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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

For more than 20 years, Slaid Cleaves has struggled to make himself heard, releasing 10 albums that slowly but surely have attracted critical acclaim and won him a reputation among fans and fellow ...

While growing up in Maine, the main thing Slaid Cleaves always wanted to do was make music, and he found Austin, Texas, to be the place where he feels right at home. Why, he even has a song saluting ...

Open your ears for a tasty midsummer double-up tonight at Swallow Hill Music Hall: Slaid Cleaves, an Americana keeper currently touring to promote Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away, will offer up ...

Slaid Cleaves. The name rolls off your tongue and sounds like it must belong to a cowboy, perhaps from one of Louis D’Amour’s western novels. Cleaves might not be a cowboy, but at Caffe Lena, he came ...