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BRENNA MACMILLAN

DEAR LIFE

"Brenna moves from her down-home Kentucky twang to controlled and wispy upper vocal range, as each song demands... Together, the songs weave a tapestry that paints a picture of this dear life."

Nancy Posey, No Depression, Roots Music & Culture

el Ray // 21 of May [ #redlinetour @josiahandthe @maxalanmusic ]

What an honor LA!
#banjo 📸: @artistsbykayleneliza

el Ray // 21 of May [ #redlinetour @josiahandthe @maxalanmusic ]

What an honor LA!
#banjo 📸: @artistsbykayleneliza

s A n - D i E g O // rusty seals in the bay // got to play y’all some John Hartford, Bmac & rock out on #JATB baby

📸: @artistsbykayleneliza #sandiego #musicbox #nashvillebluegrassband #iamafriend

s A n - D i E g O // rusty seals in the bay // got to play y’all some John Hartford, Bmac & rock out on #JATB baby

📸: @artistsbykayleneliza #sandiego #musicbox #nashvillebluegrassband #iamafriend

A lil 🐻 goin everywhere

Thx @butseriouslyryan for this snap @crescentphx
#livemusic #banjo
Cowrite with @maddiedentonmusic

A lil 🐻 goin everywhere

Thx @butseriouslyryan for this snap @crescentphx
#livemusic #banjo
Cowrite with @maddiedentonmusic

Austin! It was such a joy to play for y’all & make some new friends down in Texas @scootinn🤘

T O N I T E @crescentphx // Phoenix AZ
Bmac 8PM // @maxalanmusic 8:30PM
9:15PM @josiahandthe 🔥

#phoenix #livemusic 📸: @kayleneliza

Austin! It was such a joy to play for y’all & make some new friends down in Texas @scootinn🤘

T O N I T E @crescentphx // Phoenix AZ
Bmac 8PM // @maxalanmusic 8:30PM
9:15PM @josiahandthe 🔥

#phoenix #livemusic 📸: @kayleneliza

Pop up set tonight @deeslounge615 // 7-9pm! // Songs from Brenna & Maddie // $5 cover 💕👯‍♀️

#livemusic #nashville #trad #bluegrass #songwriter
🎥: from @colferspub in Carrig on Bannow

Pop up set tonight @deeslounge615 // 7-9pm! // Songs from Brenna & Maddie // $5 cover 💕👯‍♀️

#livemusic #nashville #trad #bluegrass #songwriter
🎥: from @colferspub in Carrig on Bannow

a lotta pretty 🌼

🎧: @mairsongs

a lotta pretty 🌼

🎧: @mairsongs

I Believe In You [Billy Strings]

This is one of those songs that touched my life when I first heard it and continues to do so. Happy Sunday 🫶

I Believe In You [Billy Strings]

This is one of those songs that touched my life when I first heard it and continues to do so. Happy Sunday 🫶

I got to see @robertearlkeen1 & @madicunningham live in March. thank you both for making glorious music and reminding me how it feels to go listen and heal up 🫶

basil leaves @pelatorestaurant 🍃 • slide #7 the dog days of dorm life 📚 • magazine racks have truly morphed into holy vessels

Photo creds where due: @buttercupsdotcom @brianbakerstanley @maddiedentonmusic @ayanaelise

#thehighlife

I got to see @robertearlkeen1 & @madicunningham live in March. thank you both for making glorious music and reminding me how it feels to go listen and heal up 🫶

basil leaves @pelatorestaurant 🍃 • slide #7 the dog days of dorm life 📚 • magazine racks have truly morphed into holy vessels

Photo creds where due: @buttercupsdotcom @brianbakerstanley @maddiedentonmusic @ayanaelise

#thehighlife

Tears for Fears but make it bluegrass 🤓

#tearsforfears #ruletheworld #banj #mando #nashville

Tears for Fears but make it bluegrass 🤓

#tearsforfears #ruletheworld #banj #mando #nashville

practicing between keys with my new @toneslabs ⛏️

#banjo #bluegrass #nashville

practicing between keys with my new @toneslabs ⛏️

#banjo #bluegrass #nashville

r i p to my trusty snow pants for helping me survive this winter

Slide #19 stared at my aunt blankly during vocals with some of the @poramblinboys hahaha love you aunt alice!!!!

r i p to my trusty snow pants for helping me survive this winter

Slide #19 stared at my aunt blankly during vocals with some of the @poramblinboys hahaha love you aunt alice!!!!

