The DeLearys have harmonizing magic, an amazing blend that can only be found in siblings. Raised in North Carolina, they are Southern girls at heart but their heritage is based in tribal membership of the Chippewa of the Thames First Nation in Ontario Canada. The DeLearys are made up of two sisters, 19 year old Lauren and Brooke who is 16. They are also best friends, and you can feel the laughter in their music when they perform.  The girls grew up inspired by the Barlow Girls, Rachel Lampa, Kelly Clarkson, and greats such as Journey and Michael Jackson.  They had the honor of opening for Natalie Grant, another award winning mentor to the girls, in the fall of 2012.  Their unique sound is – Soft Rock/Pop with a touch of southern charm, based in their strong faith in Jesus Christ.

The DeLeary girls grew up serving God at an early age.  Their first mission trip was to Kenya for one month when the girls were 4 and 7.  Since then they have been back to Kenya, Nicaragua several times, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and the Ukraine.  Their home always hosted “an extra”  needing a place to stay, and there were always a couple pictures of the children the family sponsored on the refrigerator.   “We visited nursing homes and served in the local woman’s homeless shelter “ (Brooke) “Because of our upbringing I always understood that this world was temporary and we only have one chance to take a stand and make a difference” (Lauren)  In addition to hands on loving the people, the girls contribution naturally revolved around worship and singing.

Lauren and Brooke performed independently of each other growing up: acting, singing, dancing, writing music and honing their craft as musicians. Lauren plays bass and keyboard and Brooke plays guitar, drums and keys.   In early 2010 at age 16 and 13 they realized the blessings of their combined gifts and have been on a roll ever since!  Knowing they wanted to glorify the Lord with their music they still struggled with the direction their music should take.  “We despeartely desired to be the light in the darkness and have people who would not normally listen to Christian music say, ‘hey – I love their sound, I want to learn more about them’, and discover Christ is the process.”  What they realized is they could not keep silent about where their strength, joy and hope came from.   “When I kept silent my bones wasted away”.  (Psalm  32:3) “We felt like we were saying “stand strong”, “believe”, “know you are beautiful” yet not giving the full remedy.   We have a huge passion and burden for all people, but especially for our generation, to understand that being a Christian is the most fun, abundant life of freedom anyone can experience.”   Recently they committed to the Lord to not just sing for Him, but to sing about Him, and their song writing has risen to new heights.  They seek to encourage and strengthen the believers and share hope to a broken world that does not know the joy of His salvation.

Lauren and Brooke have been writing in Nashville with hit songwriters like Kirsti Manna, who penned Blake Shelton’s smash hit, “Austin”, and now many others.  Lauren is a BMI writer and publisher and Brooke has her writing and publishing with ASCAP.   Their first EP, “I’m Out” was to showcase their skills as more than just singer/songwriters, as the girls also played all the instruments on the EP with the exception of strings by Chris Carmichael.  That project was produced by Bill Warner (Warnerworks.net).   The DeLearys single, off that EP, “Voiceless” was inspired by Zahra Baker, a victim of child abuse ending in a horrific murder.  The DeLearys recorded the song and have appeared at countless events, challenging their audiences to “be the voice of the Voiceless”, those like Zahra, and others of our society who for various reasons have no voice of their own.  The girls have appeared on the NBC Charlotte Today Show, Memphis Fox 2 News, St. Louis KPLR and Fox 2 News performing “Voiceless” and other originals.  They have toured the East Coast with stops in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Missouri, Minnesota and back to Tennessee.  Currently, Lauren is a junior at Belmont University where she is also a stylist for many photo shoots and ensembles.  Brooke is a home-schooled junior in High School.  Their focus is writing more music for their upcoming full length CD they will begin recording in the fall of 2013.

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