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Reed Z. Hawthorne
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I'm an insurance adjuster at AETNA. I like hiking and listening to music. I live in Amherst, Massachusetts with my dog, Ginger, and two cats: Daisy and Mae https://reedzhawthorne.blogspot.com/
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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. 🎶

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Hampshire's Light, by Adam Sweet
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August 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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🦋✨ A rave inside the Butterfly Nebula.
Pulsing bass + ethereal soprano = cosmic techno bliss.
🌌 Listen: adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/cosmic...

#Techno #CosmicVibes #JamesWebb
Cosmic Butterfly Rave, by Adam Sweet
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August 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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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!

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#redsox #baseball #Bregman #Beer
Bregman's Beer, by Adam Sweet
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August 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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🌽☀ 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...
Pioneer Valley Sunshine, by Adam Sweet
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August 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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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...
Aarhus Bay, by Adam Sweet
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August 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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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. 🎶🕊️
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A Warbler's Journey, by Adam Sweet
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August 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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techno, high energy techno rave with a big drop deep bass otherworldly soprano female vocals and harmony, deep, harmony, vocal 

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Artificial Paradise, by Sweet Songs
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August 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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The Pocumtuck Homelands Festival returns! I wrote a folk song to honor Native resilience and the Nolumbeka Project. All proceeds support sacred land protection.
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#adamrsweet #sweetsongs #Pocumtuck #FolkMusic
Pocumtuck Homelands, by Adam Sweet
track by Adam Sweet
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August 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Inspired by life discovered 31,000 feet under the Pacific 🌊

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#adamrsweet #sweetsongs #ambient #cinematic #instrumental #deepsea #hadalzone #oceanmusic
Deep Beneath, by Adam Sweet
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August 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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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
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Webb's Cosmic Shock, by Adam Sweet
track by Adam Sweet
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August 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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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.
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#adamrsweet #sweetsongs #folk #newenglandmusic #singersongwriter #violinfolk
Summer Lingers On, by Adam Sweet
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August 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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“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.
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#newmusic #originalmusic #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #quabbin
Quabbin Sings, by Adam Sweet
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August 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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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
Heartstrings On Fire, by Adam Sweet
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August 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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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
Artemis Dreams, by Adam Sweet
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August 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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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...
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Hollow In The Pines
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August 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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🚂 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
Train of Trouble, by Adam Sweet
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August 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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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:
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#SeanNos #IrishMusic #NewMusic #OriginalMusic #Bodhran #Celtic #Bandcamp
An Traoin, by Adam Sweet
track by Adam Sweet
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August 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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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.
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Greenland's Glacier, by Adam Sweet
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August 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Just released: Hobbit Island — a thunderous, a cappella sea chanty born from the echoes of Sulawesi’s ancient shores.
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#HobbitIsland #SeaChanty #AncientPeople #IndieMusic #adamrsweet #sweetsongs #newmusic #originalmusic
Hobbit Island, by Adam Sweet
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August 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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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.
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Spruce Hill, by Adam Sweet
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August 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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🎵 "NASA’s Exodus" just dropped! A bluegrass tribute to 2,145 NASA pioneers leaving the stars behind. 🚀 Raw and soulful—stream it now: tinyurl.com/NASAsExodus 🌌 Go behind the scenes: tinyurl.com/BTSNASAsExodus #NASAsExodus #Bluegrass #NewMusic #NASA
July 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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@astrokimcartier.bsky.social I wrote a song based on your article!

🎵 "NASA’s Exodus" honors 2,145 NASA legends leaving the cosmic stage. Raw, soulful, and ready to trend! 🌌 Stream it: tinyurl.com/NASAsExodus 📰 BTS blog: tinyurl.com/BTSNASAsExodus #NASAsExodus #Bluegrass #NASA #NewMusic2025
NASA's Exodus / Leaving The Stars Behind, by Adam Sweet
track by Adam Sweet
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July 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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@agudlistener.bsky.social welcome Robert! Nice to meet you by the way. I got your name from the people at Mandolin New England.
July 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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🎶 New music inspired by the oldest wooden tools ever found in China — 300,000 years old! Whispers of Gantangqing blends guqin, dizi & erhu into a meditative soundscape.

🎧 Listen: tinyurl.com/WhispersofGa...

#NewMusic #AncientChina #Guqin
Whispers of Gantangqing, by Adam Sweet
track by Adam Sweet
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July 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I was inspired by some work I did in the 1980s on Hampshire College's ARP 2500 synthesizer to write this song "Quantum Echoes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eOO...
Quantum Echoes
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July 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM