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The former lead singer of Brownie Mary, Kelsey Friday is the latest hometown performer featured in our "Your Home" campaign. 

Kelsey's song "Long Way Home" sets the tone actual KDKA-TV News footage of service men and women returning home to their loved ones!

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Kelsey Friday is the consummate rock star turned rocker mom. Inspired by her two young sons (and some of the grating kids music they forced her to listen to in the car), Kelsey translated her success as an alternative rock singer/songwriter into music that kids relate to, but that won't make parents want to….well….drive into the nearest brick wall.

Kelsey is the former lead singer of Brownie Mary, whose unique sound found a loyal following that began in Pittsburgh but soon stretched from Colombus, OH, to New York and South to Sarasota.

After two self-released CDs sold in excess of 20,000 units, they signed to Blackbird/Atlantic Records and followed up in 1998 with their first national release, "NAKED." Brownie Mary enjoyed substantial airplay with "NAKED," and toured extensively, playing 250 dates in the twelve months following its release with artist's including the Dave Mathew's Band, Fuel, and Greenday (just to name a few).

Brownie Mary took some time off while Kelsey spent about a year in Los Angeles collaborating with a variety of incredible songwriters. She was working closely with producer Matt Wallace (Maroon 5) and together they were trying to launch her solo career. But, as for so many, everything changed on September 11, 2001. Kelsey decided to go back home to Pittsburgh but soon began missing the stage and the dynamics of being in a band. She took some of the songs she wrote in LA, wrote some new ones with the band, and there you have it…Brownie Mary's next, independent release, "Collide."

After Brownie Mary officially split in 2002, Kelsey ventured out on her own with "Falling Forward," a soulful album produced by Ricki Witkowski in conjunction with Uh Oh Records, a label he and Pittsburgh Filmmakers exec Charlie Humphrey had recently launched.

Then came a baby in a baby carriage….

In 2005, Kelsey and her husband John welcomed to the world their first little guy, Cooper. A few years later, Mason was added to the Friday clan. Since then, her boys didn't just keep Kelsey on her toes…they kept her tapped into her creative side and musical talent. This new twist on life that only kids can bring resulted in a new self-titled 10-track album.

Nine of the ten tracks on the album are original songs co-written by Kelsey and Ricki Witkowski. The songs focus on poignant themes ranging from healthy eating to overcoming fear. By setting clever lyrics to her signature rock sound, Friday intends to not only entertain a new crop of young fans, but also appeal to parents – many of whom are fans of Friday's work in Brownie Mary. Simply put by the songwriter herself, it's "kids music that won't make parents puke."