do that you have to put music on the back burner. I just wasn’t prepared to do that.”
Read her extensive interview here: Sam Brown Strange Brew Interview
