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Bio
Dan and Faith are a touring New Hampshire-based husband and wife singer-songwriter duo that describes their music as dream-inspired folk. Daniel Senie (guitar, banjo, harmonica, vocals) and Faith Senie (mandolin, acoustic bass guitar, ukulele, mountain dulcimer, vocals) tap into the imagery captured in dreams, as well as everyday life, in crafting their original songs that tell the stories of people and places, real and imagined. Among the duo’s five studio albums are, Who We Are (2024), Then and Now (2020), Seeking (2016), and Simple Grace (2014). An earlier album and a live EP are no longer available.
Dan and Faith’s sound is rooted in tight, interwoven vocal harmonies, supported by varied instrumentation and an occasional a cappella treatment. In live performances and radio interviews, they introduce or follow most songs with additional storytelling about the characters and places in each one, and the inspiration behind them.
The duo got its musical start in New England and now travels throughout the U.S. and Canada in a camper-van packed with instruments and sound gear as they bring their music and stories to coffeehouses, festivals, libraries, house concerts, and other listening rooms.
Raised in New York City and the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, Dan Senie has been singing for as long as he can remember. Although he took piano and French horn as a child, neither instrument kept his interest. However, he enjoyed spending many summers at Camp Taconic, singing folk songs of the 1960s and 1970s, many of which remain favorites of his to this day. Upon moving back to NYC, Dan joined the Manhattan borough-wide chorus and, later, the New York All-City Chorus and Concert Choir.
Faith Senie was raised in Cooperstown, NY, where she began playing piano at an early age. She sang in her school choir, was an accompanist for school shows and concerts, and also took to acting. She and Dan met while both were students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Although professional life led them to abandon their musical pursuits for more than 20 years, a songwriting workshop series with Pete and Maura Kennedy prompted them to return to their musical roots.
What Others Are Saying
“Dan and Faith warmly and honestly portray themselves, as individuals and as a couple, with an expansive panorama of acoustic styles that reflects their enlightened world view.”
– Pete Kennedy (The Kennedys)
“Combining thoughtful poetry and evocative storytelling with sweet harmonies, Dan & Faith are an acoustic duo worth hearing again and again. As singer-songwriters they … evoke laughter, love, melancholy, and magic in equal parts.”
- Nick Noble, host of The Folk Revival on WICN (Worcester Public Radio)
[Noble has called the duo’s 2024 release, Who We Are, “a triumph” and named it as one of the year’s six superb new releases by New England-based artists.]
“With catchy music and thoughtful lyrics, these multi-instrumentalists write and sing songs about uncomfortable truths, current events, and the political events that shape the country today. Interspersed between serious topics, Dan and Faith show their sense of fun and regale us with songs about food, time, and life from a dog’s perspective.”
- Jan Sheehy of The Milkhouse Heaters, a Vermont-based duo
Bill Copeland, a veteran music critic, hails Dan & Faith’s 2024 release Who We Are as a “flavorful masterpiece,” noting: “The entire album is packed with deliciously good folk idioms.” In a review posted online Jan. 13, 2025, Copeland concluded: “Dan and Faith, as they bill themselves, have come up with their best album yet. This Who We Are album is loaded with a lot of fun, folksy sing-along music, variety clearing the way for their talents and for their friends’ talents to flesh out their lyrical vision. Fans of Dan and Faith will likely be replaying this work, produced by Joe Jencks, over and over again because it brings out a spirited joy with each song.”
Contact
Web: www.danandfaith.com
Phone: 603-826-6707
Email: booking@danandfaith.com
Dan and Faith are on Bandcamp, Facebook and YouTube.
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Brattleboro, Vermont
Our Music
Their albums and singles are available on BandCamp at danandfaith.bandcamp.com
Video
A few sample videos of live performances. Additional videos are available on our YouTube channel.
Press / Reviews
“Dan and Faith’s latest CD, Seeking, demonstrates the rich maturity of their progress as singer-songwriters. From the evocative “Looking for the Road Less Traveled” to the trad-styled
“Deep Cold Sea,” to the gospel-tinged “On My Way,” to the delightful familiarly referential
“Driving With Friends” — it is a treat worth listening to and sharing with others.”
“In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, the lyrics of Daniel Senie’s song, “Simple Grace,” strike a poignant chord. The raw emotions of fear and pain are balanced by hope in the very first verse: “We come in fear, we come in pain, Shed many tears, like falling rain, But through it all, it’s clear to see, The light of love will set us free.”
Contests, Showcases, and Festivals
- Festival appearances:
- South Florida Folk and Acoustic Music Festival (Main Stage Performers)
- Boston GreenFest
- Keene Music Festival
- Acworth Music Festival
- Monadnock Pumpkin Festival
- Accolades:
- Dan & Faith create a flavorful masterpiece with Who We Are – Bill Copeland
- Top Six Albums of 2024 by New England-Based Artists (Who We Are) – The Folk Revival
- Top Ten Charting Album – Folk DJ Chart, Then and Now, #7 for January 2020
- Top 16 Albums of 2016 – Seeking – The Folk Revival – WICN Radio
- Contests and Showcases:
- South Florida Folk and Acoustic Music Festival Songwriting Contest 2024 – finalist
- American Songwriter Contest – 4th Place March/April 2019
- American Songwriter Contest – Honorable Mention January/February 2019
- Mid-Atlantic Song Contest – Finalist 2016
- Singer-Songwriter Cape May – Showcase artists 2015, 2016
- Showcase artists at regional Folk Alliance conferences: SERFA, FARM, NERFA
Contact Information
We can be reached at:
Daniel & Faith Senie
PO Box 1208
Charlestown, NH 03603
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