We love music. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t be in the business of selling tickets to concerts at the best prices imaginable. And while we love all artists, we love ones that fluidly cross genres even more. That’s what Allen Stone does, with what seems like no effort. He describes himself as a hippie with a soul, which we agree with. He slips from the indie sound to the soul sound, to R&B, to folk sometimes within one song. It’s a feat not many artists can pull off!

It’s exceptionally rare to find someone who can genre jump so young, as Allen is still in his 20s. Want to learn more about the hippie hearted crooner? Learn more, below.

Early Life

Stone is from a small town in Washington State, near Spokane. He came from a privileged household – his mom is a doctor, and his father is a pastor. But like many children of pastors, Allen isn’t particularly religious, at least, not externally. He did get his start musically in the church, and that exposure led him to pursue songwriting on his own, starting at the age of 14 – and he’s never stopped.

He went to college for a semester straight out of high school but left as quickly as he could to live out his starving-songwriter-in-Seattle dreams. It’s a good thing he did too, as that’s where he got successful!

Success in Seattle

What started as playing open mic’ nights quickly transformed into playing with a band, to him putting out his debut album. From there, his career led him to perform and be featured on TV shows, like everyone’s favorite ginger, Conan. That exposure led him to sign with ATO Records, who he’s still with today. When he’s not writing songs, you’ll find him touring – at least – you will right now.