Roger Street Friedman

About

Presented by Folkus NYC at Brooklyn Art Haus! Roger Street Friedman is a modern Americana singer-songwriter whose emotionally powerful live performances and deeply human songwriting have earned him a growing reputation as one of the genre’s most compelling independent voices. Blending folk, rock, blues, and country influences in the Laural Canyon tradition of Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, andNeil Young, Friedman creates music that is thoughtful, engaging, and deeply relatable. Over the course of five critically acclaimed albums, Friedman has built a loyal following with songs that explore love, resilience, social conscience, and the shared human experience. His latest release, Long Shadows, reached the Top 50 on the Americana Music Association charts and his song Love Hope Trust climbed to #1 on the Roots Music Report’s Roots Rock Chart. His work has been featured in American Songwriter, No Depression, and Americana Highways, while socially conscious songs like “The Sun Never Sets,” featuring collaborations with Tom Chapin, Peter Yarrow, Joel Rafael, and Guy Davis, and “Ghosts of Sugarland” have connected with wide audiences online and beyond.