Singer/Songwriter Slaid Cleaves

One night only with guest Charles "King" Arthur

The Studio@620 welcomes Slaid Cleaves as he performs in support of his latest release "Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away".  Don't miss this unique singer/songwriter on Sunday April 18, 2010 at 7:30 PM with guest performer Charles "King" Arthur.

About Slaid Cleaves

At seven lines and a tight 19 words, the definitive Slaid Cleaves bio — written with humble but poetic economy by the artist himself — neatly sums up everything you really need to know about the man:

Slaid Cleaves. Grew up in Maine. Lives in Texas. Writes songs. Makes Records. Travels around. Tries to be good.

Granted, there’s a whole lot of story and details that can be shoehorned in there to pad and flesh it out. But until “writes,” “makes,” “travels” and “tries” are all made past-tense and one final line is tacked on for an epitaph — hopefully something along the lines of, “Died full” — all that’s really called for, from time to time, is a footnote or two to bring folks up to speed on his latest batch of literate, sepia-toned Americana songcraft. This year’s bounty comes baring the admittedly foreboding title of Everything You Love Will be Taken Away, but fans of the Austin-based singer-songwriter needn’t fear: Everything you love about the man’s singular voice and music is still very much . There’s been some notable changes made, all in the name of artistic growth, but rest assured: all that living, writing songs, making records, traveling around and trying to be good has, par for his course, made Slaid Cleaves even better.  --  Richard Skanse, Editor, Texas Music

A sharply observant songwriter with a deep appreciation for the ageless fundamentals of folk, country, and rock . . . one of the country's most compelling roots artists.
— Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader