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Patty Larkin

Patty Larkin redefines the boundaries of folk-urban pop music with her inventive guitar wizardry and uncompromising vocals and lyrics.

Still Green is a fresh approach to sound and life by a legendary singer/songwriter who is continually turning the stone over. One cannot always change
what happens to us in life, but can still discover what grounds us and what connects us to the natural world and those who remain in it. In the end, it is indeed, Because of This.

Patty Larkin grew up in a musical and artistic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Descended from a long line of Irish American singers and tale tellers, her mother was a painter,
her sisters both musicians. She learned at a young age to appreciate the beauty of the arts. She began classical piano studies at age 7, and became swept up in the sounds of
pop and folk in the 60s, teaching herself the guitar and experimenting with songwriting in high school. An English major, Larkin sang throughout her high school and college career,
starting out in coffeehouses in Oregon and San Francisco. Upon graduation from the University of Oregon, she moved to Boston and devoted herself to music, busking on the
streets of Cambridge and studying jazz guitar at Berklee College of Music and with Boston area jazz guitarists.

AWARDS

Patty is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music, where she is now an Artist in Residence. Patty has earned eleven Boston Music Awards
and has been honored by Boston's Mayor Thomas Menino with Patty Larkin Appreciation Day in recognition of her philanthropic contributions to non-profit organizations.

Acoustic Guitar hails her soundscape experiments
Rolling Stone praises her evocative and sonic shading.
She has been described as riveting (Chicago Tribune),
hypnotic and a drop-dead brilliant performer (Entertainment Weekly)