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SPENCER LAJOYE EPK

WINNER

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2021 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Competition

OFFICIAL ARTIST

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2023 Folk Alliance International Showcase

WINNER

2015 Listener's Choice Album of the Year, WYCE Jammie Awards

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Short Bio

Spencer LaJoye is a folk/pop singer songwriter, violinist, and vocal loop artist in Boston, MA, who believes everyone is made of the good stuff. A 2021 Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competition winner, LaJoye (luh-JOY) makes music to tell the truth and return to their body as a queer person in recovery from American Christian evangelicalism. Delivering Broadway-esque melodies accompanied by a weathered dreadnought, their performances are equal parts confident quirk and elegant storytelling.

Long Bio

Spencer LaJoye's music feels like taking a long walk on cracked pavement. Their dynamic acoustic arrangements and crystalline vocals are reminiscent of melancholic sixties folk songs - that's where Spencer's genre-bending begins. Resonant vocal loops spin these classic sounds into delightfully boppy pop songs that are both mesmerizing and haunting with their detailed, autobiographical lyrics.


Out of Boston, Massachusetts, Spencer is a folk/pop singer songwriter, violinist, and vocal loop artist who has garnered a growing fan base around the world through live performances, live streams, and an ever-increasing loyal Patreon community. Charming, humorous, and acutely self- aware, Spencer’s live performances leave audiences crying, laughing, and wanting more. With a dreadnought as big as they are wrapped around their waist and a voice that can fill a city, Spencer’s ability to connect with a crowd of friends, family, and strangers is nothing short of remarkable.
 

Spencer grew up in a family of eight musicians in rural Southwest Michigan. At the age of 5, Spencer picked up a violin and pursued classical music until college, when they swapped their bow for a pen. Spencer wrote their first EP as a closeted queer kid in a historically conservative Christian college while pursuing a degree in theology. Spencer’s songwriting and theologizing became tools of self-empowerment amid a culture of shame. Now outspokenly queer, Spencer’s goal is to foster a life-affirming community through music, and to “bring people to church” at their shows.
 

Spencer’s first EP “We’ve Been That Way Before” won the WYCE Jammie Award for Listener’s Choice in Grand Rapids, MI, and most recently, Spencer was chosen as a winner of the 2021 Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competition and an official showcase artist at Folk Alliance International, 2023.
 

In Autumn 2021, Spencer released their four-track EP, "Remember The Oxygen," written before, during, and following their coming out as trans/gender non-binary. Their single "Plowshare Prayer" went viral among hurting and healing people around the world, and a studio version was released in February 2022. Most recently, LaJoye recorded and released "Plant a Piano," a solo EP of vocally theatric piano ballads in February 2023.​​

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