AMERICANA / FOLK SINGER-SONGWRITER

Singer-songwriter Arielle Silver crafts folk-rooted story songs rich with imagery, empathy, and place. Inspired by Laurel Canyon, Club Passim, and Camino pilgrimages, her music explores relationships between people, landscapes, and memory. Her album Watershed spent 18 weeks on the Americana Music Charts and earned national folk and songwriting honors.

• 18 weeks on the Americana Music Charts
• International Acoustic Music Awards – 2nd Place
• South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Contest - Winner
• Tucson Folk Festival Songwriting Contest - 2x Finalist
• ASCAP Plus Award recipient (3x)
• Songs premiered by The Bluegrass Situation, Americana Highways, Twangville

Bio

Los Angeles and New England-based Arielle Silver writes vivid, roots-tinged story songs that connect people, place, and memory. 

Drawing on Laurel Canyon to Club Passim, cross-country travels, and long walks on the Camino de Santiago, her work blends thoughtful lyricism with warm acoustic textures and an ethic of care for the human and natural worlds.

Her latest album Watershed, which spent 18 weeks on the Americana Music Charts (just shy of the Top 100) with features in The Bluegrass Situation, Americana Highways, and Twangville, traces moments of renewal across landscapes from Venice Beach to the Appalachian Trail. 

Silver’s honors include the South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition (Winner), Tucson Folk Festival (two-time Finalist), and the International Acoustic Music Awards (2nd Place), along with three ASCAP Plus Awards. 

Beyond the stage, she is a Pushcart Prize-nominated writer, teaching artist, and nonprofit arts leader dedicated to strengthening creative communities. 

LONGER Bio(320)

Singer-songwriter Arielle Silver is a Los Angeles and New England-based award-winning storyteller, Camino pilgrim, and performer whose songs weave imagery, empathy, and insight into powerful Americana folk-tinged narratives. Drawing on influences from Laurel Canyon to Boston's legendary Club Passim, cross-country travels, and long walks on the Camino de Santiago, her expressive voice and engaging lyricism blend stories with an ethic of care for the human and natural worlds.

Her latest album, Watershed, traces moments of change and renewal in landscapes both literal and emotional. Written in woodsy and watery places from the Pacific Coast to the the Appalachian Trail, the album’s story-songs carry crosscurrents of reflection, resilience, and connection. Shifting coastlines, blue highways, and mulching woodlands echo through her songwriting, alongside her classical woodwind training and the folk, country, and pop troubadour traditions she learned from her guitar-strumming dad.

Silver’s rich lyrics and warm, engaging stage presence have earned recognition from the Boston Globe ("lovely songwriting"), bestselling author Cheryl Strayed ("beautiful"), and at the South Florida Folk Festival (Songwriting Award Winner), Tucson Folk Festival (two-time Finalist), and the International Acoustic Music Awards (2nd Place). Songs from Watershed premiered in The Bluegrass Situation, American Songwriter, and Twangville, and the album spent 18 weeks on the Americana Music Charts. Music Connection calls Arielle "a born communicator." Since the early '00s she has performed solo, as a duo, trio, and full band in markets across the U.S.

In addition to performing, Arielle is a Pushcart Prize-nominated writer, an educator, and nonprofit arts leader dedicated to strengthening creative communities. She's taught mindfulness and holistic yoga practices since 2009, and serves as Adjunct Faculty in Creative Writing at Antioch University, a member of the 2026 cohort at Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University Arts in Healthcare program, a Teaching Artist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and has developed a national portfolio of programs supporting songwriters and composers through the SONA Foundation.

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