Jason Baker

Jason Baker is a singer-songwriter & folksinger from Vermont performing topical, original, folk-roots songs with a modern lyrical viewpoint, mixed with traditional folk, on guitar, banjo, ukulele & harmonica.

- 2019 New England Music Awards Nominee for "Best in Vermont"
- Nov/Dec American Songwriter Magazine Lyric Contest Honorable Mention for the song "Christmastime Blues"
- Finalist in the Songs For Social Change 2019 Song Contest for the song "something that's never been done before"
- Composed and performs theme music for "Vermont Talks" podcast (vermonttalks.com)
- Finalist in the "Solo Male" Category of the Blues & Roots Radio International Song Contest 2022 for the song "The Dream Of Peace"
- Finalist in the Songs For Social Change 2022 Song Contest for the song "It Doesn’t Go Away"
- Vermont Folklife Traditional Arts Apprentice, 2022-23 Cohort, “Long Neck Banjo”, Master: Rik Palieri

Releases:
3 albums
“America Dreams” in 2018
“Common Man Blues” in 2019
"The Lighthouse" in 2020

4-song EPs
"Liberty” in 2021
“The Dream Of Peace” in April 2022
“I Have Come To Set You Free” in October 2022
“Sing A Song” in September 2023
“Shutdown The System” in April 2024

5-song EP
“10,000 Miles Away” a 5-song EP of traditional folk songs featuring accompaniment on the long-neck banjo in October 2023

Single
“Christmastime Blues”