PAUL SPRING Live at Gnarly Bard Theater

Paul Spring has released 4 albums in the past 2 years. Between 2023’s Always Almost Home “meshing 90s pop and Bach” (MPR) and the “hidden pop gem” (Irish Times) of 2022ʼs Thunderhead, Spring experimented with minimal electronic production and folk. Aquarium Drunkard called his album, 2024’s River Flows Two Ways, “a singular fresh offering as well as a catalogue introduction of sorts.” His most recent album Kind of Heaven was recorded live over 2 days with producer and drummer Jon Nellen (Big Thief, Elucid, Nick Hakim) and features Nick Hakim on piano.

Paul was raised in Saint Cloud, MN and is now based in New York City. He has completed two successful River Canoe tours. In 2015 he spent 48 days paddling 1200 miles down the Mississippi in support of his release Towards a Center. In 2024 he canoed 150 miles down the Hudson in support of River Flows Two Ways. Spring is also a devoted fingerpicking guitarist. In 2021 he released an album of Bach arrangements for 12 string guitar, and since 2022 he has played a weekly gig in Manhattan playing Bach at a small bar.

In addition to his solo work, Paul was lead singer and songwriter of the band Holy Hive until their dissolution in 2021. He has performed live as a background singer for Post Malone on Saturday Night Live and Fleet Foxes for a streaming performance. He has also appeared as a session guitarist and co-writer on Blackthought and El Michels Affair’s Glorious Game, and his guitar playing was sampled on releases by Kenny Beats, Vic Mensa, Kirby, and Thundercat.