From Cleaning Offices at 5AM to Working with Rock Royalty: Angie Brown | S02 Ep06

Angie Brown possesses one of the most powerful and recognisable voices in British music - yet she spent years not believing that she could ever have a truly successful career.

Before the records, international stages and superstar collaborations, Angie was cleaning offices across London at five o’clock in the morning. When her extraordinary voice finally began opening doors, she discovered that the industry did not always want the woman behind it to be equally visible.

In this honest and moving episode of The Gen-X-Perience Podcast, Angie joins Stacey Jackson and Roy Basnett to discuss being asked to step back while others used her vocals, the racism and image politics that shaped the music industry at the time, and how she went from early-morning cleaning shifts to working with legends including Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood.

She also reveals how deeply she struggled to believe in herself, despite possessing a voice that millions of people could instantly recognise.

But Angie is far more than her vocals. Her warmth, resilience, humour and extraordinary life experience reveal a woman with so much to offer the next generation — not only as a performer, but as a potential mentor.

This is the remarkable story of self-doubt, survival, reinvention and the woman we’re calling The Comeback Queen.

Hosted by Stacey Jackson and Roy Basnett.
Produced by Laura Basnett.

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