“Her clear, warm alto, reminiscent of Patsy Cline,
was made for confidences, and these gorgeously crafted and executed songs touch the listener on a deep level, where insight occurs.”
–NPR Music
Nashville’s “Americana Queen” (Vice/Noisey) Mary Bragg has been heralded in Rolling Stone, No Depression, and NPR Music, which named her 2019 album Violets as Camouflage one of the year’s best: “Her clear, warm alto, reminiscent of Patsy Cline, was made for confidences, and these gorgeously crafted and executed songs touch the listener on a deep level, where insight occurs.”
An artist, songwriter, producer, and engineer, the Swainsboro, Georgia native began to fully come into her own with her 2017 record, the critically acclaimed Lucky Strike. Hailed as a “sublime distilling of Southern grit” by NPR, the album dipped its toes into a kind of radical honesty that Bragg had only previously hinted at, which she then committed further to for her self-titled album released in 2022. Covering heartbreak, divorce, coming out, grief, and self-actualization, Mary Bragg depicts themes centered around the life tenets most important to her – love, kindness, and honesty. No Depression called it a “personal and powerful set featuring a courageous plumb line,” Americana Highways hailed “Mary Bragg levels up as songwriter and producer,” while Folk Alley said her “exquisite vocal performances convey her struggles and triumphs with both intimacy and vulnerability. As we listen, we live her pain alongside her. We feel with her the tentativeness of moving forward, acknowledging regret, and grasping hope.”
Bragg tours extensively, both with her band and solo, playing headline and festival dates to ever-growing audiences across the US, Canada, and Europe. Since earning her Masters of Arts in Songwriting and Production at BerkleeNYC, Bragg has had a steady queue of artists eager to work with her on their next records – Grace Pettis, Sav Buist, and the Accidentals among them. She has also begun work on her own forthcoming album, with singles due in early 2024. Having opened tours for the Indigo Girls, The Secret Sisters, Mick Flannery, and Miranda Lambert, Bragg is gearing up for a robust year of touring, because, as Saving Country Music said, “Watch out.”
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 62.7K monthly listeners & 9.2 million streams on Spotify including collaborations with Erin Rae, Caroline Spence, Peter Groenwald, and Robby Hecht
- Has dozens of cuts by Americana, Folk, and Pop artists including Brennen Leigh, Michaela Anne, and Jess Nolan
- Winner, MerleFest Chris Austin Songwriting Contest, 2017
- Winner, Songwriter Serenade, 2018
- Kerrville New Folk and Telluride Troubadour Finalist, 2015
- Has opened for Indigo Girls, The Secret Sisters, Miranda Lambert, Mick Flannery
“Infectious, smart, and resonant.”
-Music City Roots
“A sublime distilling of Southern grit.”
-NPR’s World Cafe
“Exquisite vocal performances.”
-Folk Alley
“A refined, sumptuously, melancholy take
on Southern storytelling.”
–World Cafe
“Mary Bragg had no difficulty earning critical acclaim to this point as a meaningful singer-songwriter. The Americana flavored pop/rock exhibited on releases like 2017’s Lucky Strike and 2019’s Violets as Camouflage was impressive from any angle, yet somehow neither album quite measures up to her substantive new self-titled LP.”
-No Depression