Noah Kahan is born in the tiny town of Strafford, Vermont, the setting for his 2022 breakout hit "Stick Season."
Two years after he first teased the song on TikTok, Noah Kahan releases "Stick Season," his first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The lovelorn folk tune takes its title from the phrase Vermonters use to describe the depressing transition between fall and winter that leaves the trees, and the soul, barren.
After teasing songs on social media for two years, Noah Kahan finally issues his third album, Stick Season, which marks his shift from indie-pop to folk and launches him into the mainstream.More
Noah Kahan makes his first appearance on Saturday Night Live, singing "Stick Season" and "Dial Drunk" from his breakthrough 2022 album, Stick Season.
Noah Kahan is nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards. The "Stick Season" singer, who issued his breakthrough album of the same name in 2022, loses to R&B songstress Victoria Monét.
Three years after crashing into the mainstream with his third album, Stick Season, folk singer Noah Kahan releases The Great Divide. Its namesake lead single, a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, is about the distance that fame created in his relationships.
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