Lovely songwriting. – BOSTON GLOBE
Beautiful. – CHERYL STRAYED
Superb stage presence. Silver is a born communicator. – MUSIC CONNECTION
WINNER South Florida Folk Festival Competition
2x FINALIST Tucson Folk Festival Songwriting Competition
2nd PLACE International Acoustic Music Awards
3x Recipient ASCAP Plus Award
18 WEEKS Americana Music Charts
Equally inspired by Laurel Canyon and Greenwich Village, singer and songwriter Arielle Silver is a consummate storyteller whose songs are rich with imagery, empathy, and insight. Her new 10-song collection, Watershed, draws on watershed moments in woodsy and watery places like Venice Beach, the Florida coast, and the Appalachian trail. Renewing and reflective, her roots-y story-songs have crosscurrents that connect experiences, people, and places.
Born on Florida’s Gulf Coast and raised along the mid-Atlantic seaboard, Silver now lives just a traffic jam away from the Pacific Ocean in her adopted home of Los Angeles. Memories of places and times serve as touchstones through her songs, as do the troubadour music traditions of folk, country, and rock that she grew up singing with her guitar-strumming architect dad. An ethic of care runs through her music, each song ushering listeners to tune into their own relationship with both people and the more-than-human world.
Silver's rich lyrics, folk-pop artistry, and enchanting stagecraft have earned her recognition at the South Florida Folk Festival (Songwriting Award Winner), Tucson Folk Festival (2-time Finalist), International Acoustic Music Awards (2nd Place), ASCAP Plus Awards (3-time Recipient), among other accolades. Watershed's singles and official videos premiered in The Bluegrass Situation, Americana Highways, and Twangville, and spent 18 weeks on the Americana Music Charts.
In between her rigorous national tour schedule, she teaches yoga at her online studio Bhavana Flow Yoga and Creative Writing at Antioch University; is Program Manager at music nonprofit SONA Foundation; and is former President of FAR-West, the regional Folk Alliance International branch representing the western territory of the US and Canada.
