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Join award-winning poet and songwriter Todd Hearon and Friends for a special full-digital release of his second studio album, Yodelady.
Old-time fiddle and banjo duo Green Heron join as special guests.
ABOUT TODD HEARON
Born in Fort Worth, Texas to a Southern Baptist preacher and the church pianist, and raised in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, Hearon draws from the hymns and folk songs of his youth, mixing their strains with the more edgy and contemporary sounds of Americana and country rock. Of his first album, Border Radio (2021), Seacoast Online wrote, “Todd Hearon is proof that good folkin’ country singers still walk among us. Somewhere from the great beyond Townes Van Zandt has happened upon Todd’s tunes . . . and felt his cheeks go flush with envy.” SKOPE magazine added, “Border Radio . . . drives deep into soulful Americana and classic-country/folk roots while expanding the tradition with an attention to language unusual in contemporary commercial songwriting,” concluding: “Poetry and song, ever old friends, meet again and merge in every line of Border Radio.”
Hearon is also the author of three collections of poems, a number of plays and essays, and a novella. He lives in Exeter, New Hampshire, where he teaches literature and creative writing at Phillips Exeter Academy.
“Friends” include:
Zac Arnault (bass)
Dan Beller-McKenna (pedal steel)
Andrew Blowen (keyboards)
Lindsay Garfield (vocals)
Ralph Sneeden (electric guitar)
Paul Wolf (drums)
“Todd Hearon is proof that good folkin’ country singers still walk among us. Somewhere from the great beyond, Townes Van Zandt has happened on Todd’s tunes…and felt his cheeks go flush with envy.” - Seacoast Online
“Poetry and song, ever old friends, meet and merge in every line of Hearon’s [album] Border Radio.” - SKOPE Magazine.
ABOUT GREEN HERON
The music of Green Heron stretches across the entire folk landscape. Old-time, folk, bluegrass, country, celtic and blues music are all represented as the band brings the back porch to the stage. Featuring Betsy Heron on fiddle, banjo and vocals, and Scott Heron on guitar, banjo and vocals, the duo has been sharing New England stages together since 2017. The two songwriters weave the contemporary with the traditional and deliver high energy performances.
Betsy, brought up playing country music with her family's band in rural Massachusetts, still plays alongside her three sisters in The Green Sisters. Meanwhile, Scott spent several years in various metal bands touring New England and much of the country before discovering folk and bluegrass. Despite their very different backgrounds in music, the pair still draws from their roots when writing and performing and have found a common love for Americana and folk music.