Folk…Country…Blues…Rock n’ Roll
Sugar, vinegar, or spice! When Colin Cutler & Hot Pepper Jam show up, it’s all on the table!
An Army veteran who traded in his rifle for a banjo and guitar, Cutler is a Greensboro-based poet, teacher, and songwriter who grew up Pentecostal in a military family with #NorthCarolina and Pennsylvania roots. He pulls on the varied threads of life and literature, as well as the blues, country, gospel, oldtime, and rock music he grew up with to weave what No Depression has described as a “magnificent tapestry of roots music.”
Colin Cutler & Hot Pepper Jam’s music stretches across the American roots music world, from acoustic oldtime and alt country to electric blues and rock n’ roll, with touches of bluegrass and jam band energy.
The last couple years have seen them playing Merlefest, Shakori Hills, the North Carolina Folk Festival, the Susquehanna Folk Festival (2022 Emerging Artist Winner!), Antlers & Acorns Songwriters Festival, and more. ‘Tarwater’, their first release as a band, reached the Top 20 in both Folk and Alternative Country radio charts on its release.
He’s currently traveling and fixin’ to get his spring garden ready. Yes, he makes his own hot pepper jam with his homegrown peppers! We’re excited to have Colin Cutler & Hot Pepper Jam joining us this year for ‘Earth Day Jam’ – A Benefit for Happy Roots – Saturday, April 12th at Bell Tower Green in Downtown Salisbury, NC.