Brook Pridemore

Brook Pridemore is a songwriter and performer born in Detroit in 1979 who moved to New York in 2002 and came up through the antifolk scene at the Sidewalk Cafe. They made their early albums for the Bronx label Crafty Records, starting with Metal and Wood (2003), and have since self-released records including Gory Details (2014), Glad to Be Alive (2022) and Only I Can Prevent Forest Fires (2026).