Rachael Brady
Look up ‘evangelical’ in the dictionary and you will find that one of the definitions is “marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause.” It’s why anyone who too fervently takes a stand on an issue can quickly wear away at your patience, no matter how noble the cause. It is also the reason why evangelical seems to be the best word to describe Rachael Brady’s second album Somewhere Sunshine. While her affections do not necessarily lie with Christian beliefs, they can be annoyingly zealous to a fault.
Rachael Brady is an independent singer/songwriter with a huge voice and a utopian vision - a self described peaceful revolutionary who offers up an emotive and beautiful hybrid of acoustic folk, roots, blues and jazz swathed in political, social and spiritual issues, wrapped in a voice that alternates between gale force wind and whisper.