Musician & nonprofit founder. Storyteller, composer, songwriter, blogger, teacher, producer Hampshire College '80. https://adamrsweet.bio.link/
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"Massachusetts Rising" is here - a song inspired by the new state seal, flag & motto initiative. It celebrates our shared pride, resilience, and future as a Commonwealth united under the First Light. 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/massac... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #CyberneticFusion™ #Massachusetts
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An 800-year-old oak still stands strong in Buckinghamshire—the legendary “Druid’s Oak.” My new song is a tribute to its endurance, mysticism, and place in our shared story. 🌳 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/druids... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #CyberneticFusion™ #folk #nature #timeless
🚀 Saturn’s moon Enceladus hides an ocean beneath its icy shell. Scientists say: where there’s water, there’s a chance for life. My new Cybernetic Fusion™ track, Beneath the Ice of Enceladus 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/beneat... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #CyberneticFusion™ #space
Megan McArthur: Hubble repairer, Dragon pilot, explorer of Earth + stars. 🌌 Orbit of Wonder is my folk ballad tribute to her legacy. 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/megan-... #NASA #SpaceX #WomenInSTEM #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #CyberneticFusion™
Wheeler Hall, UMass Amherst: a spark in the predawn became a story of courage and resilience. Ember’s Dance captures it all—alarms, smoke, unity, and hope. 🔥🎶 🎧 Listen: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/embers... #UMassAmherst #EmbersDance #CampusStrong #StudentLife #MusicStory
🚀 Step into the quantum rave of tomorrow. My new track Neglecton Lexicon launches the genre I call Cybernetic Fusion™—where techno, rave, and mathematics collide. 🎧 Listen: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/neglec... #CyberneticFusion #QuantumBeats #Techno #RaveMusic
🚀 The 6G era is here. I created Cybernetic Fusion™ — a new dance & music form inspired by China’s first 6G chip. Listen 🎶: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/spectr... #CyberneticFusion #6G #FutureDance #TechArt #AI #Bandcamp
Just in time for the 27th Annual North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival (Sept 27-28, 2025) - I wrote a brand-new song celebrating Orange, MA's favorite festival that stinks! 🧄✨ 🎧 Listen here: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/garlic... #GarlicAndArtsFestival #OrangeMA #NorthQuabbin #GarlicFest
A song brewed with hops and baseball pride. 🍺⚾ “Bregman’s Beer” celebrates Alex Bregman, Fenway, and a bold new brew. Taste it for the first time at the 2025 Big E #BregmansBeer #AlexBregman #BostonStrong #BeerLovers #BaseballLife #NewEngland Listen here 👉 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/bregma...
@arstechnica.com wrote an article about how @bsky.app was super big and how everybody in the science category was using it. I haven't noticed an uptick in activity and while I have some fans here, it's still a sleepy village compared to other social networks How about you?
Get ready to raise a glass with this high-energy bluegrass anthem celebrating Alex Bregman’s bold new venture, Bregman’s Beer! Available now on Bandcamp—grab the track, crack a cold one, and toast to Bregman’s winning spirit! adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/bregma... #redsox #baseball #Bregman #Beer
🦋✨ A rave inside the Butterfly Nebula. Pulsing bass + ethereal soprano = cosmic techno bliss. 🌌 Listen: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/cosmic... #Techno #CosmicVibes #JamesWebb
I wrote “Hampshire’s Light” — a folk tribute to Hampshire College & Joan Braderman, feminist film pioneer. Class of ’85, I opened my studio that summer. 40+ yrs later, her light still inspires. 🎶 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/hampsh...
Spring may be gone, but migration has begun. Inspired by chestnut-sided warblers on their journey from New England to the Caribbean, I wrote A Warbler’s Journey—a folk ballad of wings, meadows, and the promise of return. 🎶🕊️ Listen here: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/a-warb...
8,500 years ago, rising seas drowned Stone Age homes in Denmark’s Aarhus Bay. That story inspired my new folk ballad, “Aarhus Bay,” about echoes of the past + resilience in changing times. 🎶 Listen here: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/aarhus...
🌽☀ Just dropped a new bluegrass tune: Pioneer Valley Sunshine! Celebrate Joe Czajkowski's Hadley farm where corn and solar power grow hand in hand. 🎶 🎵 Listen here: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/pionee...
techno, high energy techno rave with a big drop deep bass otherworldly soprano female vocals and harmony, deep, harmony, vocal sweetsongsproject.bandcamp.com/track/artifi...
deep, techno, harmony, vocal, high energy techno rave with a big drop deep bass wild percussion otherworldly baritone male vocals and harmony sweetsongsproject.bandcamp.com/track/raptur...
high energy techno rave with a big drop, deep bass, wild percussion, otherworldly baritone male vocal and soprano female harmony sweetsongsproject.bandcamp.com/track/neon-v...
