Hamilton Belk

Hamilton Belk is a multi-instrumentalist songwriter from rural Maine. He’s been a touring member of bands like <a href="spotify:artist:2upjmNmngAXZcra9dQRR2l" data-name="Cut Worms">Cut Worms</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1sm32z0weLp0tdr0T2wvUg" data-name="Dylan Earl">Dylan Earl</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7mFbJCyj7A2bykWgBTHZwZ" data-name="John Andrews &amp; The Yawns">John Andrews &amp; The Yawns</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7jadGvdBDPrM4fNOukfDny" data-name="Dead Gowns">Dead Gowns</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0X7vWupejzA2A8bwITrWot" data-name="Jeffrey Silverstein">Jeffrey Silverstein</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:69rBegzQ8CPpHaFo57LnhH" data-name="Wildflower">Wildflower</a>. By day he works as a session player, contributing to songs by hundreds of artists from folk and country stalwarts like <a href="spotify:artist:4uBunSqfCPl9OrLhRifPwK" data-name="Brigid Mae Power">Brigid Mae Power</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1sm32z0weLp0tdr0T2wvUg" data-name="Dylan Earl">Dylan Earl</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:52KatchKjz0L2amwBDxxwO" data-name="aeseaes">aeseaes</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3haVJx9TUcufYl1rPyH0iv" data-name="Peter Broderick">Peter Broderick</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:2XdtmipGVPmA62ptDgX8QC" data-name="Henry Jamison">Henry Jamison</a>, to indie darlings like <a href="spotify:artist:4tPyCwWrsvZ8OKYl7QRavL" data-name="Yumi Zouma">Yumi Zouma</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2wunbYU5KWrpI7RCRBkwF0" data-name="Lady Lamb">Lady Lamb</a>, to pop/country stars like <a href="spotify:artist:0jnsk9HBra6NMjO2oANoPY" data-name="Flo Rida">Flo Rida</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:147nKr9upHZSSxqCzh9j7c" data-name="Jimmie Allen">Jimmie Allen</a>.

Belk’s songs are slow burning, humble affirmations that paradox is the only way forward, born on the shards of time between tours and overdub sessions. His influences draw from the country-folk lexicon, slacker rock, years of recording parts for everything from Urdustani folk to petrosexual pop country, and the timeless, lonesome tears of the steel guitar.

His work has been featured in the Portland (ME) Biennial in collaboration with visual artist Emilie Stark-Menneg and in an interactive, multi-media installation for Meow Wolf Denver.