Had a lovely time up at the @lamplight.sessions with @poramblinboys this weekend! To the folks of Mosinee, it was SUCH a pleasure to play for y’all, thanks for listening 🫶

#wisconsin #community #livemusic #bluegrass #singersongwriter
🎥: @xlacimack

Had a lovely time up at the @lamplight.sessions with @poramblinboys this weekend! To the folks of Mosinee, it was SUCH a pleasure to play for y’all, thanks for listening 🫶

#wisconsin #community #livemusic #bluegrass #singersongwriter
🎥: @xlacimack

Givin the #bmfs crowd a little Nanci Griffith last Friday night 🤘✈️ #planesongs

#bkh #brennamac #afterparty
🎥: @danielrayhilsinger

Givin the #bmfs crowd a little Nanci Griffith last Friday night 🤘✈️ #planesongs

#bkh #brennamac #afterparty
🎥: @danielrayhilsinger

Once in a very blue moon 🌒 [Pat Alger/Eugene Levine]

Heard this one on Dolly’s Real Love album the other day 🫶 I deem it a love song since without love you don’t have a heartbreak.

#lovesongs #valentine #dollyparton #nancygriffith

Once in a very blue moon 🌒 [Pat Alger/Eugene Levine]

Heard this one on Dolly’s Real Love album the other day 🫶 I deem it a love song since without love you don’t have a heartbreak.

#lovesongs #valentine #dollyparton #nancygriffith

love this cowrite with @silaslowemusic // playing a writers night down @tinroofnashville tonight at 8pm with a few new originals 🫶

#singersongwriter #banjo #nashville

love this cowrite with @silaslowemusic // playing a writers night down @tinroofnashville tonight at 8pm with a few new originals 🫶

#singersongwriter #banjo #nashville

Kentuckians & Tennessean rendering Sweet Thing by the Callahan Brothers 🍬

#harmonies #kentuckian #bluegrassstate #bts #appalachian

Kentuckians & Tennessean rendering Sweet Thing by the Callahan Brothers 🍬

#harmonies #kentuckian #bluegrassstate #bts #appalachian

Oy vey winters been harsh

#tour #nashville #snowstorm

Oy vey winters been harsh

#tour #nashville #snowstorm

#bathroomtour

Trying out my new @toneslabs thumbpick and I’m wondering why I have been using a thumbpick that didn’t fit me for the last two years 😅 feels amazing and I know it’s gonna change my entire hand placement for the better. Thanks @thefranksolivan 🤘

#thumbpick #banjo #bluegrass #nashville

#bathroomtour

Trying out my new @toneslabs thumbpick and I’m wondering why I have been using a thumbpick that didn’t fit me for the last two years 😅 feels amazing and I know it’s gonna change my entire hand placement for the better. Thanks @thefranksolivan 🤘

#thumbpick #banjo #bluegrass #nashville

For Me It’s You [Jobi Riccio] live from @mattmolloyspub in Westport, Ireland

@jobiriccio thank you for writing this beautiful song! It’s meant so much to each of us & we love singing it together 🙏 Full video on Westport Bluegrass Folk & Festival’s YT channel 🎥

#ireland #tour #live #maddiedenton #brennamacmillan

For Me It’s You [Jobi Riccio] live from @mattmolloyspub in Westport, Ireland

@jobiriccio thank you for writing this beautiful song! It’s meant so much to each of us & we love singing it together 🙏 Full video on Westport Bluegrass Folk & Festival’s YT channel 🎥

#ireland #tour #live #maddiedenton #brennamacmillan

2025 carried me away from home to play music in so many new cities/countries (and added a new continent this year). Grateful for work that is meaningful, & community rich in creativity. Thanks to all my friends who played music with me, venues that booked me, and everyone who came to live shows 🤍

#dearlife #livemusic #africa #europe #usa

2025 carried me away from home to play music in so many new cities/countries (and added a new continent this year). Grateful for work that is meaningful, & community rich in creativity. Thanks to all my friends who played music with me, venues that booked me, and everyone who came to live shows 🤍

#dearlife #livemusic #africa #europe #usa

Cory Walker, Brenna MacMillan, Billy Gilmore 🐊 Alligator Farm After Dark! December 27th

#bluegrass #florida #alligatorfarm #staugustine #christmas

Cory Walker, Brenna MacMillan, Billy Gilmore 🐊 Alligator Farm After Dark! December 27th

#bluegrass #florida #alligatorfarm #staugustine #christmas

Merry Christmas one and all! Music is one of the greatest gifts 🎶 I’m the luckiest to be able to hear it from so many of the best, and get to share what I’ve been given.

Thanking God for all the gifts he gives us. He is real 🤍

#merrychristmas 🎧: @robertearlkeen1

Merry Christmas one and all! Music is one of the greatest gifts 🎶 I’m the luckiest to be able to hear it from so many of the best, and get to share what I’ve been given.

