[5][6] From 1983 Brown on violin, oboe and vocals was a member of jazz rock group Climbing Frame in Sydney, which issued a self-titled five-track extended play in 1984.

Later that year Brown officially joined the band, which was then-based in London, to provide backing vocals, violin, oboe, guitar, keyboards and arrangements.

[10][13] Maura Johnston of NPR observed, "The shimmering 'Streets of Your Town', a saudade-infused saunter that's highlighted by Brown's sun-dappled backing vocal, is an especially summery offering.

[citation needed] As a session musician, Brown was recorded on Love Gone Wrong's album From Go to Woe (1986) providing violin, including on their single, "Big Country" (July).

[12][17][18] They released two EPs on the rooArt label, six-track Egg (February 1992) and five-track Cleopatra's Lament (March 1993), including the single (and video) "Thank You".

[17][18] On Cleopatra's Lament the duo "use striking imagery or constructions in their lyrics and complex arrangements in their music, and are unafraid to be playful or delight in the unexpected... [her] skills on violin, guitar, oboe and mandolin provide a richer, more sophisticated sound".

[21][22] During the early 1990s she undertook session work on Tactics' The Great Gusto (1990), Bughouse"s Every Fool in Town (1991) Shane Howard's "Escape from Reality" (single, 1991), McLennan's Watershed (1991), Died Pretty's Doughboy Hollow (1991), Wendy Matthews's Lily (1992) and Wayne Gillespie's Living in Exile (1993).

[3][7] Later work in the decade included playing with Sydney band Love Me (1997–1998) and sessions for Boxcar's Algorhythm (1994), R.E.M., Dog Trumpet's Suitcase (1996), Silverchair's Freak Show (1997), David Lane, the Cruel Sea's Over Easy (1998) and the Apartments.

[24] In 2003 she released the Incognita soundtrack album via Vitamin Records,[7][23] which provided a mixture of songs and instrumentals accompanying performances of the contemporary dance work of the same name by the Stalker Theatre Company.

[26] Brown was also the occasional sixth member of Toni Collette's live band, The Finish, and has continued to record and perform with various artists including David Bridie, The Vines, Youth Group and Josh Pyke.

[3][7][23] In the winter 2007–08 she duetted with the Danish singer Michael Møller on the song "A Sunday Routine" from his debut solo outing from his band Moi Caprice.