Simone Felice's narrative song-writing style is all the more powerful when his life story is taken into account. Felice suffered a brain aneurysm at the age of 12 that should have rendered him musically incapable. Instead, he went on to become the drummer and one of the primary song writers for the Felice Brothers, a band that he started with his brother, Ian, in 2001 after 9/11. Though he'd played punk music as an adolescent, Felice found his stride in folk music and before long, The Felice Brothers were an internationally recognized name.

Felice turned to music after every tragedy in his life, including the loss of a child to still-birth and emergency open-heart surgery in 2010. His acoustic, lyric-driven music brims with sorrow and also joy. He is a man who has known life's blessings and life's heartbreaks and he has turned his experiences into music, against all odds.

Simone Felice's latest project is a self-titled solo debut. The album will be released in April, but Felice will be playing tracks from his upcoming album at World Cafe Live Free At Noon on March 16th. The show is part of an international spring tour that he will embark on this month. Make sure to catch him here in Philadelphia. It's a show that you won't want to miss.

Website: simonefelice.com/
Myspace: myspace.com/simonefelice
Recent Release: Simone Felice
Release Date: April 3rd, 2012
Label: Team-Love Records
Hometown: Palenville, New York