Woodyfest 2013: Samantha Crain

Samantha Crain at the Crystal Theatre

Crit­i­cally [Sidenote: This is the fourth post in our cov­er­age of the six­teenth annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. We’ll be alter­nat­ing our report­ing with essays and photo gal­leries from the twenty-sec­ond fes­ti­val in 2019, so check in often for a mix of old and new Woodyfest good­ness.] praised [Sidenote: Crain has received glow­ing reviews in Rolling Stone, SPIN, No Depression, National Public Radio, Public Radio International,The Guardian, New Musical Express, Uncut, and other major media out­lets.] Choctaw singer Samantha Crain appeared on the Crystal Stage at Woodyfest in 2013. It was her fourth time per­form­ing at the festival.

A song­writer known for her broad range and eclec­tic style, [Sidenote: Crain genre-hops effort­lessly from folksy acoustic singer-song­writer to avant-garde and alter­na­tive rock.] Crain is also a music pro­ducer and poet. She won two Native American Music Awards in 2009, one for song­writer and one for best folk album. In 2019 her album You Had Me at Goodbye won the Indigenous Music Award for best rock album.

A vet­eran tour­ing musi­cian, Crain has opened for First Aid Kit, Neutral Milk Hotel, Lucy Rose, The Avett Brothers, The Mountain Goats, Brandi Carlile, Langhorne Slim, and others.

Crain’s most recent Woodyfest appear­ance was on the main stage at the 2016. Her forth­com­ing album, A Small Death, is avail­able for pre-order.

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