Master Storyteller Slaid Cleaves plays the Red Dog for his CD release party

“More than 20 years into his career, Slaid Cleaves just keeps getting better . . . There are few contemporaries that compare. He's become a master craftsman on the order of Guy Clark and John Prine.” - Jim Caligiuri

— The Austin Chronicle

Bio

Americana/folk stalwart Slaid Cleaves has been putting out highly acclaimed records for 25 years now, consistently delivering songs that strike people's hearts and become part of their lives. Together Through the Dark is no different. Producer Scrappy Jud Newcomb and Cleaves teamed up for the third time in early 2022 between Covid surges to record a new batch of songs, Slaid's first in five years. Familiar themes of struggle and resilience will be a surprise to no one. As Scrappy puts it, “This album speaks to the hopeful, the hard working, the battered, confused, and the sad. But above all to the believers in the city of freedom that we heard in the stories of our youth and in all those FM radio hits.” Watch for single releases to radio and streaming services starting in the fall in anticipation of a March 3rd 2023 release on CD, with vinyl to follow in the summer.

Joseph Hudak of Rolling Stone calls Cleaves “a master storyteller, one influenced not by the shine of pop-culture but by the dirt of real life.”

More bio at slaid.com/bio“I tend to think of songs as the whiskey of writing. Distilled down to the essence, powerful, concentrated, immediate. You can take it all in and really feel it in just seconds.” — SLAID CLEAVES

When you ask knowledgable music fans for their list of classic American singer-songwriters, it is a fair bet that Slaid Cleaves will appear on more than a few lists. The characters in Slaid Cleaves’ songs live in unglamorous reality. They work dead-end jobs, they run out of money, they grow old, they hold on to each other (or not), and they die. With an eye for the beauty in everyday life, he tells their stories, bringing a bit of empathy to their uncaring world.

His songs are short stories – stories worth hearing. We’re thrilled to have Slaid!

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