Brett Dennen at Lobero Theatre

Brett Dennen’s music career began humbly around the camps of the Sierra Nevada mountain range–a retreat to which he would eventually return for inspiration on Smoke and Mirrors. Brett’s first album, So Much More, officially launched him as a discovery artist and drew frequent comparisons to troubadours like Paul Simon and Tom Petty. In 2011, Dennen’s Loverboy brought a danceable collection of songs influenced by the road and recorded by a studio filled with friends and imperfect takes.