One more artist playing Friday at SxSanJose. This article has a good bio:
Originally from Brookline, Massachusetts, Heltai is the child of two mathematicians and first-generation European immigrants. “My parents worked really hard in very secure jobs, and I think they always wanted us to be able to do whatever we wanted with our lives,” he says. Heltai started on classical piano, but soon became fascinated by folk singers, and picked up the guitar. Inspired by Joan Baez and Simon and Garfunkel, he started obsessing over songwriting as a teenager, and soon realized that it was “the only thing I really wanted to do with myself.
It also says:
Heltai, who is trans, looks back at the way society fixates on his identity as the only story that he has to tell...“Being trans is a part of me that is worth talking about” he explains, “It’s a really cool thing that happened in my life, and informed a lot of how I see the world and how I know myself, and how I reflect on things... but as a marginalized individual, there comes a point where you feel commodified and exploited for your identity, and I’ve always had a fear, as an artist with many stories to tell, that my being trans is the only aspect of my work that people would take interest in”.
He played ACL last year (2nd weekend only) so we missed him.
"Running Out" is new. Nice sound. Indie folk/pop.
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