Artist Slaid Cleaves
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Slaid Cleaves
After beating around the club circuit for almost a decade, Austin singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves garnered national attention for the darkly rendered folk on 2000’s Broke Down, receiving heavy rotation on NPR and critical raves from No Depression. An astute storyteller, Cleaves places his rich narratives into a framework as much in line with Bob Dylan as Hank Williams—and like those fellow “songwriter’s songwriters,” Cleaves’ own scratchy yet passionate voice is an acquired taste. His 2009 album, Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away, is his first batch of original material in more than five years. Like its title suggests, it’s haunted by devastation, heartbreak, and dark humor—it’s no wonder Stephen King is one of Cleaves’ biggest champions.
Updated 05/06/2009
