Severin Browne was raised in a musical family where all the children were expected to play an instrument. He began with accordion, then moved to drums and saxophone before settling on guitar at the ripe old age of ten. His older brother Jackson, a talented singer/songwriter with many albums for the Asylum/Elektra labels, started out as first chair cornet in the elementary school band, where Severin soon joined him playing the drums.

A former Motown recording artist and staff songwriter, Severin Browne continues to enchant audiences with his clear voice, masterful guitar playing and finely crafted songs.  After leaving Motown in the mid-seventies, Severin spent his time writing and performing in the Los Angeles area, where his songs were recorded by Thelma Houston, Patti Dahlstrom, Colin Blunstone, Twiggy, The Dillards, and Pamela Stanley, who had a Billboard #15 hit with Severin’s “I Don’t Want To Talk About It.”  

His two post-Motown CDs, “From the Edge of The World” released on Moo Records in 1996, and “This Twisted Road” self-released in 2001, have both gotten great reviews.  With roots in pop, jazz, country, rock and R&B, Severin surprises his acoustic audiences with melodies and grooves that are not usually heard in folk circles, and regularly writes in each of those genres.  Many acoustic music lovers have already heard Severin’s music as recorded on CDs by Freebo, James Lee Stanley, Alfred Johnson, and Kerrville New Folk Winner David Roth.

Severin currently teaches guitar and songwriting at Old Town Music in Pasadena, as well as at the SummerSongs West songwriting camps in Cambria, California.  He lives happily in an old part of Los Angeles with his wife Melinda and an assortment of dogs and cats.  More information can always be found at www.severinbrowne.com.

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