Thea Hopkins

A member of Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe of Martha’s Vineyard MA, performing songwriter Thea Hopkins calls her music- Red Roots Americana. She has been described as a “standout writer” by the Washington Post.

In June 2023, Thea was an official showcase artist at the International Indigenous Music Summit in Toronto, Canada. Thea received an artist award in January 2023 from the Newport Festivals Foundation in support of her upcoming album, to be released in January 2024.

The social justice organization, Music To Life selected Thea as a 2023 juried artist.

In March 2021, she was the Grand Prize winner of the 22nd Great American Song Contest. Her song was selected from over 1900 entries from forty-two countries.

Her album “Love Come Down’, was nominated for a 2019 Indigenous Music Award in the folk category. Thea was selected by the Western Arts Alliance as a 2019 Native Launchpad Artist, a multi-year artist development program.

She was selected as an artist resident for the 2019 Wichoie Ahiya Indigenous Singer Songwriter Intensive at the Banff Centre For The Arts. The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation awarded her an artist fellowship in 2017.

Venues where Thea has performed include the Massey Hall (CA), Banff Centre For The Arts (CN) Kennedy Center (DC), Brooklyn Americana Festival (NY), Woody Guthrie Festival (OK), The Moseley Folk Festival (UK), the Summertyne Americana Festival (UK), the Greenbelt Festival (UK), the Museum of Fine Arts (MA), and the Bluebird Cafe (TN).

She first came to wider public notice when Peter, Paul & Mary recorded her song "Jesus Is On The Wire" in 2004, and then again in 2010 with the Prague Symphony Orchestra. It is considered one of their later signature songs.

Artists Thea has opened for include David Bromberg, Larry Campbell, Susan Werner, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Richie Furay, Richie Havens, Amy Helm and John Lodge of the Moody Blues.