Peter Bradley Adams

Peter Bradley Adams is a folk-pop Americana singer-songwriter from Birmingham, Alabama. Adams was a founding member in 2001 of the folk pop duo eastmountainsouth. The duo had success with the single "You Dance" while Adam's cover of the song "Hard Times" appeared in the Cameron Crowe's 2005 film, Elizabethtown. Adams began focusing on his solo career in late 2004. Adams's songs have appeared in more than 30 films and television shows in the US (including One Tree Hill, Smallville, and The Mentalist).

Career Adams worked as a freelance score composer for film and television until forming eastmountainsouth in 2001.

Eastmountainsouth Adams was a founding member of the folk pop duo eastmountainsouth.

Adams co-produced their 2003 debut album with Mitchell Froom, and toured extensively for the next year and a half with acts including Lucinda Williams, Tracy Chapman, Joan Baez and Nelly Furtado. Their single "You Dance" was a #1 AAA radio hit (top 5 for 2 months) in 2003 DreamWorks Records was sold to Universal Music Group in October 2003, which shifted their rights to different labels until Adams and eastmountainsouth eventually negotiated their official release.

Eastmountainsouth performed their last show in September 2004 at the Hollywood Bowl with Shelby Lynne and Lyle Lovett. Soon after, Adams decided to work on his own as a solo artist.

Adams's cover of Stephen Foster's "Hard Times", the opening track on eastmountainsouth's album, appeared in Cameron Crowe's 2005 film, Elizabethtown and also was included on the soundtrack album.

Before recording his next collection of music, Adams headed east to Nashville to be closer to musicians and producers with whom he wanted to work. While working on Gather Up, Adams formed a collaborative bond with session player and producer Lex Price. Now based out of Brooklyn, New York, Adams is signed to Sarathan Records, which released his sophomore solo release, Leavetaking. This title was inspired by Mark Strand's poem "The View".

In November 2008, Adams was named by The Wall Street Journal as one of the "21st-century writers whose songs are worth exploring", and as having "a way with melody and lyrics ... ready to be seen and heard".

In May 2009, Leavetaking earned Adams Indie Acoustic Project's "Best CDs of 2008" Award for Best Singer-Songwriter-Male.

In 2017, Adams released A Face Like Mine of which No Depression wrote "Ultimately, A Face Like Mine affirms the fact that Peter Bradley Adams is clearly one of Americana’s most consistent and commanding auteurs, and one whose recognition is long overdue."

In 2019, Adams was working on a sixth solo album, Afterglow.

Down Like Silver In 2011, Adams formed Down Like Silver with singer/songwriter Caitlin Canty.

Other Contributions

eastmountainsouth "self-titled" (2003) Down Like Silver "self-titled" EP (2011)