Brenna Sahatjian

there were songs sprouting in my stomach

Brenna plays original folk tunes involving guitar, cello, and piano. She recently helped form Tansy and Tarweed, a anarcha-folk doom jazz quartet based in Portland, OR. She has previously been noted for her unique guitar style, the dense poetry of her lyrics, and multi-instrumental recordings on which she's accompanied herself. She’s joined members of the Riot-Folk collective on several US tours, and has recorded and distributed several albums with the help of other DIY artists: Crude but Lucid (2005) ,To Each Idle Arrow (2006), Dream Warriors (2007) with Tin Tree Factory, A Mingling of Freak Phenomena (2009) with Arey Gonif, and Things You Can't Keep (2009) with Actor Slash Model.