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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
NEWSONG 2020 Finalist Concert, LEAF Festival, North Carolina
The Moth GrandSlam Story Hour - Traverse City, MI
The Moth GrandSlam Story Hour - Ann Arbor, MI
Matthew Barney Khu Film - Detroit, MI
Lamplight Music Festival - Grand Rapids, MI
Blissfest - Harbor Springs, MI
Earthwork Harvest Gathering - Lake City, MI
Buttermilk Jamboree - Circle Pines Center, MI
Hollerfest, Brooklyn, MI
Supporting Elisabeth Pixley-Fink
Dan Savage Lovecast Live, Portland, OR
Supporting Chris Bathgate
NPR Tiny Desk Concert - Washington DC
South By Southwest (SXSW)- Austin, TX
Philadelphia Folk Fest - Schwenksville, PA
The Ark - Ann Arbor, MI
The Calumet Theater - Calumet, MI
The Blue Door - Oklahoma City
With Bowhunter
The Great Lakes Folk Festival - Lansing, MI
Wheatland Music Festival - Remus, MI
Old Town School Of Folk - Chicago, IL
With Hearth & Hymn
Pickathon Presents, Portland, OR
Midwest Sing & Stomp Festival, Chicago, IL
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
The Clover Room, Kalamazoo, MI
MEDIUM BIO
(81 words)
Samantha Cooper’s voice is a gentle force. Her songs speak for their sound; from contemplative respites to keen PSA’s. Her latest video single is a love note to the rights of manoomin (wild rice): Let The Wave (feat. Shara Nova, Jaike Spotted Wolf, Holly T. Bird & Frank Bibeau). Sam is from the Huron and the Kalamazoo River watersheds in Michigan. She works as a musician, an organizer, a mediator, a Hearth & Hymn member and a teaching artist via Youth Arts Alliance.
LONG BIO
(113 words)
Samantha Cooper’s voice is a gentle force. Her songs speak for their sound; from contemplative respites to keen PSA’s. A veteran session musician, her voice and violin appear on over 70 Michigan made albums. She's also a 2021 Newsong Songwriting finalist. Her latest video single is a love note to the water is life movement and the rights of manoomin (wild rice) titled “Let The Wave (feat. Shara Nova, Jaike Spotted Wolf, Holly T. Bird & Frank Bibeau)”. Sam is from the Huron & Kalamazoo River watersheds. She works as a songwriter, a session musician, an organizer, a mediator and a teaching artist via Youth Arts Alliance. She also co-produces Hearth & Hymn with Elisabeth Pixley-Fink.
CONTACT
Samantha Cooper
(Sam, she/they)
Tel: 810.923.5956
Hearth & Hymn
(Duo Project)
Tel: 810.923.5956