Slaid Cleaves finds poetry in humanity, one struggling soul at a time. Accompanied by “Scrappy” Jud Newcomb on guitar, he shared his story songs at a Rhythm and Roots concert on Aug. 28. C. Elliott’s ...

Raised in South Berwick, Maine, and residing in Austin, Texas, Slaid Cleaves is no one's idea of a music-industry insider. He writes and sings songs primarily about working-class people and romantics ...

Although he's from Maine, Slaid Cleaves now hails from Austin, and he has an abiding love for the Lone Star State, as he shows on the jaunty “Texas Love Song” and “God's Own Yodeler,” his tribute to ...

Slaid Cleaves will take the Winter Wind stage Dec. 7, singing what Entertainment Weekly describes as "gorgeously compact stories in a voice packed with Texas trail dust."? Michael O'Connor will join ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A Slaid Cleaves concert is set for 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at Stone Mountain ...

Snazzy Productions is proud to present an intimate evening with Slaid Cleaves at Kuumbwa Jazz. After performing with several bands throughout his youth, Slaid embarked on a successful solo career in ...

Since 2000's Broke Down vaulted him to national prominence, Slaid Cleaves has released a handful of soulful albums. Good as they are, though, none have ever quite captured lightning in a bottle the ...

So what’s better than one superb songwriter? Well, two obviously. Think Lennon and McCartney, Jagger and Richards, Rodgers and Hammerstein… the list of perfectly paired collaborators can be traced ...