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Blooming Storms Permeate The Felice Brothers' 'Undress'

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First Listen

Blooming Storms Permeate The Felice Brothers' 'Undress'

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April 25, 2019 • The Felice Brothers' folk-rock sound and vision has matured and focused, and the band does its best at making sense of our modern times.

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Newport Folk Festival

The Felice Brothers: Newport Folk 2010

August 1, 2010 • A ramshackle rock 'n' roll band from the Catskills, The Felice Brothers whip up an infectious mix of rock, country and folk, live in Newport, R.I.

The Felice Brothers: Newport Folk 2010

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Newport Folk Festival

The Felice Brothers: Newport Folk 2011

July 30, 2011 • Hear the group to mix grittiness and mournfulness in this set at Newport.

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World Cafe

The Felice Brothers On World Cafe

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June 24, 2014 • The band brings its charmingly ramshackle mix of folk, R&B and Americana storytelling to the stage of World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. Hear three songs and an interview with James Felice.

The Felice Brothers On World Cafe

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Newport Folk Festival

The Felice Brothers, Live In Concert

July 29, 2013 • Though it first specialized in rowdy rock 'n' roll, the brother-band has spent the last few years exploring the more reflective side of its barroom-friendly, accordion-enhanced sound.

The Felice Brothers, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2013

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Song Of The Day

The Felice Brothers: Ramshackle Americana

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April 16, 2009 • The band just released Yonder Is the Clock, a whimsical brew of country, rock and folk that has spawned lofty comparisons to Bob Dylan & The Band. The Felice Brothers' music sounds the way Dylan & The Band's cover to The Basement Tapes looks: pastoral, anachronistic, ramshackle.

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Concerts

Marianne Faithfull, Felice Brothers In Concert

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April 3, 2009 • Throughout Faithfull's 40-year career, change has been the only constant. She's collaborated with an impressively diverse and famous assortment of artists and trafficked in genres ranging from folk to jazz to rock to an early form of rap. Hear Faithfull perform live in concert from WXPN in Philadelphia, with opening act The Felice Brothers.

Marianne Faithfull, Felice Brothers In Concert

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Best Music Of 2008

'World Cafe' Picks 2008's Top 10 CDs

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November 24, 2008 • It wasn't the best year for music, but 2008 sure churned out a lot of it: In a marketplace flooded with more music than ever, there's rarely been less of a consensus. Your neighbor's iPod was most likely playing a different tune than yours was. Still, David Dye was able to pinpoint the 10 albums that best kept him interested through multiple listens.

Simone Felice: The Solemn Sound Of A Brush With Death

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Music Interviews

Simone Felice: The Solemn Sound Of A Brush With Death

April 7, 2012 • The poet, novelist and musician wrote the songs on his new solo album while recovering from emergency open-heart surgery.

Simone Felice: The Solemn Sound Of A Brush With Death

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Mountain Stage

The Felice Brothers On Mountain Stage

August 24, 2011 • Hailing from the Catskill Mountains, this well-traveled rock group makes its Mountain Stage debut.

The Felice Brothers On Mountain Stage

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Live in Concert

Front Row: The Felice Brothers

March 20, 2011 • The Felice Brothers' ramshackle sound draws on the past for a mix of subdued, Dylan-inspired folk and freewheeling Springsteenian rock.

SXSW 2011: The Felice Brothers, Live In Concert

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World Cafe

The Felice Brothers: Chicken-Coop Americana

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June 2, 2009 • Bred in the Catskills Mountains and nourished by the music of Bob Dylan, The Felice Brothers' members play earthy, energetic Americana. In a session with host David Dye, the band performs songs from its latest release, Yonder Is the Clock, and explains why it was recorded in an abandoned chicken coop.

The Felice Brothers in Studio on World Cafe 6/2/09

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World Cafe

The Felice Brothers At The Philadelphia Folk Festival

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September 10, 2008 • Having honed their sound in the Americana musical mecca outside Woodstock, N.Y., the roots-rock revivalists in The Felice Brothers bring their raucous act to WXPN in Philadelphia. Hear an interview and songs recorded live in concert.

The Felice Brothers in Concert on World Cafe - 09/10/2008

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World Cafe

Felice Brothers: 'Young, Broke, and American'

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March 3, 2008 • Formed by three brothers and a friend, The Felice Brothers have crafted a rough musical style that's comparable to those of Bruce Springsteen and Townes Van Zandt. The band, from New York's Catskills, spent a lot of its time panhandling and traveling in a school bus on tour.

Felice Brothers: 'Young, Broke, and American'

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