#338 Chris Brown

Brown was one of the primary singers and songwriters for the alternative rock band Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in the 1980s and 1990s. When that band broke up, he continued performing as a duo with his Bourbon bandmate Kate Fenner. Brown has accompanied dozens of notable musicians on stage, including a six-month stint as a member of Barenaked Ladies in 1998 filling in for Kevin Hearn while Hearn battled leukemia. He is also a social justice activist and the founder of the Pros and Cons Program bringing recording arts to prisons and creating musical works for charities. The Pros and Cons Program has become internationally recognized as groundbreaking in fields of restorative justice and inmate mentorship, with the support of The David Rockefeller Fund. Brown recorded an album with the prisoners called Postcards from the County which Exclaim! described as “inescapably honest and sincere”. Brown has recently launched Wolfe Island Records as a home for the prison music and the many artists he produces and collaborates with, including Fenner, Suzanne Jarvie, David Corley, One River, The Mermaids, Hadley McCall Thackston and the Stephen Stanley Band. In 2017 he released a new solo album Pacem. PopMatters premiered his first single, “Keeper of the Flame”, and Huffington Post raved that “Pacem is one of those albums that works on the listener from the inside out.” Brown currently lives in Wolfe Island where he tours solo and performs with local musicians in a band called Open Hearts Society. Catch Brown Hawkins Stanley on tour this spring! Brown Hawkins Stanley SHOWS SPRING 2023: MAY 11, 2023 BROWN/HAWKINS/STANLEY – Palasad Social Bowl – London Ontario London, ON Palasad SocialBowl 777 Adelaide Street NorthLondon ON N5Y 2L8 (519) 645-7164 w/special guests The PairsTICKETSINFOMAY 12, 2023 BROWN/HAWKINS/STANLEY – THE MULE SPINNER – HAMILTON Hamilton, ON The Mule Spinner 11 Landsdowne AveHamilton ON L8L 6N3 (519) 774-1218 w/special guest Lori YatesTICKETSINFOMAY 13, 2023 BROWN/HAWKINS/STANLEY – OXFORD PENNANT ROOM – BUFFALO Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom 681 Main StreetBuffalo, NY 14203 W/ special guest Greg SmithTICKETSINFOMAY 19, 2023 BROWN/HAWKINS/STANLEY – THE PARKSIDE LOUNGE – NYC New York, NY Parkside Lounge 317 East Houston StreetNew York, NY 10002 (212) 673-6270 Guest TBATICKETSINFOMAY 20, 2023 BROWN/HAWKINS/STANLEY – BIG WRENCH – BROOKLYN NY Brooklyn, NY Big Wrench 264 Hoyt St.Brooklyn, NY 917-375-1574 Guest TBAINFOMAY 21, 2023 BROWN/HAWKINS/STANLEY – REDBIRD LIVE – OTTAWA Ottawa, ON Redbird Live 1165 Bank StreetOttawa ON K1S 3X7 w/ special guest GravenTICKETSINFOMAY 25, 2023 BROWN/HAWKINS/STANLEY – JETHRO’S – PETERBOROUGH Peterborough, Ontario Jethros 137 Hunter Street WestPeterborough Ontario w/ special guest Rocky RobertsTICKETSINFOMAY 26, 2023 BROWN/HAWKINS/STANLEY – SAM’S PLACE – PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY Prince Edward, ON Sam’s Place 3038 County Rd. 3Prince Edward ON w/ special guest Liner.TICKETSINFOMAY 27, 2023 BROWN/HAWKINS/STANLEY – Longboat Hall – Toronto Toronto, ON Longboat Hall 103 Dovercourt RoadToronto ON M6J 3C2 (416) 792-1268 w/ special guest Liner.TICKETSINFO Go to BETTERHELP.com/apologue for confidential online counselling.use the code word Apologue for a 7 day free trial Pledge monthly with Patreon https://www.patreon.com/apologueShop Apologue products at http://apologue.ca/shop