The 5 Browns are thrilled to release their 8th album,
The Little Tin Box
A Collection of Childhood Memories
With the Steinway and Sons label.
Little Tin Box is set to bring awareness to the traumas and emotions our children face.
At its core, this is a passion project inspired by children’s keepsake boxes filled with personal treasures. The music is meant to illustrate emotions — some beautiful, some heartbreaking, some a combination — attached to childhood memories and mementos. Produced by Grammy Award winner Adam Abeshouse and recorded at the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, the siblings bring multiple pianos to life as they perform many selections they played throughout their childhoods.
“The Little Tin Box is easily the most personal and meaningful album we have ever recorded” said Gregory Brown. “We hope listeners will take this journey through childhood memory with us. We also want to help bring awareness and a bit of hope to the countless children struggling to endure in their quarantined places of trauma in the age of COVID.”
To further the album’s mission of awareness, The 5 Browns wish to shed light on children who are being adversely affected by COVID-19. Child abuse reports are currently down across the U.S., in some cases between 50-70%, because children do not have access to teachers and other trusted adults to confide in. Experts suspect that added stress and isolation from COVID have increased the risk of abuse within the home and as restrictions loosen, cases will rise substantially as children return to environments with trusted adults.
However, children affected by abuse are not the only ones facing COVID-related challenges. All children are facing disruptions to their social lives, education and home life as many families face added career and financial pressure.
How to Help
The 5 Browns will be donating albums to National Children’s Alliance (NCA) for their fundraising efforts. NCA provides local communities comprehensive, coordinated and compassionate services to victims of child abuse. When The 5 Browns return to concerts, album sales from their tour will benefit NCA as well. The siblings also encourage others to donate to so necessary a cause.
