Paddy Mills

Paddy Mills is a Maine-based folk singer and songwriter whose music carries the salt air of the North Atlantic and the stories of the people who live by it. With a voice both warm and weathered, Paddy’s songs navigate the waters between tradition and modern life — celebrating working folks, coastal communities, and the enduring pull of the sea.

Mills has played coffeehouses, concert halls, schooners, ketch’s and festivals across the Northeast, earning a loyal following for his evocative songwriting and unpretentious style. His performances feel like conversations between old friends. His original songs, such as Cribbage in the Corner reflect his deep connection to Maine’s maritime culture and the people who make their living close to nature’s edge.

In 2013 Paddy won the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Contest as well as the Rosegarden Coffeehouse Performing Songwriter Competition. His 2014 album Race to the Bottom reached #6 on the Roots Music Report and #12 on the Folk DJ list; he won the South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition, The Mid Atlantic Song Contest and the CT Folk Folk Festival Song Competition that same year. In 2016 Paddy was chosen to play at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase.

When he's not writing or playing songs, Paddy spends as much time as he can with his wife and four kids on the coast of Maine, messing about with wooden boats.

www.paddymills.com