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Dan Reeder is a self-sufficient artist in every aspect of his work. The cover of each one of his albums bears artwork he created himself. He’s built a majority of the instruments you hear. Each note you hear was carefully crafted and individually manifested -- the melodies, the harmonies, the instrumentation, the recording and mixing process (with the exception of a few minor mastering adjustments). Since his move to Germany over 30 years ago, Reeder has lived a full life as an esteemed visual artist. He has won various visual art awards, participated in numerous exhibitions, led art seminars, and took on a visiting professorship at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste. He published an overview of his work in 2012, Art Pussies Fear This Book. In between all of his artistic accolades, sometime in the early 2000’s, Reeder sent a burned CD to John Prine. Prine listened -- and signed Reeder to his label, Oh Boy Records. Oh Boy has released all of Reeder’s records: Dan Reeder (2004), Sweetheart (2005), & This New Century (2009). The albums garnered glowing reviews; publications like No Depression deemed him “brilliant,” & NPR’s Fresh Air compared Reeder to Prine himself. The New Yorker’s Ben Greenman coined him as “one of the foremost outsider artists in modern folk”. He’s been featured on the Emmy award-winning show Weeds & SMILF.
