Michael Brown

The NY Times names hundreds more artists who lost masters in 2008 UMG fire

Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.

The Left Banke, Ian Lloyd's Stories & suprise guests playing Michael Brown tribute/benefit show at Le Poisson Rouge

We lost Michael Brown this past March, and a tribute show is happening in his honor in NYC on Friday (4/24) at Le Poisson Rouge. Michael was best known as founding member and songwriter for The Left Banke, and his baroque-pop style can be heard today in the music of Belle & Sebastian, Jens Lekman, Jacco Gardner and many others…

Michael Brown, keyboardist/songwriter for The Left Banke, RIP

Michael Brown, keyboardist for ’60s-era baroque pop band The Left Banke, died Thursday morning (3/19) at age 65 — the news was posted by bassist Tom Finn on The Left Banke’s official Facebook fan page…