revealed Brickell to be a songwriter with a unique perspective and a singer with an intimate, conversational style. The album was hailed by critics and became a massive hit, selling over a million copies and producing the Top Ten hit "What I Am." After the disappointing performance of their...
A post shared by Edie Brickell (@ediebrickellofficial) It was original sung by the R&B girl groupThe Bobbettesof Harlem, New York. (The five girls were students at P.S. 109 in Spanish Harlem; Mr. Lee was a school teacher.) The Bobbettes were the first girl group to release a #1 ...
Brickell is in Maui, where she and husband Paul Simon have a place near Austin icon Willie Nelson's house there. Drummer Brandon Aly is on the Atlantic coast
"My mom used to sing to us in the car all the time," Brickell said. "She sang show tunes and great melodic songs from the radio. 'Oh, what a beautiful morning...' You know, she was just always singing and trying to cheer us girls up." But the story of their collaboration is a...