Like a lot of Yankees-turned-Texans (not, of course, that it’s possible for a Yankee to ever really become a Texan), singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves noticed when he first moved here that people take ...

Born in a small town in rural Maine, singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves now calls Austin, Texas home. Not that he’s there much - the former philosophy student is a 20th century troubador, spending most ...

Slaid Cleaves may be the Americana genre’s most underappreciated songwriter. With a knack for giving breath to perpetually down-on-their-luck characters on albums like 2000’s excellent Broke Down, the ...

The singer-songwriter has said, as he was writing his new album Still Fighting the War, that "a theme of perseverance through hard times revealed... Slaid Cleaves: 'Still Fighting' With Smart Lyrics ...

Slaid Cleaves was born and raised in Maine but has lived in Austin for most of his life as a musician. In 2000, he released his breakthrough album, Broke Down. Since then, he’s put out three more ...

Slaid Cleaves is known as a “songwriter’s songwriter,” which is usually a polite way of saying “he can’t sing.” But there’s no need for decorum with the Maine-born, Austin-based troubadour: For all of ...

When Slaid Cleaves wrote Brokedown — the 2001 Song of the Year at the Austin Music Awards — he wasn't talking about his van. But he could've been. The Austin-based singer-songwriter is in the midst of ...

Austin (by way of Maine) singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves has been writing meaningful music for many years now. But his new album, Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away, is a game-changer. Cleaves ...

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 ...

Slaid Cleaves’ 2000 album Broke Down was a revelation, a gritty, melancholy batch of rootsy story-songs about the erosion of relationships and the cost of dreams deferred. Wishbones, his first album ...