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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Frazey Ford
Person · female · Canada · Castlegar · born 1973 · recording since 2010
Canadian alternative country singer
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Also known as フレイジー・フォード
Timeline
5 events▣ Album 3◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1970s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Bird of Paradise
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2020s
Biography
English biography152 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1340103235
Biography
Frazey Obadiah Ford (born February 11, 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. She joined the Be Good Tanyas in their first year. Her solo debut Obadiah was released on Nettwerk on July 20, 2010.
Jenny Charlesworth of The Georgia Straight wrote that a few of the songs "swing with a mellow neo-soul beat enlivened by buttery vocals", and noted influences from rhythm and blues singers Ann Peebles, Roberta Flack, and Donny Hathaway. Ford also credits her free-spirited parents (her father was an American conscientious objector who moved to Canada), and being a mother has had a strong influence on her songwriting.
Obadiah takes its name from Ford's middle name, Obadiah. When she was born, her parents asked her brothers to choose her middle name; they decided to name her after their pet cat Obadiah that had recently run away.
Ford was raised in Castlegar, British Columbia. She currently resides in Vancouver.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 17 | 85.9th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 15 | 35.8th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (17 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 58:37
1Firecracker3:452Lay Down With You4:323Bird of Paradise5:174If You Gonna Go3:575Blue Streak Mama3:466Lost Together4:317I Like You Better4:378Hey Little Mama4:259The Gospel Song5:4210Goin’ Over3:1411Half In5:0512One More Cup of Coffee4:1913Mimi Song5:2714Lovers in a Dangerous Time2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:22
1September Fields3:302Runnin’4:303You’re Not Free4:094Done4:445Three Golden Trees5:066You Got Religion3:537Season After Season4:038Natural Law4:069Weather Pattern3:3910Indian Ocean8:0811September Fields (acoustic)3:342020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 46:33
1Azad3:042U and Me4:393Money Can't Buy3:244Let's Start Again3:515Holdin' It Down3:316Purple and Brown4:547The Kids Are Having None of It4:498Motherfucker3:599Golden4:0610Everywhere4:4411U kin B the Sun5:32
Single · 10
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Bird of ParadiseSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 9:051Bird of Paradise5:19 2Blue Streak Mama3:46 | 2010 | ||
| 2010 | FirecrackerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:461Firecracker3:46 | 2010 | ||
| 2014 | September FieldsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:271September Fields3:27 | 29 June 2014 | ||
| 2015 | DoneSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:421Done4:42 | 2015 | ||
| 2017 | When We Get BySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:081When We Get By4:08 | 20 October 2017 | ||
| 2018 | Can You Get To ThatSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:101Can You Get to That3:10 | 25 May 2018 | ||
| 2019 | The Kids Are Having None of ItSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:471The Kids Are Having None Of It4:47 | 18 October 2019 | ||
| 2020 | AzadSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:021Azad3:02 | 9 January 2020 | ||
| 2021 | The Times They Are a-Changin'Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:161The Times They Are a-Changin'4:16 | 17 August 2021 | ||
| 2021 | SaulSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:501Saul3:50 | 16 November 2021 |
Other · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Various Live RadioSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 32:341Frazey Ford - Bird Of Paradise (September 7, 2010 MBE KCRW, Santa Monica, Ca USA)4:41 2Frazey Ford - Blue Streak Mama (September 7, 2010 MBE KCRW, Santa Monica, Ca USA)3:40 3Frazey Ford - Firecracker (September 7, 2010 MBE KCRW, Santa Monica, Ca USA)3:36 4Frazey Ford - Happy Song (Otis Redding Cover) (September 7, 2010 MBE KCRW, Santa Monica, Ca USA)3:24 5Frazey Ford - If You Gonna Go (September 7, 2010 MBE KCRW, Santa Monica, Ca USA)3:58 6Frazey Ford - Lost Together (September 7, 2010 MBE KCRW, Santa Monica, Ca USA)4:37 7Frazey Ford - Mimi Song(incomplete - with fadeout) (September 7, 2010 MBE KCRW, Santa Monica, Ca USA)4:36 8Frazey Ford - One More Cup Of Coffee (September 7, 2010 MBE KCRW, Santa Monica, Ca USA)4:02 | 2010 |
EP · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Frazey Ford Five EPSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 21:261September Fields3:30 2Weather Pattern3:39 3Indian Ocean6:08 4Firecracker3:45 5Hey Little Mama4:24 | 14 September 2014 | ||
| 2025 | Crazy LoveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 18:521Crazy Love3:15 2The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)2:54 3You're Not Free4:05 4September Fields - Acoustic Hidden Track3:34 5Three Golden Trees5:04 | 22 August 2025 |
Broadcast · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2016-01-13: The Quay Sessions at Celtic ConnectionsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 28:181The Quay Sessions from the Celtic Connections Festival 2016 - Extended Highlights28:18 | Live | 27 January 2016 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Frazey Ford head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 17 | 85.9th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 15 | 35.8th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Be Good Tanyas(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FrazeyFord.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c455e254-994c-40d3-a953-4ff6954c3557discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c455e254-994c-40d3-a953-4ff6954c3557core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515742genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515742seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazey_Fordbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazey_Ford
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Canadian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Andy from England · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q515742 · MusicBrainz: c455e254-994c-40d3-a953-4ff6954c3557
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