Ari Hest

Ari Hest began his career as an independent artist in 2001. He built a loyal following touring the college circuit extensively with artists such as Martin Sexton, Suzanne Vega, and Ani Difranco. In 2008, Hest wrote, recorded and released a new song every Monday in his 52 project, and released Twelve Mondays in 2009, a collection of re-mixed fan favorites from 52. Since then, Hest has continued to tour relentlessly and released four other albums including the grammy-nominated Silver Skies Blue, a duets album with Judy Collins. The Boston Globe praised Hest as “a prolific songwriter and a captivating live performer,” while Top40-charts.com writes that Hest finds a home “somewhere on the path where Elliot Smith meets Peter Gabriel.”

Many of his songs have appeared on TV and film: The Path, The Lincoln Lawyer, Private Practice, Army Wives, and One Tree Hill. To mark 20 years of making music, Ari Hest released a retrospective album entitled I Remember When in December of 2021. “I don’t think what I experience is any different than what other do, but I tend to try and put into words what I feel during or after these experiences, and usually people can connect with what I write and sing.”

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