Lauren Brown is an American

percussionist A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

, known for her skill as a "

tap dancing Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion. Two major variations on tap dance exist: rhythm (jazz) tap and Broadway tap. Broadway tap focuses on dance; it is widely perfo ...

drummer."

Biography

Brown first learned to dance at a young age; she knows modern, tap,

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and

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

dance styles. Brown is best known as an original member of the band He's My Brother She's My Sister, founded by her then-future husband Rob Kolar and his sister Rachel. To create her rhythm, Brown uses her feet as a replacement for the hi-hat, while simultaneously playing the snare drum,

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and bass drum with her arms. She is known for her invention of "tap dancing drumming" and considered its founder. ''

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'' wrote that "Lauren Brown's bouncy moves atop a big bass drum ..will certainly get your attention." As a member of He's My Brother She's My Sister, Brown toured extensively throughout the US, including such festivals as

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, Firefly,

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and

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. She performed with the group on an April 2013 episode of ''

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''. Brown and He's My Brother She's My Sister bandmate Rob Kolar married in 2014, and they co-founded the group KOLARS in 2016. In March 2016, KOLARS released a music video for their song "Beyond The World Of Man'. Brown and Rob Kolar divorced in 2021 and she left KOLARS following the split. Lauren Brown appeared on

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on March 22, 2021-performing with friends Beck and Joy Downer, directed by Sam Taylor Johnson. Brown's brother in law is comedian Ken M.

References

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