Simone Felice is a celebrated songwriter, author, and poet from New York. Between his work with The Felice Brothers and the launch of his solo career, Felice briefly formed The Duke & The King, a folk-soul vocal group he fronted whose understated debut'Nothing Gold Can Stay' was lauded as one of 2009's albums of the year by critics and audiences alike.
"These are songs of memory and regret, of reminiscence and desire, songs that reflect on love and childhood and Americanness and, more than anything, on time passing each song somehow sounds like a classic, each live performance suggesting we are in the presence of a rare, fiery brilliance. " - The Guardian