Naomi Westwater

folk rock singer-songwriter 2024 EPK

B I O
Naomi Westwater (they/she) is a queer, Black-multiracial singer-songwriter from Massachusetts. Their work combines folk music, poetry, and spirituality. Their hope is that through ritual and storytelling they can aid nature in the end of capitalism and the return of community, creativity, and collective joy. 

Naomi holds a Master of Music in Contemporary Performance and Production from Berklee College of Music and she is a part of The Club Passim Folk Collective, where she produces Re-Imagining Lilith Fair: a tribute to the feminist music scene of the 1990s with an intersection lens for today.

Naomi was nominated for a 2021 and 2022 Boston Music Award for best singer-songwriter, and has been featured in The Boston Globe, Under The Radar, WBUR, WGBH, and The Bluegrass Situation.

Naomi is on faculty at Club Passim and Not Sorry Productions teaching songwriting, tarot, and poetry, and leads the Boston Chapter of We Make Noise. She is also an event producer and has produced shows at The Apollo Theatre, The Beacon Theatre, The Bell House, and more. Currently, Naomi is producing a series called Reclaiming Folk: A Celebration of People of Color in Folk Music.

More info @naomiwestwater and www.naomiwestwater.com.

BOOKING
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L I V E P E R F O R M A N C E S

Upcoming performances include: Club Passim (2023), Cultural Center of Cape Cod (2023)

Notable past performances include: BBG Fest (MA), Bellforge Arts Center (MA), Boston Art Music & Soul Festival (MA), Boston Public Library (MA), CD Baby’s EU DIY Musician Conference (Spain), Camp.Fire Festival (MA), Cape Cod Women In Music Festival (MA), The ICA Boston (MA), The Museum of Fine Arts (MA), Coast Fest (MA), Radio Bean (VT), Bust Out Boston at Brighton Music Hall (MA), ONCE Somerville (MA), An Informal Night of Comedy with Eugene Mirman (MA), The Burren (MA), Cultural Center of Cape Cod (MA), Hawks & Reed (MA), Trail Sessions (NY), Nova Arts (NH).

Visit www.naomiwestwater.com/live-shows to see a complete list of past shows.

P R E S S

“adventurous songs that refuse to be limited by genre”
— Adobe & Teardrops
“On her EP, Feelings, she explores her complex, and complicated, identity, then asks listeners to ponder their own place in the world.”
— Americana Highways
“Feeling My Feelings’ sees Westwater once again pulling from their eclectic array of influences, from jazzy songstress legends like Ella Fitzgerald to indie folk mainstays like Wilco. The percussion skirts around the edges of the song while acrobatic guitar lines wind and enlace with Westwater’s smokey vocals.”
— Under the Radar

P R E S S P H O T O S

photo by ally schmaling

photo by ally schmaling

photo by ally schmaling

photo by ally schmaling

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