Love, loss, and navigating safety are peppered through Ellen Braun’s upcoming album, The Doldrums. Written over years of global and personal insecurity and uncertainty, these new tunes were written as Ellen navigated the struggles and gifts of single-parenting, the intention to live a peaceful life, and the importance of surrounding herself with a loving community. The Doldrums,recorded and produced by Howard Bilerman at Montreal’s Hotel2Tango studio, is a tribute to all who struggle with something that most others don’t really want to hear about.

Ellen Braun is a solo artist and also one half of the music duo Trundled (with Joseph Shea). Trundled’s album, High Water (2020), produced by Daniel Ledwell, charted on radio stations across Canada, and was nominated for a 2021 YYC Music Award. Ellen has played at Nashville’s renowned Blue Bird Cafe (2022), written and performed a one woman musical – “Each and Every Song” (2023), composed music for film and for Canmore Summer Theatre’s production of “Romeo and Juliet”, and regularly leads workshops for budding and established songwriters.