If you’re tired of wimpy mainstream vocals of pimply vocalists who haven’t lived yet — this is the cure. Wolfe sings with authority, experience & realism. He pours it dramatically but never artificially.
- Americana Highways
Afton Wolfe’s latest EP, Twenty-Three, finds those rare and unusual spaces between dreams and wide awakenings, sorrow and joy. Although he jokes as being “pathologically insecure and awkward,” the songs on this five-song release are hardly shy or reserved — balanced with emotional elegance and fearless sentiment, and presented with vocal confidence, backed by soul singers, Regina McCrary and Melanie Dewey, rich saxophone and trumpet sounds, and melodies that stretch deep into your “Late Night Radio” visions.
The Nashville-based artist, vocalist, musician, songwriter and collector/inhabiter of powerful songs, has recently toured the East Coast, appeared for the second season at the Tropic of Cancer Concert Series in Todos Santos Mexico hosted by the band Cordovas, released Twenty-Three and the video for “Cry.” And he can always be found as a featured guest at the legendary East Nashville annual Tom Wait’s tribute to raise money for Second Harvest, led and curated by Mary Sack with a collection of OG artists that have had a significant impact on the birth and growth of the highly revered East Nashville music scene.
Other highlights in Wolfe’s catalog of releases include his 2021 album release King for Sale, said by Blues Matters, “Musically, it staggers between rough country blues and Steely Dan getting in a brawl with a proper jazz band.” In 2022, Wolfe also teamed up with Mississippi artist, Cary Hudson, for a single and video release of the popular “Ooh La La” by Faces.
His newest project, "The Harvest" is coming out this Fall, and Afton will be on the road and on the stage to support it around Nashville and the Southeast.