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Nell Bryden
Bryden performing in 2019
Born	(1977-03-08) March 8, 1977 (age 49) Brooklyn, New York, US
Occupations	Musician author
Years active	2000–present
Parent	Lewis Bryden (father)
Musical career
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Musical artist
Website	nellbryden.com

Nell Bryden (born March 8, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter.^[1]

Bryden was born in Brooklyn, New York, to artistic parents. Her father is the painter and sculptor Lewis Bryden, and her mother is a classically trained soprano.^[2] It was during this time that she began performing her songs live in the Boston folk and rock clubs.

In 2002, Bryden recorded the album Day for Night in Nashville with producer Fred Mollin and toured the US to promote it. In 2005, she began working on her second record with producer John Hill, though the sessions were aborted when she ran out of money.^[2] After auctioning a Milton Avery painting she received from her father, she was able to use the proceeds to rerecord her album, this time with producer David Kershenbaum.^[2] The result was What Does It Take, which came out in October 2009.

Her next album, Shake the Tree, was issued in 2012. Following the release of the single "Sirens", Bryden was approached by Take That lead singer Gary Barlow, who asked her to join him as the support act for his UK tour from November to January 2013.^[3] During these months, Bryden also supported Jools Holland for several of his UK dates, including at the Royal Albert Hall.^[4]

Bryden published the double album Wayfarer in July 2014.^[5] It included the Christmas-themed song "May You Never Be Alone",^[6] which was later covered by Susan Boyle and released on her 2016 album, A Wonderful World.

In 2016, Bryden worked with producer Andy Wright to record Bloom,^[7] her fifth studio album. In 2019, she issued the EP Soundtrack to Little Wing – Part 1^[8] and followed it with the compilation Living Room Sessions. That year, Bryden became a British citizen.^[9]

In 2020, she released a compilation titled The Collection. ^[10] That year, she was the first artist to collaborate remotely with the BBC Concert Orchestra for a House Music Session on Ken Bruce's Radio 2 show; it was broadcast in March, during the COVID-19 lockdown.^[11]

Bryden presented her first radio show, an hour-long dedication to the New York music scene, on BBC Radio 2, in August 2014. It featured some of the artists who had inspired her as a songwriter.^[12]

In January 2016, she curated and presented a four-part miniseries, called Nell's Angels, Series 1, again on BBC Radio 2, featuring some of her favorite female artists..^[13] Nell's Angels, Series 2 came out in August of the same year.^[14]

In 2017, Bryden presented another four-part mini-series on BBC Radio 2, called Nell's Kitchen, this one an historical exploration of New York City's music scenes.^[15]

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