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Whimsical Folk Originals
(And Unexpected Detours)
Deb Seymour's songs are full of surprises.
Often likened to Christine Lavin and Cheryl Wheeler, the Seattle singer-songwriter will have you laughing until your sides hurt at songs about hitchhiking chickens and the absurdity of colonoscopies. A minute later she goes deep, breaking your heart, then pulling you in close and helping you find hope and connection.
That turn is no accident. Deb writes funny songs because laughing is the fastest way she knows to help a room full of strangers relax. Once everyone is laughing together, there is room for a song that matters.
She has been at it for forty years, from open mics in Boulder to stages all over Seattle. In 2019 she walked away from a 20-year web-development business to make music full-time, having finally run out of reasons not to. What keeps her going is the moment after the laugh, when someone realizes the colonoscopy song was about them, and that they are not the only one.
Five albums and a thousand bad puns later, she has a devoted fan base who call themselves "Deb-Heads." What she offers them is simple: a little hope, a little connection, and the occasional tango-dancing Martian.
"What Deb writes is a lot more than what meets
the ear. With her solid guitar work, she’s got some good stuff going on in her songwriter’s psyche.
She’s just a star in my book."
-Dan Maher, Good Roads, Folk Music Notebook Radio
"I put Deb Seymour in the company of artists like Susan Werner, Cheryl Wheeler, and Claudia Schmidt, who are able to weave humorous and serious topics."
-Mark Albert, Americana Alley, KMUZ Radio, Salem, OR
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