bio : felicia brady

Quotations and comments about Felicia's music may be found below; a short biography is also available.

“One of New England's most melodically gifted young folk-pop performers.” (Daniel Gewertz, Boston Herald, December 14, 2001)

"Felicia's music has the class of Natalie Merchant with the sass of Lucinda Williams." (Brooks Williams)

“Felicia Brady. . .displays watercolor imagery and an earthy musical style.” (David Wildman, Boston Globe, December 14, 2001)

"Brady may have a graduate degree in piano from SFA, but she reaches back to her Western roots for this collection of country-inflected folk music, playing acoustic guitar and singing with wonderful feeling. Sure, there's love and missing love here, but Brady's world is larger than that, and more complex. And all her training in classical music paid off: there's a sophisticated musicality at work here, making for an impressive debut."
(Taylor McNeil, "Bostonia" Magazine, Winter 2001-02)

"Felicia will serenade you from the piano or guitar, then she will knock you over with her vocal dynamism. Her voice shines with such warmth and richness, you'd think a nightingale had flown into the room."
(Oen Kennedy, host, Natick Center for the Arts Open Mic)

"This fine singer and writer always has something new to show whenever she brings her powerful and sensuous voice to bear on one of her highly original folk/pop tunes."
(Dana Westover, Johnny D's Restaurant and Nightclub, Somerville, MA)

"Felicia Brady's debut album, "Magazine Street," sounds too sophisticated, too melodically inventive, too far along its individual path to be the work of a 20-something beginner. It isn't. . . . Most of "Magazine Street" is a cool, intimate, rhythmically playful breed of largely acoustic, alternative pop. . . .The best of "Magazine Street" is as fresh, airy and mellifluous a sound as has debuted on local folk radio this year."
(Daniel Gewertz, Boston Herald, June 22, 2001.
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"Felicia Brady never likes to do the obvious thing. . . . Brady's adventurous melodies, precise but sensitive lyrics, and earthy Texas twang quickly whisk the listener off to unexpected places."
(David Wildman, "On the Rise," The Boston Globe, 2-18-2001.
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"Felicia Brady's music mixes Texas charm and sensibility with Boston city living. She writes songs with wit, humor and honesty about everyday themes familiar to us all: vanity, love, loss, friendship and loneliness. Her performances make you feel as though you're hanging out with a good friend who not only understands you, but tells it like it is." (Courtney Hunter, freelance writer, Denver CO)

"Felicia hails from Amarillo, Texas, and her music covers the ground between country and cooler Northeastern folk with the same open-minded enthusiasm that brought her to Boston. Listening to Felicia perform, we rejoice in the glorious uselessness of the "Ten Cadillacs" of her hometown; thrill in the moment of love when "Just One More Day" apart is near intolerable, and mourn love's passage with a wry front in "Missed the Chance". It is a rare performer who can take you from foot-stomping glee to mellow introspection in one short set: Felicia Brady is one." (Derek Fox)

"'magazine street’ is a beautiful recording – I love Felicia’s voice, and she has a great songwriting style. She tackles tough stuff in her songs, but she does it with grace, style and even humor.” (Brooks Williams)