Rick Braun

If you’ve ever heard Rick Braun perform, you know what a high-energy entertainer he is. But ask him to talk about his career and the gregarious, charismatic musician-songwriter-producer becomes visibly uncomfortable and awkwardly quiet. “The collective moments are one big unfolding story that’s still not done. I just sit back and be grateful to still be making music with friends,” says the modest trumpeter-flugelhorn player-vocalist Braun. Whenever Braun prepares to release new music he remains ever so humble, “I’m grateful that people still want to hear what I have to say [musically]. That’s beautiful and miraculous.”