Experience the future with Brain Bot, a techno/rave track inspired by breakthrough neuroscience. Turn it up and let the graphene shine! sweetsongsproject.bandcamp.com/track/brain-...
🔥 New track out now: Steal the Tech and Run 🔥 A rebellious rock anthem about stolen secrets, ticking clocks, and the high-stakes world of tech espionage. 🎶 Stream it here: sweetsongsproject.bandcamp.com/track/steal-... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #newmusic #rockandroll #storysong #techdrama
Guiding Light—my new indie folk anthem inspired by Massachusetts’ landmark AI education guidance. It’s a poetic reflection on balancing innovation with wisdom, and learning. Listen now: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/guiding-light #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #indiefolk #newmusic #AI #education
🌋 I wrote “Mele for Kilauea's Eruption” - a Hawaiian mele honoring Pele and the August 22 eruption of Kilauea. Born from a lesson with a student, set in traditional style with kaona and imagery for hula. 🎶 Listen here → adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/mele-e...
🎶 Borderline Blues - a raw folk rock anthem of duty, division & the human cost of borders. National Guard across 19 states, steady drums, soulful violin, and a story of troubled times. 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/border...
15 billion miles with just 69KB of memory. Voyager 1 still sings to the stars, carrying humanity's story beyond the Sun. Here's my folk-rock anthem celebrating NASA's cosmic pioneer 🚀🎶 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/nasas-...
Northampton once thrived-now it struggles. My new acoustic folk ballad, Northampton's Fall, tells the story of loss + hope for revival. 🎶 👉 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/northa...
✨ A town's heartbeat fading. Empty shops, broken parks, memories of what once was. My new song Northampton's Fall is a folk lament for a place I still love and hope to see renewed. 🎧 Link in bio / adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/northa...
Hear the fire of Brivele's Spirit, a klezmer folk-punk anthem steeped in Yiddishkeit. Born from Hampshire College alum Stefanie Brendler’s vision Lyrics of community, resistance, and joy. Snag it now and let Brivele’s flame light your soul! adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/brivel...
UMass is back in session! I wrote Campus on the Hill, a bluegrass tune capturing that Amherst spirit-ivy walls, slow buses, lively students & all. Listen: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/umass-... #Bluegrass #CollegeLife #Amherst @umassamherst.bsky.social
The students are back, and so is the music! 🎻 Campus on the Hill celebrates UMass + Amherst life in true bluegrass style. Hear it now → adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/umass-...
Experience the future with Brain Bot, a techno/rave track inspired by breakthrough neuroscience. Turn it up and let the graphene shine! sweetsongsproject.bandcamp.com/track/brain-...
Just released a new acoustic folk ballad: Skhul Child. A reminder that our human story is one of kinship, not separation. 🎶 Listen here: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/skhul-...
It’s that time of year—UMass move-in week! 🚗📦 I wrote a song about it: Move-in Mayhem, a playful nod to the chaos on Route 9 & 116 Shoutout to Art Keene for the traffic advisory in the Amherst Indy, and to my wife Emily, enduring her 20th move-in week at UMass! adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/move-i...
"Fireflies dim, creeks grow quiet, and summer slips softly away. My new song Summer’s End is a bittersweet farewell to warm days and golden evenings. 🍂✨ Listen here: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/summer...
Stroll under the forest's embrace with 'Sub Tegmine Silvae'—a folk tribute to nature's calm. Latin roots, timeless beauty. 🌳🎶 Listen to the Full song & download: tinyurl.com/SubTegmineSi... #folk #songwriting #adamsweet #originalsong #latin #nature #roots
60 degrees this morning 🌅
Every August, something extraordinary happens. The Pocumtuck Homelands Festival, held on the banks of the Quonektakut River I’ve attended several times, and each visit leaves me more moved than the last. adamsweetsmusic.blogspot.com/2025/08/keep...
Nubble Light, Cape Neddick, Maine by Reid Cooper
Sturgeon Full Moon rising over Stonehenge
🎶 Ireland called, and I wrote a song — where every note is wrapped in Kerry winds, heather-kissed hills, and firelit tales from old town halls. It’s a melody stitched with homesickness, clover-strewn echoes, and the misty magic of Ireland’s shores. soundcloud.com/adamsweetson...
