Sawyer Fredericks - Hide Your Ghost (2018)

18 year old Sawyer Fredericks, hailing from his family’s farm in central New York State, is fast establishing himself as an authentic, original, Americana artist with an old soul. His deep, beyond-his-years lyrics and melodies, raw, soulful vocals, and powerful live performances have attracted an ever growing number of devoted fans of all ages, selling out shows throughout the US. As a folk/blues singer-songwriter, who cut his teeth at local farmers markets, open mics, and iconic New York venues like Caffe Lena, the Towne Crier Cafe, and The Bitter End, Sawyer seemed an unlikely match for reality tv, but quickly won over broad audiences with his genuine delivery and unique arrangements of classic songs, going on to win season 8 of NBC’s The Voice. Fresh from that whirlwind, Sawyer went forward with the release of his major label debut, A Good Storm, with Republic Records, an impressive blend of soulful Folk, blues, and rock, entirely written or co-written by Sawyer. His 2016 A Good Storm Tour included 62 shows across the US. Today, Sawyer has in many ways come full circle, back to his roots, back to his more organic approach to living and creating music. He is once again independent, but with 3 years of musical, professional, and personal growth, and a supportive fan base, he is busy crafting his sophomore offering, Hide Your Ghost, at Dreamland Recording Studios, in historic Woodstock, NY, with full artistic freedom. Hide Your Ghost stays true to Sawyer’s honest and elegantly stripped down style, incorporating elements of folk, blues, rock, and jazz with all live instrumental arrangements, largely recorded to analog tape, with an old school approach to production, in the unparalleled, magical acoustics of the cathedral hall of the converted 1896 St. John’s Church. The songs tell intense stories of personal, domestic, and social conflict, both timely and timeless, fearlessly embodying both the ugliness and beauty of being human. The full length album of all original work, written, arranged, and produced by Sawyer, is set to be released in early spring of 2018 and Sawyer is touring with his band in support of its release, with stops all through the US and into Canada.