Cary Brothers

Cary Brothers is an indie rock American singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Brothers is best known for the single Blue Eyes, which was featured on the soundtrack to the 2004 film, Garden State. With his songs influenced by everything from 1980s British New Wave music to 1970s folk music, Brothers has achieved critical and commercial success with his independent releases All the Rage and Waiting for Your Letter, both of which reached the top of the iTunes folk charts. "Blue Eyes" has been downloaded over 50,000 times and broke the Top Fifty on the iTunes singles chart. On the web, Brothers has found success on MySpace, where he has over 8 million plays on his music page (2/2011). Brothers's songs have appeared on the NBC sitcom Scrubs, the FOX mystery Bones, the WB's Smallville, and the successful medical dramas Grey's Anatomy and ER. Brothers's song Ride appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film The Last Kiss, starring Zach Braff, Rachel Bilson, and Casey Affleck and in second season's 8th episode of Kyle XY as well as in the 14th episode of season 5 of One Tree Hill. Brothers found his musical voice playing regularly as part of the musical community at the Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles, and he has since toured across America and Canada with such acts as Liz Phair, KT Tunstall, Aqualung, Imogen Heap, and The Fray. More at http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Cary_Brothers/Biography/ 2024: Born and raised in Nashville, Cary bought his first guitar at age thirteen and has been writing songs ever since. After moving to Los Angeles and becoming a regular performer at the world-renowned Hotel Cafe, Brothers first gained national attention when his song "Blue Eyes" was featured on the Grammy-winning, Platinum-selling "Garden State" soundtrack. Four of his albums reached #1 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter Chart, and he became one of the most-licensed singer-songwriters in film and television with songs featured in TV shows and movies like "Grey's Anatomy," "The Vampire Diaries," "Arrow," and “No Hard Feelings” in addition to performances on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "The Late Late Show." He has been featured in Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, and Billboard Magazine, and he has toured worldwide with artists such as Sara Bareilles, Brandi Carlile, and Imogen Heap. In the electronic dance music world, Brothers found global success with Tiësto on a remix of his song "Ride" as well as an original song for Tiësto's album Kaleidoscope. Brothers' third full length indie record "Bruises,” nominated for “Best Indie/Alternative Record of 2018” by the Independent Music Awards, was released in 2018, featuring the single "Crush" which went Top 5 on KCRW's influential "Morning Becomes Eclectic" program.  In 2023, Cary made his feature film debut in MGM’s "A Good Person," performing his single “Stardust” to Academy Award-Nominee Florence Pugh. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.