Comedy: Going for a song

This weekend saw the launch of Brighton-based comedy singer-songwriter Hannah Brackenbury’s long awaited second album, ‘Jumbled’. She also competed as a finalist in the Musical Comedy Awards in the Udderbelly on London’s South Bank (fingers crossed for her taking the title, but due to print deadlines we just don’t know at time of going to press). It’s looking like being Brackenbury’s year, and ‘Jumbled’ is certainly a most excellent indicator of this.

It’s cheeky from the opening track ‘Country Music Fan’ – embracing good honest innuendo and quick wit, without a weak song amongst the collection. Even the delightfully silly celebration of breasts just makes you laugh, although a favourite is the cheeky homage to The Sound Of Music.
Brackenbury’s humour is strong and warm, and it’s good to hear more of her original material after the runaway YouTube success of her lesbian Taylor Swift send-up – ‘Cats Together’, proving that she’s not simply a clever lyricist. She’s an entire comedy songwriter. And she’s got loads of them for us to enjoy.
Hannah Brackenbury – Jumbled, The Verdict, Saturday 30 April, 8pm, £5, www.brackers.co.uk