Brother Dege - Aurora
On BROTHER DEGE's sixth full-length "Aurora", after quietly generating tens of millions of streams, earning widespread acclaim, and carving out a corner in pop culture history with a co-sign by none other than Quentin Tarantino, the American guitarist and singer Dege Legg pulls everyone into this lush musical world. An undercurrent of bluesy distortion tosses and turns in tectonic motion beneath bold hooks as his love for seventies and eighties staples funnels into a twisted 21st century take on Southern rock. He emerges out of this smoke with a vision without comparison, bringing grit and gusto in equal measure to Alt-Americana.

Born in Louisiana to 'Air Force parents', Dege Legg moved around quite a bit as a kid. The family lived in Northern California and Georgia before Dege and his mom eventually settled back in the South. He initially fell in love with seventies and eighties rock and roll, and listened to the likes of AC/DC. He taught himself how to play guitar, penning tunes of his own from the moment he picked up the instrument.

During 2004, emerging as BROTHER DEGE, he introduced his sound via the album debut "Trailerville". In its wake, the sophomore full-length "Folk Songs of the American Longhair" yielded a procession of anthems, including 'Too Old to Die Young', which Tarantino personally selected to play over a key sequence in "Django Unchained" and to grace the tracklist of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. This even garnered a Grammy nod in the category of "Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media". Dege parlayed this momentum into a string of fan favourite albums, namely "How To Kill A Horse" (2013), "Scorched Earth Policy" (2015), and "Farmer's Almanac" (2018).

About "Aurora", BROTHER DEGE says: "This album deals with love, psychosis, and the dysfunctions that get repeated within these relationships and patterns of myself," the musician and lyricist reveals. "I thought of it as an ouroboros – which is a snake that eats its own tail. In this context, the 'Aurora' resembles the spectral light of falling in love."

There can be no denying that BROTHER DEGE is influenced by the music and sound of the Deep South, against which he rebelled in his youth. Yet even while the roots remain strong, the American guitarist and singer transcends his song another step further into the universal language of rock and roll with his new masterpiece "Aurora".

Just a week before the release of "Aurora", Brother Dege tragically and unexpectedly passed on March 8, 2024. R.I.P.

Release date: March 15, 2024
Style: Americana, Rock, Art Folk, Experimental, Alt-Roots, Delta Blues
Label: Prophecy Productions

Tracklist
1. Aurora
2. Where the Black Flowers Grow
3. Climbing Ivy
4. A Man Needs a Mommy
5. Turn of the Screw
6. Ouroboros
7. The Devil You Know
8. Loser's Blues
9. The Longing

Line-up Brother Dege & The Brethren
"Brother" Dege Legg vocals, guitars, dobro
Jim McGee lead guitar
Kent Beatty bass
Greg Travasos drums

Guest musicians
Doug Belote drums (on tracks 2, 6, 8)
Danny Devillier drums (on track 5)
Hawley Joe Gary drums (on track 2)
Ben Alleman piano (on tracks 3, 7, 9)
Lyle Begnaud pedal steel (on tracks 4, 7)
Tom Portman violin (on track 1), squareneck Dobro (on tracks 2, 6, 8)
Julie Williams background vocals (on track 3)
Jon Sanchez harmonium (on track 9)
Lane Mack guitar (on track 5)