Thanking God for all the gifts he gives us. He is real 🤍

#merrychristmas 🎧: @robertearlkeen1

this weekend with @suwanneemountainboys 🐊

12/19 @cagebrewing SOLD OUT
12/20 @intuition_ale_works SOLD OUT

Yours truly opening tonight accompanied by @_nathanbeaumont_

#florida #stpete #jacksonville
dancin with seester @lilicematcha thanks for capturing the moment @thebasementeast @shredfiddle

this weekend with @suwanneemountainboys 🐊

12/19 @cagebrewing SOLD OUT
12/20 @intuition_ale_works SOLD OUT

Yours truly opening tonight accompanied by @_nathanbeaumont_

#florida #stpete #jacksonville
dancin with seester @lilicematcha thanks for capturing the moment @thebasementeast @shredfiddle

12.17 @thebasementeast // Frank Rische on electric // Maddie Denton on fid & vox

“If you dare” ✍️ cowrite @corywalkerbanjo 🎥: @teatimesw #singersongwriter #banjo #nashville #harmonies #basementeast

12.17 @thebasementeast // Frank Rische on electric // Maddie Denton on fid & vox

“If you dare” ✍️ cowrite @corywalkerbanjo 🎥: @teatimesw #singersongwriter #banjo #nashville #harmonies #basementeast

This week!!! 🐊

12/17 @thebasementeast >> Nashville, TN
12/19 @cagebrewing >> St. Pete, FL
12/20 @intuition_ale_works >> Jacksonville, FL

#suwanneemountainboys #brennamacmillan #basementeast #nashville #florida #junkyarddog

This week!!! 🐊

12/17 @thebasementeast >> Nashville, TN
12/19 @cagebrewing >> St. Pete, FL
12/20 @intuition_ale_works >> Jacksonville, FL

#suwanneemountainboys #brennamacmillan #basementeast #nashville #florida #junkyarddog

Thankful doesn’t express how we feel in our hearts 🫶 This tour couldn’t have gone more smoothly from start to finish. We want to thank Pat McGill, John and Gearoid Nyhan, John Murphy, Gay Benzel and his staff, Neil Murphy and his parents Eamon and Martina, Sharon & Arnie Loughrin, Uri Kohen and Matt Molloy for giving us the opportunity to share music. Thanks to everyone who attended our shows, we love you all!

#ireland #duotour #brennamacmillan #maddiedenton

Thankful doesn’t express how we feel in our hearts 🫶 This tour couldn’t have gone more smoothly from start to finish. We want to thank Pat McGill, John and Gearoid Nyhan, John Murphy, Gay Benzel and his staff, Neil Murphy and his parents Eamon and Martina, Sharon & Arnie Loughrin, Uri Kohen and Matt Molloy for giving us the opportunity to share music. Thanks to everyone who attended our shows, we love you all!

#ireland #duotour #brennamacmillan #maddiedenton

This tour has been magic!! It’s been an honor sharing our music and a pleasure being welcomed into Irish homes 🫶

One more stop tonight @mattmolloyspub 🍻

#tour #ireland #musicians #nashville #bluegrass #glencarwaterfall

This tour has been magic!! It’s been an honor sharing our music and a pleasure being welcomed into Irish homes 🫶

One more stop tonight @mattmolloyspub 🍻

#tour #ireland #musicians #nashville #bluegrass #glencarwaterfall

Just running from one gig to another over here in Ireland, no bother! Love you all, it’s been an amazing tour thus far 🤍

12/5 @brewerylanetheatre
12/6 @niallmurphymusic
12/7 #redroomcookstown
12/8 @mattmolloyspub

#ireland #duotour #carrigonbannow #maddiedenton #brennamacmillan #nashville

Just running from one gig to another over here in Ireland, no bother! Love you all, it’s been an amazing tour thus far 🤍

12/5 @brewerylanetheatre
12/6 @niallmurphymusic
12/7 #redroomcookstown
12/8 @mattmolloyspub

#ireland #duotour #carrigonbannow #maddiedenton #brennamacmillan #nashville

Ireland, we’re on our way! 🐑👒🤍 Kicking off with @theglentheater on 12/3!

#tour #ireland #duo #nashville

Ireland, we’re on our way! 🐑👒🤍 Kicking off with @theglentheater on 12/3!

#tour #ireland #duo #nashville

November was a beautiful blur 🚙 Scenery and #bathroomtours out in the northeast with @eastnashgrass

#ontheroad #bobbybare

November was a beautiful blur 🚙 Scenery and #bathroomtours out in the northeast with @eastnashgrass

#ontheroad #bobbybare

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