New Zealander, Brooke Fraser, has just released her new album ‘Flags’ and is currently on tour in Europe. She stops off in Dublin on April 9th for a Sold Out gig at The Sugar Club. Brooke took some time out from her schedule to answer a few questions for nessymon.com
Hi Brooke, Thanks for taking the time to answer these. How are you and where are you?
I am well, currently in London town about to head to Paris (sounds very exotic).
You had a break from music for a while, what was it about Coachella that made you fall in love with music again, the people, the community or was it just Fleet Foxes?
I didnt have a break from music and I think that was the problem! My last album was three years of hard touring so at the end of that I was burnt out and didnt even want to look at my guitar. I wouldnt say Coachella made me fall in love with music again as I was never out of love with it, simply very doubtful about my own ability to make anymore meaningful contributions to it! Coachella was like a breeze on an ember in that I experienced, as an audience member, a perfect moment the setting was gorgeous (sunset in the desert), the temperature was perfect, the crowd was small but devoted, the sound was great and the music was pure and powerful. Its funny because Robin Pecknold made an apology at the end perhaps their monitors were bad so theyd thought theyd had a stinker so for him it might have been an awkward, forgettable gig, for me it changed my year! (more…)