Brennen Leigh

[Will Houston]

Singer, song writer, thank you for 20 years of a more traditional style of country music. Her new album "Don't You Ever Give Up on Love" is out today, on utube and other music streaming. A good sample of her music is the song "Tell Me", a good video on utube. I don't know who plays steel on the new album, no info I could find on that yet, but there is plenty. Check her out if you don't know her.

[Richard Sinkler]

From a Google search:

AI Overview
Don't You Ever Give Up On Love | Brennen Leigh
Brennen Leigh's 2025 album Don't You Ever Give Up on Love was produced by Kevin Skrla, who also played guitar, piano, and pedal steel on the project alongside Leigh and an anonymous "faint howl". The album's production focused on a country and Western sound, with Skrla's expertise in the genre shaping the overall sound.
Key Credits
Artist:
Brennen Leigh
Producer:
Kevin Skrla
Instruments:
Guitar, piano, and pedal steel
Production:
The album was developed as a labor of love with a deep country and Western aesthetic.
Album Details
Title:
Don't You Ever Give Up on Love
Release Year:
2025

[Pete Martin]

I really like her song

“If Tommy Duncan’s voice was booze I’d stay drunk all the time”

[Jeremy Isabella]

Brennen Leigh is one of my favorite artists. Her new record is stellar and Kevin Skrla is producer and playing the steel on it.

Her singing and songwriting never cease to leave me inspired. She is also kind and encouraging. I'll never forget I met her when she lived in Nashville, shortly after I had moved to town. I told her I was new to playing country music and she looked at me and told me that I belonged here. She is a gem. I love listening to her interviews with her Guy Clark stories.

I was there for her Opry debut, I snuck backstage and she signed my show poster for me. Brennen is a hard working lady worth every accolade there is. She is registered here on the forum and occasionally dabbles in steel guitar, from what I understand.

[Donny Hinson]

That's some nice, smooth country/western-swing music! The song actually reminds me a lot of the old song "Back In The Saddle Again", from the 1940's. Of course, only old fossils like me would remember that Gene Autry hit!

[Doug Beaumier]

I saw Brennen's show two weeks ago at a small venue here in western Mass. She did the new album and a couple of instrumentals and an acoustic set. The band has a true 1950s/60s classic country sound. No clutter... a sparse, clean sound, with upright bass, very quiet drums (mostly brushes), Brennen playing a Telecaster, and Kevin Skrla playing a vintage Sho-Bud. I think it was a fingertip.

Kevin sounded great. The steel could be heard well because the band was not loud, and there was plenty of space for the steel. Brennen played some lead guitar, including some nice twin parts with Kevin. Kevin plays through an old Sho-Bud amp... an interesting setup. The cabinet is a Sho-Bud, but first he goes through a ToneX amp/modeler that is set to "Standel". And then into a Seymour Duncan amp that is mounted inside the cabinet. And the speaker is a Black Widow.

I chatted with Brennen and Kevin quite a bit during the break and after the show... nice people! Brennen has an old Gibson D-8 console that she's learning to play. She mentioned Buddy Charleton a couple of times, and I was pretty impressed with that. It was a great night.