Greg Buaman is a songwriter that draws you in with a refreshingly raw approach to song craft, producing songs that are equal parts haunting and heart warming. Toronto raised, Bauman was immersed in music from a young age. Born into a musical family that nurtured a creative spirit, it was only recently that this now emerging talent came into his own. After years of putting pen to paper and song-fragments to strings, it wasn’t until Bauman sought-out Grammy Award Winning, indie folk duo, The Milk Carton kids, that the clouds parted and his musical stars aligned.

In the weeks following a performance of one of his songs with Kenneth Pattengale at the much revered Sad Songs Summer Camp, Greg let go of the ladder rung he’d worked so hard to reach and instead of sliding backward, he floated. He gave way to the songs that were finally ready to come out.

After years of hammering the stone, it cracked open, and the forthcoming debut album flowed out of him in a matter of days. The songs that materialized now makeup a record so stirringly good ––with a style and voice so fully realized ––one would assume this is the work of a seasoned recording artist with existing catalogue and acclaim.

The Milk Carton Kids’ Pettengale hasn’t been the only notable musician to encourage Bauman’s compositions and give him a push. Greg’s son happens to be the indie-crooner and buzz-generating producer, Liam Bauman, who is in the middle of a run of releases of his own (that are also fantastic). Growing up in Saint Petersburg, Florida with Greg supporting his early musical pursuits, Liam jumped at the opportunity to repay the love and leeway by bringing Greg’s songs to life in the studio. The result is an emotionally arresting album that’s not overdone or overproduced, with pop-hook sensibility peaking through this entrancingly earnest record.

Hints of his influences ––Dylan, Springsteen, Prine ––audibly glimmer like light through trees in an enchanted forest, but never distracting from what is one of the best front-to-back roots folk records to be released in years. The songwriting is underscored by the presence of rising-stars Leon Majcen and Taylor Raynor, who both joined Liam Bauman in tastefully nuanced performances on the record. Andrew Boullianne rounded out the team, engineering the record, contributing vocals, and co-producing the project with Liam.

Recorded in Vermont throughout a week of cold and camaraderie, Greg Bauman’s self titled album is slated for release on July 7, 2023.

LISTEN & WATCH

See below for album preview and forthcoming single.

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"Try to Go Back" Live at Sad Songs Summer Camp

Featuring: Greg Bauman, Kenneth Pattengale (The Milk Carton Kids), Liam Bauman, and Taylor Raynor.

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