Alternative Folk from Terry Blade

Hailing from Chicago, Terry Blade is an award-winning singer-songwriter who makes music in a range of different styles, all framed by his experience as a black queer artist. During his decorated sonic career he’s been twice a winner of the Global Music Awards – Gold Medal Award of Excellence as well as being nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award, while clocking hundreds of thousands of streams of his music along the way.

Winning over fans and tastemakers around the world, his music has seen him featured by Country Queer, Adobe and Teardrops, Surviving the Golden Age, Indie Top 39, Thisis50, Yellow & Black, SwanoDown, Tinnitist and Alt77, with multiple critically acclaimed releases under his belt. Deservedly compared to leading artists including Meshell Ndegeocello, Isaac Hayes and Gil Scott-Heron, he’s been delighting his fans with his stunning sonic offering ever since the release of his debut 2020 album Misery.

Followed up by a string of stellar singles, two EPs and two award-winning follow up full-length records with 2021’s nineteen-track American Descendant of Salvery, The Album and Neo Queer (Deluxe) last year, he now brings us his latest release with his new single titled “Won’t Be Around”.

Spinning his signature progressive folk sound, on “Won’t Be Around” Terry Blade lays down his rhythmic acoustic guitar skills, backed by delicate piano tones and capped by his smokey vocal delivery. Channeling the timeless sound of artists like Hozier, with his new single the talented artist continues to build on his ‘Ethos: Son of a Sharecropper’ project.

Drawing the listener with an intimate capture of plucked guitar notes, his vocals saunter in hand-in-hand with the laid back piano accompaniment to craft a graceful and captivating song that showcases his songwriting prowess and vocal panache.

Listen to Won’t Be Around below