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The Felice Brothers sing about anxiety with a reassuring warmth

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The Felice Brothers sing about anxiety with a reassuring warmth

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On their latest album, From Dreams To Dust, brothers Ian and James Felice sing about anxieties, pressures and a world that makes less and less sense.

The Felice Brothers on World Cafe

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The Felice Brothers On World Cafe

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World Cafe

The Felice Brothers On World Cafe

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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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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

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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The Felice Brothers On Mountain Stage

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Mountain Stage

The Felice Brothers On Mountain Stage

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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Front Row: The Felice Brothers

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Live in Concert

Front Row: The Felice Brothers

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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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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The Felice Brothers: Ramshackle Americana

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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.

Run Chicken Run

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Concerts

Marianne Faithfull, Felice Brothers In Concert

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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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World Cafe

The Felice Brothers At The Philadelphia Folk Festival

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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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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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