Bluegrass fans, check out my new song, Bluegrass Thunder! 🎻 A high-energy mix of bluegrass & country vibes that'll get your toes tappin'. on.soundcloud.com/iFi7V3VPQhmO...
200 year old wisteria tree. Hyogo, Japan.
Sturgeon Moon by Jason Rockwell
Latimer Reef Lighthouse Noank, CT by Milton Levin
John Pignone's "Sturgeon Moon" in Marblehead, MA
Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, by Shawn Boyle
Eastern Point Lighthouse, on Cape Ann, in Gloucester, Ma; John Edgar Photo
Nubble Lighthouse, Maine
Gen Z is dropping smartphones for retro tech—flip phones, Nokias, point-and-shoots. 🎶 Dumbphone Dance is my synthwave/indie pop tribute to the movement. 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/dumbph... Like, repost & tell me your favorite retro gadget!
A symphonic journey across the stars. Chrysalis Voyage carries the hopes of generations toward Proxima Centauri. Sweeping strings, celestial brass, and cosmic textures await. 🌌🎻 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/chrysa... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #newmusic #originalmusic #scifi #symphonic #space
🌕 Sturgeon Moon blends dark ambient textures with pulsing electronics to honor August’s ancient full moon — named for the great lake sturgeon Listen & download: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/sturge... #newmusic #originalmusic #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #electronicmusic #historyandmystery #ambientmusic
My latest Granite State tune takes on a new NH law about wrong-way DWI—plus the odd addition of the Virginia opossum as state marsupial. Fiddle, mandolin, & lap steel from a new BandMix collaborator (think young Jerry Douglas). 🎶 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/wrong-...
🌲 New song: North Quabbin Hills — a folk ballad about 380 acres now conserved in Orange, Wendell & Royalston, MA. “Oh, sing for the land, the forests tall…” 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/north-... #newmusic #originalmusic #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #conservation
The sound of Mars in your headphones. Red Dust Rhapsody is an ambient, cinematic journey inspired by Italy becoming SpaceX’s first Mars customer. 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/red-du... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #newmusic #originalmusic
From the Atapuerca mountains of Spain, 5700 years of history echo in "Cannibal Cave" — a song inspired by archaeological evidence of Neolithic warfare and ritual cannibalism. 🎵 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/cannib... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #newmusic #originalmusic
Powder point bridge to Duxbury Beach
Eight hundred acres of forest in Westhampton, saved for future generations. My new folk song “Spruce Hill” celebrates the land, the brook, and the people who made it happen. adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/spruce... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #newmusic #originalmusic
Just released: Hobbit Island — a thunderous, a cappella sea chanty born from the echoes of Sulawesi’s ancient shores. 🎧 Listen & download: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/hobbit... #HobbitIsland #SeaChanty #AncientPeople #IndieMusic #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #newmusic #originalmusic
New chanty-style folk song: Greenland’s Glacier tells how NASA discovered glacial melt from Jakobshavn fuels life in the sea. One vocalist, layered voices, stomps, claps—old-school meets science. 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/greenl... #newmusic #originalmusic #adamrsweet #sweetsongs
From my heart to yours: An Traoin is out today—woven in sean-nós tradition with ethereal pads, the pulse of bodhrán, and layered voices that echo memory. 🎧 Listen or download here: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/an-tra... #SeanNos #IrishMusic #NewMusic #OriginalMusic #Bodhran #Celtic #Bandcamp
🚂 Train of Trouble is rollin’ in—blazing bluegrass with a fire fiddle and no brakes. High-octane collab with a killer male vocal. Hear it now: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/train-... #bluegrass #newmusic #originalmusic
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Hollow in the Pines. A melody I carried for years, finally given form. Mandolin, violin, and memory. It’s quiet, dark, and personal. If you like it as much as me, buy and download your own copy here: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/hollow... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uffG...
New Hampshire Lake
Bodie Island, Comet
NASA’s betting big on Firefly Aerospace to land rovers on the Moon’s south pole in 2029—and I wrote a song about it. . Listen here: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/artemi... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #newmusic #originalmusic #nasa #artemis #moon
New song just dropped: Heartstrings on Fire 🎻🔥 Fiddle-led bluegrass, born in a flash and burning with longing. Listen here: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/hearts... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #bluegrass #newmusic #originalmusic
“Quabbin Sings” is a new folk ballad inspired by the trolley tour through the Quabbin Valley—where four towns were drowned to build a reservoir. 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/quabbi... #newmusic #originalmusic #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #quabbin
Taraf de Haidouks isn’t just a band—they’re a lightning bolt of Romani soul, rhythm, and fire. I wrote about their music, their legacy, and why you need to hear them. sweetsongs.substack.com/p/taraf-de-h...
