SUNY Adirondack welcomes singer-songwriter Sean Rowe

QUEENSBURY, New York (Feb. 3, 2025) — American singer-songwriter, musician and recording artist Sean Rowe will speak at 12:40 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in SUNY Adirondack’s Visual Arts Gallery as part of the Spring 2025 Writers Project series.

Rowe’s sound and emotional conviction demand attention, and were described in NPR’s “All Songs Considered” as so powerful, “he can just crush granite with that voice.” The Wall Street Journal proclaimed, “Mr. Rowe's ringing baritone is as timeless as his approach, recalling the ecstatic intensity of late-'60s Van Morrison and stark subtlety of late-era Johnny Cash.”

Rowe has graced the stage of Mountain Jam, Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival, opened for Robert Plant and the Alabama Shakes, and performed at Caffe Lena. His voice reached international audiences when his song “To Leave Something Behind” was featured in the film “The Accountant,” starring Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick.

His latest release, “The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights,” was recorded at The Hive in Wisconsin by Grammy-winning engineer Brian Joseph (Bon Iver). Rowe writes heartfelt songs strongly rooted in singer-songwriter tradition, urging PopMatters.com to say his lyrics “have the poetic storytelling quality you expect from Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen.”

An avid naturalist and renowned forager, Rowe often speaks of his fascination with the woods and his connection to the land. He is touring in support of his new album.

SUNY Adirondack’s Writers Project series continues with the following events, each held at 12:40 p.m. in the Visual Arts Gallery:

Monday, Feb. 24: Memoirist, audio book narrator and actor Marni Penning;
Monday, March 17: Poet David Graham;
Monday, April 7: Fantasy novelist Philip Chase;
Monday, April 28: Author and journalist Megan Mayhew-Bergman;
Wednesday, April 30: SUNY Adirondack Creative Writing majors will read from their works
All Writers Project events are free and open to the public. They are also aired live via Zoom and can be watched at https://us06web.zoom.us/my/mccoyoffice.