Charles Latham with Paisley Fields

“Latham’s music is passionate with biting wit.” –NPR
“Reminiscent of the glorious sloppiness of Neil Young & Crazy Horse.” – Folk Radio UK
“One of the sharpest songwriters to emerge of late on the antifolk sphere…Charles Latham could be your new hero.” – INDY Weekly

Charles Latham wields an acid tongue and a poison pen, crafting social criticism, tragicomic narratives, and brutal self-analysis into ramshackle country-rock songs. After a decade of wandering, from Philadelphia to Nashville to Memphis to the U.K., singer-songwriter Charles Latham returned to North Carolina in late 2014, laying roots down in Durham. His 2017 LP, “Little Me Time”, found Latham combining his acerbic wit and quirky songwriting with more polished production values and an expansive sound. In order to bring the songs to life for live audiences, he recruited an ensemble of local talent, now known as The Borrowed Band.

Paisley Fields writes country music. His songs are tender and authentic, but also pretty good with a joke. They’re mindful of tradition but deeply informed by his singular background — as a teenage Midwestern church pianist, a Manhattan piano bar survivor, and a touring member of the pioneering queer country outfit, Lavender Country.