The last 8pm sunset of the year hits tonight 🌇 But summer isn’t done yet. Summer Lingers On is my new folk song about clinging to the heat, light, and stormy joy of August. 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/summer... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #folk #newenglandmusic #singersongwriter #violinfolk
Hatfield, MA - the wildfire sunrise
Galaxies too big, too bright, too soon—James Webb is shaking the foundations of what we thought we knew. I wrote a song about it. 🎧 Webb’s Cosmic Shock adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/webbs-...
Inspired by life discovered 31,000 feet under the Pacific 🌊 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/deep-b... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #ambient #cinematic #instrumental #deepsea #hadalzone #oceanmusic
The Pocumtuck Homelands Festival returns! I wrote a folk song to honor Native resilience and the Nolumbeka Project. All proceeds support sacred land protection. 🎧 Listen here: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/pocumt... #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #Pocumtuck #FolkMusic
This morning, my 15yo gave me a fresh #2 buzz. He was nervous at first, but once he got into it, he did a great job. I’m proud of him—and I think I’ll keep it short for a while. Blog + pics: adamsweetsmusic.blogspot.com/2025/08/cutt...
“Atlantic music” better reflects the shared musical traditions of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and beyond—uniting coastal cultures without the baggage of the term “Celtic.”
this was an epic project, so much fun! I did one kind of like this in college I called Death of the Serious Musician. For that, I used reel-to-reel tape, found sounds and tape loops. Times have changed!
🌕 Just released August Moon Rock Opera – a high-energy techno track inspired by the Moon’s phases this month 🌗🌔 🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/august... #AugustMoon #Techno #SpaceMusic #adamrsweet #sweetsongs
🚨 Quantum rave alert! Just dropped "The Bell Test" — a techno EDM banger inspired by a wild new finding in quantum physics Get weird with me → adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/the-be... #QuantumMusic #BellTest #EDM #Techno #ExperimentalMusic #PhotonParty #ScienceBeats
Just found out my engineer was sneaking AI compression tools into my audio files — CD Baby flagged it for metadata. He ghosted me when I asked him to stop. 🛠️ Looking for a new mixing engineer: fast, honest, and affordable. Text me: 413-213-5767 — Adam Sweet linktr.ee/adamrsweet
🛠️ Stand with the workers who make UMass run. 🎶 “UMass Workers’ Anthem” is a song of solidarity You can listen & own it for just $1.50 here: 👉 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/umass-... #UMass #UnionStrong #SupportWorkers #FolkMusic #WesternMA
My youngest son notified me that he was going to a party with his volleyball team. I said fine and he left just now. He's 15. Why do I worry so much? He'll be fine
A rose
New platform drop! 🎶 I'm now on Tidal. If you're a listener there, you can stream my latest releases, from bluegrass to experimental techno: tidal.com/@adamrsweet Follow me there and let me know what you think.
Roses unfurl with secrets tight, Each petal blushing toward the light— A promise wrapped in silken grace, Of love to come, or time’s embrace. adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/roses-...
Roses unfurl with secrets tight, Each petal blushing toward the light— A promise wrapped in silken grace, Of love to come, or time’s embrace.
I wish. No, just the mandolin and violin. I work with musicians I find (or find me) on bandmix, fiverr and reddit
Just dropped a techno dance track that takes you 4 billion light-years into a binary black hole rave. Inspired by the OJ 287 blazar. Turn it up: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/crooke...
🎷NEW TRACK: “Wendell Home Day” Big band jazz meets small-town magic 🎪 Inspired by the beloved celebration in Wendell, MA. Tap your toes, feel the joy👇 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/wendel...
I just launched a new page on Audio.com to share some of my original music—147 tunes: instrumentals, works-in-progress, raw takes, and more. Give it a listen and let me know what you think. 🎧 audio.com/adamrsweet
I wrote this "classical" piece. Tell me what you think of it: audio.com/adamrsweet/a...
musicologists are now calling "celtic" music "Atlantic" music. adamsweetsmusic.blogspot.com/2025/04/rhyt... #celticmusic #atlanticmusic #fiddle #traditionalIrish
I’ve been fascinated with robo-trucks ever since Andrew Yang called it. That day is here. Inspired by their rise across Texas highways, I wrote a bluegrass tune about it. 🚛 Listen to Steel Drivers Roar Tonight: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/steel-...
Sunset
