Music of Vermont

Vermont is a state in the United States. Some of the state's most well-known bands include Blowtorch, Death, Phish, Drowningman, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, 8084, Rough Francis, Waylon Speed, The Wards, The Cancer Conspiracy and Prydein. Burlington also has a thriving music scene with folk artists like Eric George, Cricket Blue, the DuPont Brothers, Hannah Fair, and Addie Herbert. The city also hosts jam bands, including the Jellies, Preserve, and Chutney Alice.

The state is also home to many iconoclastic composers, from Revolutionary-era Justin Morgan through electronic/avant-gardist Otto Luening. Vermont's long list of contemporary composers includes Jon Appleton, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Henry Brant, Louis Calabro, Vivian Fine, David Gunn, Brian Johnson, Leroy Preston, Laura Koplewitz, John Levin, Peggy Madden, Erik Nielsen, Lionel Nowak, Thomas L. Read, Alan Shawn, Ernie Stires, GD, Su Lian Tan, Dennis Murphy, and Gwyneth Walker. Derrik Jordan is an award-winning composer and singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist who plays 5 string electric violin, guitar, keyboard, kalimba and percussion. He is a recording artist on Worldsoul Records based in Putney, Vermont.

Vermont is also a rich source of folk and traditional music, with such musicians as Celia Woodsmith (and her band Avi & Celia,) Pete Sutherland, Anaïs Mitchell, Deb Flanders, Jon Gailmor, The Von Trapp Family, and many others.

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