The singer-songwriter rose to fame thanks to a song about Vermont. On Saturday, the 26-year-old takes the stage at Boston Calling. Ahead of his performance, he shared how New England became a muse for his music.
More than 50 acts will take the stages at the Boston Calling music festival this Memorial Day weekend. One of them is a young, dyed-in-the-wool New Englander named. The singer-songwriter's star has been rising meteorically with help from a viral song about Vermont. There's a pretty good chance you've heard"Stick Season," but the 26-year-old's love for the entire region has become a constant muse for his music.
Kahan's work took him to Nashville, New York and Los Angeles. But he really missed home, and flew back as often as he could to see his parents who moved to the tiny town of Strafford, Vermont . Kahan was also feeling disenchanted with the music industry life he was living. Then, during the pandemic in late 2020, he started penning a song inspired by where he really wanted to be.
“What I really appreciate is when I'm in Nebraska or Missouri and people are singing those words because it reminds me that music is universal, and that people can feel isolated in their environment no matter where they are,” Kahan said. “And I do think that's part of the reason that people connect to that song.” He added it's definitely how he felt when he wrote it.
“If I get too close/ and I'm not how you hoped/ Forgive my northern attitude/ Oh, I was raised out in the cold.”
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