Brandy Zdan

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Brandy Zdan
Born
Brandy Krista Zdan

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Producer
  • Musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Steel Guitar
  • Keys
Years active2001–present
Formerly ofTwilight Hotel, The Trishas

Brandy Zdan is a Canadian musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer based in Nashville, TN.[1] Zdan writes in the rock, indie-rock genre[2] and has been compared to artists like Joan Jett[3] and Susie Quattro[4] with her energetic and engaging stage presence and live show.

Early life

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Zdan was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba where she started playing her own songs in local coffee shops at the age of 15.[5]

Career

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Twilight Hotel

In the 2010s, Zdan was a member of the Juno nominated gothic-americana duo Twilight Hotel, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[6] They released three studio albums, 2006’s Bethune,[7] 2008’s Highway Prayer, produced by Colin Linden, earning them a Juno nomination for Best Roots Album (Duo/Group).[8] In 2012, they released When the Wolves Go Blind[9] also earning them a second Juno nomination for Best Roots Album (Duo/ Group).[10] After a move to Austin, TX the group disbanded.[11]

In 2011, Zdan joined Texas super-group, The Trishas, as their multi-instrumentalist playing guitar, steel and accordion[12] until 2014 when she relocated to Nashville, TN.[13]

Solo career

Zdan released her self-titled album in November 2015,[14] produced by Teddy Morgan and featuring members of My Morning Jacket, Carl Broemal and Tom Blankenship.[15] On May 11, 2018, Zdan released her second album, Secretear,[16] on Tallest Man Records[17] which was featured in Relix[18] and Guitar World.  Rolling Stone named her “a guitar hero of the highest order."[19] Zdan has toured all over North America, the UK and Europe and has opened for notable acts as Buddy Guy,[20] The Romantics,[21] Doyle Bramhall II,[22] Will Hoge,[23] Aaron Lee Tasjan and more. Zdan is a Fender[24] and Gibson endorsed artist.

Record production

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  • 2023 - ZDAN - “Perfect Day” Co-Produced by Zdan & Josh Grange
  • 2022 - Zdan produced Emily Scott Robinson's “Built on Bones” (Oh Boy Records)[1]
  • 2022 - ZDAN - “Break My Stride” Produced & Engineered by Brandy Zdan
  • 2021 - Brandy Zdan - "Falcon"
  • 2021 - Kelly Hoppenjans - “Can’t Get the Dark Out”
  • 2020 - Kimberley Macgregor - "Sitting, With Uncomfortable Feelings"
  • 2019 - Kelly Hoppenjans - "Ok, I Feel better now" [25]
  • 2018 - Brandy Zdan - "Secretear" (co-produced) [2]

Discography

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Solo albums
  • Falcon, 2021
  • Lone Hunter EP, 2013
  • Heart Theft, Instrumentals 1, 2014
  • Brandy Zdan, Self titled, 2015
  • Secretear, 2018

Singles

  • Break my stride, 2022
  • Perfect Day, 2023
  • Wild Fire (LIVE), 2018
  • I Wanna Dance With Somebody ( Who loves Me), 2019
Albums with Twilight Hotel
  • Bethune, 2006
  • Highway Prayer, 2008
  • When the Wolves go Blind, 2012

Song and musician credits

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2015
  • Kevin Costner & Modern West / Where the Music Takes You
    • Background Vocals
  • Josh Taerk/ Here’s to Change
    • Background Vocals
2017
  • Drew Kennedy / At Home in the Big Lonesome
    • Background Vocals
2018
  • Jamie Freeman / Dreams about Falling
    • Songwriter/ Background Vocals
  • No Dry Country / Panhandle Music
    • Background Vocals
  • Johnny Chops & the Razors / Self- Titled
    • Background Vocals

Film and television placements

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References

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