Felicity’s spiritual, mystical journey, documented in song, continues with this third of four albums, which will make up Wayfarer – One woman’s journey from Illusion to Light. The classically influenced melodies are here given a country embrace.

Committed to the Fire follows on from her critically-acclaimed, award-winning debut album, Repairs & Alterations (1987) and second album, Interior Design (1998). Renowned singer, Jennifer Warnes, told Felicity back in the early nineties that she had waited all her life to hear songs like hers and that she was “digging roads” with them.

Leonard Cohen told Felicity, “Your voice is a very clear light”.

Felicity’s ‘habit’ of releasing an album every ten years was broken along with her sternum when she was involved in a major car crash in 2009.  In a heightened state of survival she paradoxically surrendered to the frailty of the flesh and supremacy of the spirit. Confronted yet again with the continuing necessity to transform or die, she faced more of the demons she thought she could run from and wrote many of the songs for Home, which will complete Wayfarer; her lifetime’s work.

Here are excerpts from a review of her last concert, in Glastonbury, before the crash:

“Singer/songwriter Felicity Buirski stunned her audience at her recent concert. Her voice had both a purity of tone and a rich resonating power, which soared through the hall and held her captivated audience spellbound for the duration. She accompanies herself effortlessly on acoustic guitar, which adds to the sense of purity and truth she imparts. What a performance! Her well-articulated and intelligent lyrics gave a sense of hope and inspiration for humanity… she has a clear message to impart. ‘Up Where the Eagles Fly’ had a sonorous quality, which suggests it should become an iconic environmental anthem. With disarming honesty she examines life’s illusions and with gritty self-awareness imparts the realism and wisdom she has gained on her way.  Her poetry presentation was such that people were mesmerised by the force of her oratory.  Felicity is a woman giving back to the world, speaking from a place of maturity in gratitude for the lessons she has learnt through life and from God. The albums tell of a journey into self-awareness, which resonates with all our lives.”

Reviewer: Jill Berntsson // Local Radio.

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