“...it’s how the band makes you feel. Their music is comfort food”
- Gordon Nash, Wise Madness
What's New! (updated October 14, 2026)
NEW EP Status: the tracking is all done for our new EP! 7 songs, featuring Stefan Amidon on drums, Sarah Carlisle on upright bass, Lissa Schneckenberger on fiddle, and Anna Patton on clarinet! Now it's just a matter of mixing and mastering. Stay tuned!
Song Commission for an Animated Short Film! We are delighted to be working with award-winning filmmaker Travis Van Alstyn, (check out his first film: Love of the Land). Travis reached out to us to write a song about his upcoming film about the last mountain lion in Vermont: the Barnard Panther. If you want to contribute to the fundraising for this project: https://seedandspark.com/fund/
The Early Risers @ Next Stage in Putney, VT, with Lissa Schneckenburger & Sarah Carlisle. October 10, 2025.
About
The Early Risers are a folk duo from Vermont made up of Ashley Storrow and Putnam Smith. Both rootsy and lyric-driven, their original songs feature close vocal harmonies and arrangements on a wide array of instruments: banjo, guitar, mandolin, piano, and shruti-box. Their debut album, “Making Life Sweet” went to #1 on the national Folk DJ Charts (November, 2019).