About Nell Bryden

Above, Nell Bryden's latest release of her own songs, Second Time Around, is available at her site, check it out at www.nellbryden.com

Based in New York, singer/songwriter Nell Bryden is a formidable touring machine. With 200 shows in the last year - including four tours of Europe - she has “racked up quite the impressive following,” according to Time Out New York. She’s played opening slots with international acts, performed on the number one radio show in Ireland, and has received glowing reviews from BBC Radio 2 Presenters. Her latest album Second Time Around is currently getting airtime across 20 different states in the US and is climbing the Americana and AAA charts. The album is also being featured on major online radio stations, XM Satellite Radio, and on local and national radio stations across Europe.

"In 1978, for my daughter Nell, I bought "The Great Song Book", edited by Timothy John and published by Doubleday, with charming illustrations by Tomi Ungerer. Nell grew up with those tunes, and for many years the book as a whole was a favorite of our family.

Last year, during a sabbatical leave, I received a grant from Smith College to make a recording of some of the songs from that collection. In fact, since Nell is now a singer, I thought such a recording would make an excellent mother-and-daughter collaboration. I have long felt that there are too few high-quality recordings for children, and would like to hope that this joint endeavor, in which my husband Chris has participated along with Peter Blanchette's son Chester and his friend Kenny Butler, will become a treasured part of the repertoire of music for chaildren and families.