Steven Harz didn’t pick up a guiar until he was 57.
By then, he had already spent decades finding his way around words. An award-winning published poet, Harz eventually traded the page for the stage, transforming his poetry into songs and discovering a new voice in Americana music.
Performing as Americana Soul, Harz writes and performs songs that live somewhere between roots country, indie folk, rock, and the raw storytelling tradition of the great American singer-songwriters. His music is reflective without being precious, melodic without losing its edge, and deeply rooted in the idea that it’s never too late to start something new.
His influences stretch from Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, Bob Seger, and Lowell George to contemporary artists including Phoebe Bridgers and Ethel Cain. That unlikely mix of old-school storytelling and modern vulnerability gives Harz’s music its own distinctive character.
His songs explore love, loss, aging, memory, regret, resilience, and the strange beauty of simply getting through life. There is often a poet’s eye behind the lyrics—a willingness to sit with a moment, turn it over, and find the line that says what most people have trouble saying.
Harz released his Rosebud EP, featuring the original songs Make It Hurt, Before the Gravity, and Rosebud, along with a cover of boygenius’ Voyager. His newer material continues to explore the intersection of poetry and songwriting, with songs that are intimate, atmospheric, and unmistakably personal.
At 63, Steven Harz is proof that a musical life doesn’t have to begin in your teens—or even your twenties.
Sometimes the story starts when you’re 57, you pick up a guitar, and you decide to see where it takes you.
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