Russell Broom

Russell Broom is a JUNO Award-winning and multi-WCMA Producer of the Year record producer, engineer, songwriter, and composer based in Calgary, Alberta, celebrated for his long-standing collaboration with Jann Arden and work across Canadian independent music.

Russell Broom is an acclaimed Calgary-based record producer, mixing engineer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist operating out of his private facility, The Broom Closet. Widely recognized as a foundational creative partner and musical director for Canadian icon Jann Arden, Broom has produced, arranged, co-written, and performed across landmark albums including Descendant (2023 JUNO nominee), Love Is the Only Soldier, Jann Arden, Uncover Me, and Blood Red Cherry. In 2002, he was honored with the JUNO Award for Songwriter of the Year (with Arden) and won Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year at the 2012 Western Canadian Music Awards (WCMA). His extensive production catalog encompasses Kyle McKearney's 2023 CCMA Alternative Country Album of the Year A Traveller's Lament, Art Bergmann's Polaris Prize-nominated Late Stage Empire Dementia and ShadowWalk, The Dudes' Brain Heart Guitar, Kue Varo's 2024 YYC Music Award-winning Cowboy Witchcraft, Chixdiggit!'s Safeways Here We Come, and recordings for Leeroy Stagger, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Sykamore, Jeffery Straker, and The Dungarees. Beyond records, Broom is an accomplished screen composer whose credits include the CTV/Roku comedy series JANN, CBC's Heartland, and numerous documentary and theatrical film scores.

Selected work

• Jann Arden - Descendantproducer · 2022
• Kyle McKearney - A Traveller's Lamentproducer · 2023
• Art Bergmann - Late Stage Empire Dementiaproducer · 2021
• The Dudes - Brain Heart Guitarproducer · 2006
• Kue Varo - Cowboy Witchcraftproducer · 2023
• Chixdiggit! - Safeways Here We Comeproducer · 2011