“Brady Earnhart can intimate with heartrending subtlety the psychological tensions that attend friendship and love, 'the questions I was not supposed to ask.' The best songs of Manalapan only pass through your ears to break open at your core where they stir up a strange response at once painful and deeply tender.”

—Poet Forrest Gander

“I’m one of those media types and often get preview copies sent to me.  Over the past couple weeks, I have received 8 to 10 new discs. I have found Brady Earnhart’s new CD, Manalapan, to be patently unfair to the others.  I’ve been playing it over and over for 4 or 5 days now, can’t seem to take it out of the player . . . a marvel of songwriting, singing and production, it makes me think of a young Paul Simon, only smarter and more sophisticated, with lyrics that paint full scenarios and pull you in.  I highly recommend this CD.”

-- Audiofile

“Earnhart’s songs may well be the most subtly poetic, skillfully crafted and all-inclusively human stuff I’ve heard in years . . .  Manalapan is a fully realized, mature album . . .  Each song is like a scene from a play . . . Incredible stuff.”                                     

--C-ville Weekly

PRESS

“He may be in the tradition of the folk troubadour, but don’t be fooled—Earnhart is singing art songs. Like the work of Stephen Foster or Aaron Copland, this work has a native American beauty.”

—The Washington Blade

“With his feet firmly planted in traditional folk, songwriter Brady Earnhart has fashioned a distinctive and poetic writing style. His understated guitar and breathy voice are warm and inviting, drawing the listener into the open‑ hearted smile of his words. It’s a wry smile, expressing a keen‑edged, slightly oddball perspective that somehow remains welcoming. Sparse, tastefully played and arranged cello, upright bass, mandolin, accordion, fiddle, banjo, lead guitar, keyboards, and percussion highlight the beauty of the songs.  After You is a truly outstanding debut album.”

--Acoustic Guitar Magazine

“Brady makes sentiments that might seem trivial elsewhere respectable . . .  Have a close listen to After You and see if you can tell me why this guy should have a day job.”

—C‑ville Weekly

on Last Time I Promise

Gay singer/songwriter (and educator and writer) Brady Earnhart doesn’t disappoint on his long-awaited fourth album Last Time I Promise (City Salvage). There are few out musicians who are as consistently strong and inspiring as Earnhart. This is particularly true since Earnhart was recording Last Time I Promise while recovering from a debilitating health issue. Back to good health and better than ever, Earnhart gives us some of his most accessible work here, including the electric “Do You Believe” (complete with “dog-bark ringtone”) and the country comfort of “Handsome and Kind.” Intimate moments, including “Delray,” “You Made Light,” “Song for Bob,” and “Doctor’s Son,” are also standouts. Instrumentals such as the piano-only centerpiece “Crim Dell” and “Valley Road,” as well as the clever lyric play of “Baby Bear’s Porridge,” are welcome additions to Earnhart’s astonishing canon.