BIO

Sam Burchfield was raised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of South Carolina, where he learned to play and learned to write. His youth was steeped in the mossy creeks and deep ravines of those ancient woods, and they imbued him with the gift of song. Now in his thirties, Burchfield raises a small family in the North Georgia mountains and continues to find inspiration in the rivers and ridges of Southern Appalachia.

His latest album ‘Me & My Religion’ was produced with his touring band, The Scoundrels. It is the first collaboration for the group after years of paying dues to the highway. Colin Agnew (drums), Trygve Myers (bass), and Ryan Plumley (guitar) accompanied Burchfield to Muscle Shoals, Alabama along with Nashville producer, Rachael Moore, to record the album of 7 days.

This 10 track album is almost equal parts Americana, psychedelia, indie folk, and Southern rock. All these flavors combine to support the album’s main theme. As seasoned listeners will expect, Burchfield’s lyrics are far from on the nose, as the declarative title would suggest. 'Me & My Religion' is an exploration of mankind’s toil for meaning in a world of vapid consumerism and commercialism - one in which we have become deaf to our own harmony with nature. Despite the weight of these ideas, the album feels like a lighthearted sojourn through the backwoods of our imagination.

“…Burchfield’s music is soulful. That is the perfect word for it. It doesn’t just describe his genre – it describes the heart of the artist himself…”
                -Emily McBride - VINYL MAG
 

STATS

• 350k average monthly listeners (Spotify)

• 15k followers on Instagram

• 34k followers on Spotify

• 10k fans on Facebook

• 150+ performances per year (touring nationally)

• 15 million plays on top track (Spotify)

• Over 45 million total plays (Spotify)

• Performed direct support with: CAAMP, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, David Shaw (The Revivalists), Ben Rector, The Vegabonds, John Oates

• Festivals: The Rockboat, Floyd Fest main stage, Red Wing Roots main stage, Bristol Rhythm & Roots, 30A Songwriters Festival