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Seth Glier at Levitt Pavilion in Westport, CT on August 5, 2016
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Background information | |
Born | November 16, 1988 Shelburne Falls, MA, U.S. |
Genres | Folk, pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals, piano, guitar |
Labels | MPress Records |
Website | www.sethglier.com |
Seth Glier /ˈsɛθ ɡlɪər/ is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, guitarist, and activist.
Seth Glier was born in Shelburne Falls, MA. and subsequently studied at Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School PVPA in South Hadley, Massachusetts. He attended Berklee College of Music for a year before dropping out to be able to tour full-time. Since then, he has averaged over 200 shows a year, and shared stages with artists such as James Taylor, Mark Knopfler, The Verve Pipe, Edwin McCain and Ani DiFranco. He has appeared as a mainstage artist at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (NY) and the Kerrville Folk Festival (TX).USA Today compared Seth to Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel.
In 2015, he released If I Could Change One Thing, his fourth album on MPress Records. The album was considered a successful move into mainstream pop, a departure from his previous, more acoustic albums. A music video for the title track, a duet with American Idol alum Crystal Bowersox, premiered on Billboard.com.