DEAN BRADY
Dean Brady is First Nations Australian and African, descending from the Gugu Yalanji and Birrigubba peoples as well as the Matabele of Zimbabwe. Dean was born into a deeply musical household; his parents were members of the legendary “outback Motown” group Banawurun, and he grew up surrounded by sound — band rehearsals in the living room, his mother singing soul classics while cooking dinner.
As a child, Brady would perform Michael Jackson songs for friends and family, already drawn to the lineage of great soul and R&B artists.
From Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye to Frank Sinatra and Usher, these influences would shape the distinctive voice and style he now brings to his own music.
Dean Brady strikes a dazzling first impression.
The Brisbane-born singer and songwriter’s debut single, “Falling”, is a gorgeous, elegantly wounded R&B song, capturing all the heartbroken showmanship of the Motown era while nodding to the bass-heavy, off-kilter beats of modern producers like Kaytranada and Anderson .Paak.
Showcasing a fully-formed star at the earliest stage in his genesis, it’s a warm, unprecedented arrival for the young musician, a display of supreme confidence in a genre that rewards exactly this kind of renegade boldness.