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 hit 106 and spent 18 weeks on the Americana Music Charts 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

Singer-songwriter Arielle Silver is a Los Angeles and New England-based award-winning storyteller, Camino pilgrim, and writer whose songs weave imagery, empathy, and insight into quietly powerful folk-rooted narratives. Equally inspired by books, spiritual journeys, and the traditions of Laurel Canyon and Greenwich Village, her music explores the relationships between people, places, and the natural world.

Her latest album, Watershed, traces moments of change and renewal in landscapes both literal and emotional. Written in places as varied as Venice Beach, the Florida coast, and along the Appalachian Trail, the album’s story-songs carry crosscurrents of reflection, resilience, and connection. Memories of shifting coastlines, long roads, and quiet woods 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 her "a born communicator." Arielle performs on average 60 shows a year 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 serves as a Teaching Artist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s Voices Within program, as Adjunct Faculty at Antioch University, is affiliated with Peabody Conservatory's Arts in Healthcare program, and develops programs supporting songwriters and composers through the SONA Foundation.

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