News Release

IWV Campus

Brianna Lane, Singer & Guitarist, to Appear at College

March 31, 2008

Brianna Lane is a star in the making. She is poised, ambitious, a great writer, a soul singer of the first order, and a accomplished guitarist. She is also an advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered peoples.. Lane will be appearing at the Cerro Coso lecture center on April 4 at 7 p.m.

Lane grew up in Minnesota, once found a home in the mountains of North Carolina, but who is truly a restless old soul. She has been on the road non-stop for several years so you can hear her experiences in every note she sings. This lady puts the word "singer" in singer/songwriter. She gains inspiration from the books she reads and the people she meets along the way as well as drawing from such famous folkies as Shawn Colvin, Greg Brown, and Ryan Adams, In her years of traveling Lane has shared the stage with Dar Williams, The Weepies, and Jennifer Nettles (of Sugarland) as well as sharing dozens of dates with Chris Pureka and many other rising stars of the folk world.

Brianna Lane has two self-released albums and in the fall of 2007 Lane is celebrating the release of her third CD "Let You In". Like the eleven tracks on "Radiator" (2005) this new collection of songs is introspective, heart-warming, and beautifully rough around the edges much like Lanes outlook on life. "Lane's songs are beautiful and cathartic, almost telling us that it's ok to fee down, but not to let it get us down at the same time." (Mish-Mash Reviews).

Tickets are $5.00 general admission. Free with advance ticket pick up for students with a valid ASCC card, or $1.00 at the door. Tickets are available at Red Rock Books, Student Activities Office Room 248, Cerro Coso Business Office, and at the door.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Handeland, Director of Public Information (760) 384-6230