Tommy Crawford
Is an actor, theater artist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer based in Wilder, VT. His music weaves together many strands of americana — folk, blues, bluegrass, country, rock n roll — with his skillful singing and fingerpicking, warm and inviting presence, distinctive lyricism, and unique perspective.
His songs go for the head and the heart, inquiring into our relationship with nature, interrogating the self, and excavating personal relationships, sometimes reading like short works of poetic philosophy wrapped in the guise of a folk pop song. A dad, he also writes songs about diapers. As a founding member of NYC-based folk band and theater ensemble The Lobbyists, Tommy has written songs called “marvelous” (The New York Times), “terrific” (The New Yorker), and “enchanting” (Entertainment Weekly), and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music for the score of SeaWife, alongside Sara Bareilles and Steve Martin.
As an actor, Vermont audiences have seen Tommy play Paul McCartney in Only Yesterday at Northern Stage, Carl Perkins in Million Dollar Quartet at Weston Theatre Co, and many other roles. As a composer and lyricist, Tommy is interested in experimental musicals that push the boundaries of form and blend band performance and theatrical storytelling. Most recently he wrote the music and lyrics of The Vermont Farm Project: A Farm-to-Stage Musical, a Northern Stage commission based on three years of interviews with Vermont farmers that investigates what it means to farm this land, today. Find his music wherever you stream.
www.tommycrawford.com