Folk is People

Folk is People is a Florida-based indie folk project led by singer-songwriter and dad joke expert, Stacey Bennett. Their music is eloquently crafted into a melodic blend of stringed and percussive instruments backed by Bennett’s driving voice. Folk is People has performed across the U.S., played festivals including SxSW, and has supported nationally touring acts such as Susto, Shovels and Rope, and Justin Townes Earle.

Folk is People came to formed in 2012 as a folk duo with members, Stacey Bennett and Rick Grice. After releasing an EP and touring, the pair took on other endeavors and the project was halted with no revival date in sight. Bennett resurrected the project in 2016 after quitting her job to pursue music full-time and pay homage to her Appalachian roots. Folk is People’s first full-length album, The Devil Always Comes, was released October 25, 2016. The record sounds like indie rock married a folk song and started a pop band. It is a conceptual piece depicting the inner dissonance experienced when we reflect on and attempt to reconcile misdeeds in the present pursuit of virtue.

Folk is People's latest endeavor, Happy Birthday Forever, was released in 2020. It is a tribute to the dead and dying, Sisyphus, and the cataclysmic struggle to move forward through madness.  It features a wide array of sounds ranging from plucky honky-tonk tunes to intimate folk ballads. 

“Folk is People continues to balance the emotional with the celebratory with their latest five-song collection, reinforcing singer-songwriter Stacey Bennett’s status as North Florida’s preeminent alt-folk troubadour.” -Daniel Brown, Void Magazine

"I almost don’t know what to do with Folk is People other than to just enjoy the music. The whole damn thing is just so good I can’t really put it into words. The vocal is clear and captivating, the melody reminds me of a sort of timeless rock sound, yet the composition feels really fresh. The production is great, the lyrics are ponderously complex, and the entire production reminds me something my especially trendy friends would listen to at the coffeeshop." -Ear to the Ground

“catchy, and thorny, full of propulsive, breakneck folk songs played with a propulsive buzz, imbued with Bennett’s powerful voice.” -Nick McGregor, Folio Weekly

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