Steve Roth - indie/alt/folk/rock

Top Original Acoustic Solo - Buffalo Music Awards

"A sterling blend of folk traditions, pop smarts, and modern rock flourishes." - The Buffalo News

Listeners often describe Steve Roth’s music as familiar yet fused with something unexpected. Whether performing originals or reinventing songs that shaped him, Roth leans into subtle twists, unexpected turns, and a sense of mystery beneath the surface.

Influenced by artists like Tom Petty, Counting Crows, and Eddie Vedder, his performances lean into emotion and raw connection. Live, Roth moves between originals and carefully reconstructed covers, trading nostalgia for reinterpretation and favoring atmosphere over volume.

“Temptation, salvation, desire - the sacred and the profane - are great tools and themes. Something I have a lot of experience with. Vulnerability is essential to great performing and songwriting.”

His original music includes the independently released album beautiful addiction, produced with Dove Award–winning producer and engineer Armand Petri (Goo Goo Dolls, 10,000 Maniacs, Sixpence None the Richer). The result is intimate and unguarded — naked veins and raw nerves wrapped around an acoustic guitar.

Roth also released if i should stumble, a collection created with his wife Meredith (“MJ”) under the name The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter. Produced by Petri, the project leans further into Americana and includes reinterpretations of Johnny Cash’s “Jackson” and Derek Webb’s haunting “Wedding Dress.”

“People like to think singer-songwriters are a dime a dozen, but really good ones are a lot rarer than that. Case in point: Steve Roth… The recording is alternately lush and bare-bones and exhibits Roth’s penchant for writing melancholic melodies and joyously upbeat anthems.” — Artvoice

“Roth, along with Armand John Petri, produced one of the most dynamic CDs of the year. Introspective, insightful, and great guitar playing to boot…” — Night-Life Magazine

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