Singer-songwriter Silas Presley (age 18) welcomes his audience to connect past and present through his soulful blend of lyrics and melodies; those which pull together themes of peace, love, and unity in a voice that moves us forward while feeling rooted in the past. Raised in a musical family on the prairies, Silas was immersed in the conversational style of rhythm & blues, as well as music from the 60’s and 70’s. He first began performing at the age of 10 in his family’s blues band on bass guitar. Silas later expanded to perform also on keyboards and vocals throughout his high school years, playing with Controlled Chaos Trio and Wyld Days. Silas’ music explores and expresses his place in a changing world as he negotiates his small-town beginnings with the uncertainty and displacement felt by today’s youth. Weaving through these themes, one hears ribbons of psychedelic rock, jazz, and funk, played with an energy that seamlessly shifts between laid back grooves, insistent rhythmic development, and harmonic expansion. Not one to be defined by a single label, Silas has been led in recent years to share his talents through sound engineering, mixing/mastering, session playing, and producing in a wide array of styles and genres; working with artists such as Kxllswxtch, Postwar, and Thunder McVey. When not performing, Silas can be found working on his original music at his home studio, Green Couch Studio, in Southern Manitoba
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