PJ Brunson was born in El Paso, Texas, the
daughter of a gentle artist mother and a musician cowboy father with good
looks and a wandering eye. She grew up in little Lugoff, South Carolina,
learning discipline and perseverance from her loving adoptive
father. These skills she adeptly applied to her musical studies and
started performing as soon as she could drive. When she left Lugoff for
college on a music scholarship, the town’s denizens changed
the population count on the Welcome sign from 2078 to 2077.
She was
influenced from a very early age by her guitar picking grandfather who
would nightly croon love songs from the living room while PJ sat at
his knee. Since then she has been constantly growing as a
musician soaking up influences from every genre of music, some of them
long lasting, others mere flashes that faded away. They all
molded PJ in some way, making her today a seasoned performer comfortable
in many acoustic genres. Her performances of witty, heart-felt original
music are peppered with covers by artists she respects like Joan Baez ,
Simon and Garfunkel, Indigo Girls, Green Day, James Taylor, Alison Krauss, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
PJ’s repartee with an audience is relaxed and
convivial. She’s equally comfortable in the spotlight or as soothing
musical atmosphere. PJ is not just a smooth alto singer with a unique deep
timber to her voice but an accomplished guitarist with her own
finger-picking style. In addition, her keyboard playing makes her an adept
solo piano performer. She has many original piano
pieces in her repertoire. As a result, a PJ Brunson performance can
provide a variety of possibilities: solo guitar work, inspiring original
songs, interesting takes on other artists material, or piano pieces in
her own new age style.
