Career Highlights:
With a voice like weathered velvet and lyrics that echo like prayers in an empty chapel, Reed Waddle crafts songs that drift between dream and memory, where every note carries the weight of a soul well-traveled. Born where the ocean meets the edge of the sky, Reed carries the hush of the Gulf and the howl of the highway in his bones. His music is a storm steeped in salt air and southern twilight. Slow to build, impossible to ignore, and unforgettable once it breaks.
His melodies don’t just play; they haunt, like stories whispered through cracked windows on sleepless nights. A troubadour in the truest sense, he’s wandered from Boston to New York City to Nashville and now Atlanta, gathering fragments of love, loss, and longing. Each song is a map of where he’s been—and a compass for where he’s going. On stage, with a guitar and a ghost, Reed Waddle doesn’t just perform—he confesses, he conjures, he heals. His music is not just heard; it’s felt, like the hush before a storm or the ache of a memory you never meant to keep, daring you to feel something you’ve buried too deep.
Reed Waddle is not here to entertain. He’s here to remind you that beauty can ache, that truth can tremble, and that sometimes, the most powerful sound is the one that leaves you breathless.
Awards:
Grand Prize Winner: Telluride Troubadour Contest
Best Song Runnerup: AAA/Alternative The International Acoustic Music Awards for “The Beast Within”
Best Song Nominee: “Piece by Piece” The Independent Music Awards
Grand Prize Winner: New York Songwriters Circle Competition
Co- Winner: Mountain Stage New Song Competition
2007 finalist: American Idol Songwriters Competition for his song “I Saw Stars”. It was one of 20 picked from 25,000 entrants nationwide.
International Songwriting Competition: finalist two times
Latest Reviews:
“Too Bright to Fade Away, reminding us of how epic a simple songcraft can be in the right setting.”
“Waddle is in a category of his own.”
“Waddle’s smoky lead vocal is the compass…”
“In his signature smoky voice, singer/songwriter Reed Waddle issues a bold opening statement as we listen in on the first few bars of the new song “Too Bright to Fade Away,” which also serves as our collective first peek at his 2020 album Time the River. His words are as formidable as the rollicking drumbeat behind him is, but between the two elements, there’s no question which is the more stirring to behold. Waddle’s voice complements the mood of his verses all too brilliantly in “Too Bright to Fade Away,” but if you think that this is the only reason why I’d deem his latest work to be some of the best his career has ever produced, you’re in for quite the surprise this season.”
“More poetic and more emotional than practically any other act playing right now. In a period of pop stars devoid of any emotion, the soulful lyrics of Waddle shine through as a bright spot on a barren plain. By all means, check out Reed Waddle as he and his band plays through the United States in support of his new release .”
-James McQuiston of Neufutr Magazine
“Waddle’s larger than life strength is his diversification & range – there’s no putting him into a “category” because he changes sounds from song to song. In the hands of a less skilled artist, that could serve to disjoint an album, but for Waddle, the result is pure butter.”
- JustAnotherSong.com