Coming
from a family with eight children, each of whom sang or played an instrument,
and with a father holding a doctorate in music, Brenda Weiler learned early how music could affect people. Although she played cello for ten
years and sung in choir, Brenda didn't pick up the guitar until the summer after
she graduated from high school. She immediately started writing songs, and that
fall, while taking a year off before going to college, started performing in
her hometown of Fargo, North Dakota and soon released her first full-length
album, Trickle Down.
As her musical career rapidly grew, she decided to put off college indefinitely,
and began touring full-time. Traveling across the Midwest and eventually, throughout
the country, it wasn’t long before Brenda played to packed houses at venues
ranging from intimate coffeehouses to larger theaters and performing arts centers.
Brenda has shared the stage with such artists as Joan Osborne, Dar Williams,
Melissa Ferrick, Greg Brown, and Lucy Kaplansky.
What started as putting off college for one year to explore music, snowballed into four critically acclaimed albums, the Minnesota Music Award for Best Singer/Songwriter AND Best Female Vocalist, over 100 live performances a year, and a wide following throughout the country. Brenda Weiler has taken home multiple Minnesota Music Awards, was awarded the City Pages "Best of the Twin Cities" Critics Pick for Best Female Vocalist, and her last studio recording, 'Fly Me Back', was designated a Top 12 DIY Pick by Performing Songwriter magazine. Brenda’s previous recordings have also been embraced by college and non-commercial AAA radio stations nationwide.
"Without bowing to cliches, wallowing in adolescent tunnel
vision or overreaching to write about adult issues that exceeded her age,
Weiler's songs work because they're painstakingly real and honest."
- Vickie Casey, Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Allison Dubinsky, Nervy Girl! (Portland, OR)
