Adam Traum

Adam Traum is an artist who has a deep reverence for music which comes through in his live show. He was raised Woodstock, N.Y., in a musical family, which shaped his musical world view. As a young musician he always wanted to be in the thick of a jam session or wanted to be right next to the stage. His father Happy Traum, a luminary of the Greenwich Village folk scene, turned Adam on to blues, bluegrass and folk styles while his irreverent teenaged spirit reveled in blues-driven rock. In his early twenties Adam got bit by the Americana bug and there was no turning back. His influences include Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, John Hiatt, Steve Earle, Mississippi John Hurt and Rev. Gary Davis to name a few. He both performs and teaches throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.