You might recognize Edmonton singer/ songwriter Colleen Brown as one of the members of the Secretaries, however, she will be bringing 
her more pop edged, piano tinged solo show to the Slice, Nov. 26 with Jeff Stuart and the Hearts.
“It’s something Jeff cooked up because he just wanted to tour together,” said Brown, recovering at her Edmonton home from a bout with the flu.
“Both of our bands had new albums out last winter. And both my band and his band were playing the Edmonton Folk Music Festival last summer. But we were playing at the same time, at opposite ends of the site, so our friends had to choose which one of us to see,” she said, adding the two groups will be playing a mini-tour hitting the three major Alberta centres — Calgary, Edmonton and Lethbridge — all this week beginning in Edmonton, Nov. 24.
While the Secretaries have played Henotic as well as the South Country Fair, and while the Colleen Brown play a Secretaries song “Fight, Fight, Fight” in their set, the two bands are two different animals.
“The Secretaries are definitely more of a rock and roll party band, my solo stuff is definitely more folk and pop sound,” she continued adding she will be playing with bassist Patrick Michalak and drummer Peter Hendrickson.
“It’s a Friday night, so we hope there will be some people out. We’re getting pumped to play,” she continued.
Jeff Stuart, who is organizing this concert series with CKUA as a media partner, is also looking forward to the show.
“We’ll do the first set and Colleen will finish it. And we might do a few songs together. We’ve done some things together, but we’ve never toured together,” Stuart said.
“We’ve been looking for an opportunity to tour,” he continued adding, CKUA, which plays both Brown and Stuart’s albums, got on board as their media partner.
“They have been a big supporter of Colleen and my music. My album did really well on it. So we’re pretty huge supporters of CKUA,” he said adding they have special guests playing with them at the other concert dates including Shane Ghostkeeper in Calgary.
Stuart is looking forward to the show.
“We’re a six piece band, and there is a lot of folk influence. We have a lot of fun playing and it translates to the audience,” Stuart said.
