カナダ、バンクーバー発のジャズポップ。2006年に「Crystallize」という70年代のレトロ風なジャズポップスな曲が、ロサンジェルスミュージックアワード(LA Music Awards)のジャズ部門、女性シンガーソングライターで最優秀賞を受賞。アメリカ国内の音楽シーンで注目を集めています。（*ちなみに。歴代の受賞者はSystem of a Down, Slash, Joe
Walsh, Spencer Davis, No Doubt, Korn, Everclear, Jackson Brown ・・・）。
ノーリンブラウンは、自身でインディーズレーベルを運営していて今後の活躍を期待するコンピレーションCD「Next Wave」をリリース。「Crystallize」を１曲目に収録。他にポップロック、オルタナティブ、ルーツロック、エレクトロニカ、スムージージャズ、ニューエージ、ファンク、ヒップホップ、カントリーと特定のジャンルには限定しない多彩で才能が満ち溢れた２０曲となっています。
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Norine Braun is a Vancouver based artist who is not afraid to make music
on her own terms. She has been called "jazzed up, funk tinged pop."
That should tell you how her music defies conventional categorization.
Built on a solid foundation of soul, Norine experiments with forms from
ambient pop to jazz and rock.
Braun herself is an interesting mixture of equal parts Blondie, Bjork and Margo
Timmins. Smooth one minute and rocking out the next. It’s a rare quality, and one that Braun capitalizes on to keep things compelling,
a genuine musical chameleon. Norine is a songwriter-recording artist with
6 independent releases. She has received college and AAA airplay in Canada
and the US. Norine has charted on college charts including Top 10 and Most
Added. Her award winning songs have been featured in film and TV.
Her Now and Zen album won the 2004 Stonewall Society Musician of the Year
Award. Conformity 451 won the 3rd Annual International Songwriting Competition,
Artists for Literacy. She has also produced 2 compilation albums The Independents
and Next Wave. Norine was a judge for the Outmusic 2006 Awards in NYC and
in November 2006 was awarded Female Singer-Songwriter of The Year in Jazz
for her song Crystallize at the famed International LA Music Awards.
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NORINE BRAUN
