Welsh saxophonist Liv Brewin has recently wrapped a multi-leg run of performances that took her from European venues and luxury residencies to tropical settings and everywhere inbetween. To mark her leg of the tour in Canada and Vancouver, she’s shared an exclusive playlist of the music she enjoyed to on the road—the personal soundtrack that played between sets, on transfers, and in quiet moments.
Based in Caerwent, Wales, Brewin is a full-time professional saxophonist with a music degree and more than a decade of live experience. Her playing moves fluidly between ambient and classical settings, soulful jazz standards, and high-energy Ibiza-style sax alongside DJs. She is equally comfortable holding a drinks reception in a stripped-back, atmospheric mode or stepping onto a packed dance floor to lift a room.
Her recent stretch of work reads like a multi-country tour in the best sense of the term. She has held residencies as a saxophonist in Cyprus and the Maldives, performing in luxury resorts and large-scale entertainment venues, while continuing to play weddings and events across Europe as a soloist, and bands. Her résumé also includes appearances at iconic rooms such as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Royal Albert Hall in London, Schouwburg Concertzaal in the Netherlands, BBC Hoddinott Hall in Wales, and Sardinen USF in Norway. She has additionally appeared on camera as a saxophonist for the BBC series Doctor Who and the Amazon Prime feature film Hedda.
What sets the current moment apart is the playlist. Rather than a standard promotional set of covers, Brewin curated the tracks she actually had on while travelling and performing—the music that soundtracked the quieter stretches of the tour. It offers a personal window into the journey: the songs that played between soundchecks, on late transfers, or during downtime in new places. For a musician whose work is so often about elevating someone else’s event, this is a rare chance to hear what she was absorbing on the road.
The exclusive tour playlist is the perfect companion piece—both a snapshot of her recent multi-leg performing run and a reminder that even the most dynamic live musicians keep their own soundtrack close while they’re out there creating moments for everyone else.
