Brooklyn-based and California-bred, Emily Jeanne Brown writes "nostalgic and heartfelt [songs]"(NPR Music) about shifting identities and searching for home. Influenced by artists like Lucinda Williams, Jenny Lewis and Sharon Van Etten, Brown's music ranges from intimate, esoteric folk to Americana-infused indie-rock, while always keeping storytelling at the center. After her minimal but visceral 2020 cover of Springsteen’s ‘i’m on fire’ garnered tens of thousands of streams, in 2024 Americana Highways praised Brown's 3-song Nina EP for “music that plays out in the imagination and vocals that sound like a songbird at dawn”. She has since shared stages with Brian Dunne (of Fantastic Cat), Katie Martucci (of The Ladles), Chris Trapper and Hayley Hendrickx. Her debut full-length record, Coaster, produced by Nan Macmillan, will be released July 8th through the Brooklyn-based indie label Sunken Living Room.

Shaped in the shadows and sounds of the Catskill Mountains, the music of Biita Houdei (fka Leponds) is buoyed by a magic that feels beautifully untamed; wild-hearted sentiments shaped by the world around them, and by a fascination with the enchantment of it all. Debut single "Life Inside the Hourglass" sees time stretch and recline, an animated sub-three-minute strum that Biita says dropped into her mind “from a ghost of sorts” and was written in just twenty minutes. A reflection on outgrowing old ways, and the humble nature of being witnessed. Vocals weave together in a beautiful harmonic dance, seasons shift, sunshine appears and bold psychedelic colors warm the horizon.

Produced with the help of fellow songwriter and friend Haley Heynderickx, in her first lead production role, it’s also the first music Biita (pronounced “bee-tah”) is releasing under her newly-taken moniker, her Persian nickname which means "unique" in the Farsi language. “I proudly take this name,” Biita, who now calls the Catskills her home, says "this name makes me feel closer to my Persian heritage.” Her new album, This Bed Was Made For Me will be out on September 18th on Basin Rock (Europe) and Father / Daughter (North America).

Emily Jeanne Brown / Biita Houdei

Emily Jeanne Brown / Biita Houdei