Naomi Westwater
folk rock singer-songwriter 2025 EPK
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A R T I S T B I O
Naomi Westwater (they/them/she) is a queer, Black-multiracial singer-songwriter from Massachusetts. Their work combines folk-rock music, poetry, and spirituality. Their 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 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 Re-Imagining Lilith Fair: a tribute to the feminist music scene of the 1990s with an intersectional lens for today.
Naomi was nominated for four Boston Music Awards, and featured in The Boston Globe, Under The Radar, WBUR, GBH, and The Bluegrass Situation. They made the WBUR’s 2024 Makers list, and in November 2024 the musician-in-residence at Château d'Orquevaux in France.
Naomi is also a cultural curator, she leads the Boston Chapter of We Make Noise where she produces We Make Noise Fest and We Make Noise Camp, and has produced shows at The Apollo Theater, 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 and has received over 20 grants to tour the series.
Naomi is on faculty at Club Passim and Not Sorry Productions teaching songwriting, spirituality, and poetry. Her latest concept record, Cycle & Change is out everywhere.
T O U R I N G H I S T O R Y
2025: The Poet’s Envoi: Porsha Olayiwola’s Farewell Reading (MA), We Black Folk Fest (MA), The Spire (MA), The Charles River Museum (MA), The Parlor Room (MA), The Armory opening for 10,000 Maniacs (MA), WBUR Festival (MA)
2024: The Armory with Lady Lamb (MA), Club Passim (MA), We Make Noise Fest (MA), Joy Fest (MA), The Parlor Room (MA), Birdhouse Center for the Arts (NJ), Music on the Hill (DC), The Perch (PA), Button Factory Stage (NH), Lizard Lounge (MA), We Black Folk Fest (MA), Folk Alliance International (MO), 617 Festival (MA), Boston Public Library (MA), The Troy Listening Room (NY), Olana (NY)
2023: City Winery (MA), Raising Voices Festival (MA), BBG.fest (MA), Bellforge Arts Center (MA), Club Passim (MA), Katherine Cornell Theatre (MA), Brookline Public Libary (MA), Brockton Public Library (MA), Boston Public Library Courtyard (MA), Duxbury Free Library (MA), Watertown Public Library (MA), Cary Memorial Library (MA), Mill No. 5 (MA), Menstrual Equity Summit (MA)
2022: Boston Art Music & Soul Festival (MA), Camp.Fire Festival (MA), Cape Cod Women In Music Festival (MA), The ICA Boston (MA), The Museum of Fine Arts (MA), Nova Arts (NH), Club Passim (MA),
2018-2021: 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), Club Passim (MA)
P R E S S
“The Massachusetts folk artist unfurls tendrils of compassion for a weathered world”
“Their song ‘Crows’ is spectacular... it’s a journey that brings joy and reflection...it will leave a deep mark on you.”
“Westwater’s enchanting voice and introspective lyrics, drawn from their own story but relatable to anyone who changes with the seasons, make this a most special concept album.”
“‘Feelings,’ like its creator, is complex, full of swirling questions in a pastiche of jazzy, rock-tinged confessionals.”
“On her EP, Feelings, she explores her complex, and complicated, identity, then asks listeners to ponder their own place in the world.”
“will undoubtedly leave a mark on your heart”
P R E S S P H O T O S
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A W A R D S
2025 Grant Recipient for “Reclaiming Folk” project – Plymouth Cultural Council; Cambridge Arts Council; Salem Cultural Council; Springfield Cultural Council; Somerville Arts Council; Brockton Cultural Council; Gloucester Cultural Council; Newton Cultural Council; Quincy Arts Council; Northampton Arts Council; Chatham Cultural Council; Hudson Cultural Council
2025 Music to Life Changemaker Academy Artist
2024 Poetry Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA
2024 Château Orquevaux Artist in Residence
2024 Sad Song Summer Camp Artist Scholarship
2024 Grant Recipient for “Reclaiming Folk” project – Falmouth Cultural Council; Quincy Cultural Council; Northampton Cultural Council; Springfield Cultural Council; Somerville Cultural Council; Cambridge Cultural Council; Chatham Cultural Council; Waltham Cultural Council; Plymouth Cultural Council; Gloucester Cultural Council
2023-2024 Club Passim Folk Collective Member
2023 Grant Recipient – Mass Cultural Council; Brocton Cultural Council
2023 Grant Recipient – Club Passim’s The Iguana Fund
2022 Nominee – Boston Music Awards, Best Singer-Songwriter
2021 Nominee – Boston Music Awards, Best Singer-Songwriter
2020 Grant Recipient – Boston Opportunity Fund
2019 Grant Recipient – Club Passim’s The Iguana Fund
2019 Berklee College of Music Graduate Fellowship