Daniel Kleederman

A “soulful alternative rock...radiating [from an] idiosyncratic mind” (Popmatters), Daniel Kleederman’s music often straddles two worlds: the bucolic, rural northeastern US, and the frantic cosmopolitan centers that blast out of these wildernesses. Kleederman grew up in western Massachusetts before moving to New York City,  where he spent years as a sought-after musical voice on the guitar, most recently and notably as lead guitarist and musical director for indie rock powder keg Bartees Strange. After almost a decade in NYC, and between national tours with Strange and the band, he returned and reconnected to his childhood home and past, self-producing his debut solo EP Grand Kid to capture the spirit of this homecoming, which Flood Magazine described as “channel[ing] the tender intimacy of Sam Beam (Iron & Wine).”