Fern Maddie is a balladeer-songwriter and multimedia artist based in Central Vermont (N’dakinna). Active as a performing artist since 2019, she has released two records of transformative folk music and toured across the UK and the Northeast USA. Her songs - performed with clawhammer guitar, banjo, and clear, soulful vocals - explore themes of trauma, renewal, and female subjectivity. Fern’s interpretations of traditional ballads have received national and international acclaim: her debut album, Ghost Story, was selected as The Guardian’s “Folk Album of the Month” for June 2022 and was later named #2 by Jude Rogers for The Guardian’s Best Folk Albums of 2022. The album was also listed by Ann Powers on NPR's Best Roots Music of the year.