Naomi Westwater is The High Priestess of Tenderness. Their work knits the threads of folk-rock music, poetry, visual art, event production, and spirituality. Naomi’s hope is that through ritual and storytelling they can aid nature in the end of capitalism and the return to community, creativity, and collective joy. Naomi’s artist speaks to the margins. Their identity as a Black, queer, chronically ill, witch is the spark for much of their work, and the lens through which they view the world.

Naomi holds a Master of Music in Contemporary Performance and Production from Berklee College of Music, and they are a part of The Club Passim Folk Collective, where they produce Reimagining Lilith Fair: a tribute to the feminist music scene of the 1990s with an intersectional lens for today.

Naomi was nominated for five Boston Music Awards, and featured in Basic Folk, The Boston Globe, Under The Radar, GBH, The Bluegrass Situation, Spirituality Magazine, and more. They are a WBUR 2024 Make, and a former artist-in-residence at Château d'Orquevaux in France.

Naomi is a Cultural Curator, she led the Boston Chapter of We Make Noise for 5 years, where she created We Make Noise Fest and We Make Noise Camp as tools for gender equity in the Boston Music scene. Naomi has also produced shows at The Apollo Theater, The Beacon Theatre, The Bell House, and more. Currently, Naomi is producing a series called Reclaiming Folk: Celebrating of People of Color in Folk Music and has received over 20 grants to tour the series. They are the creator of Juniper Fest, an annual music festival for their dog.

Naomi is on faculty at Club Passim and is a NERFA board member. Her latest concept record, Cycle & Change is out everywhere. She lives in Boston, MA with her partner, their garden, and two dogs.