2023 & 2024 Thomas Edison Capital Region Music Awards 

Americana Artist of the Year 

Reese Fulmer - Nominated for 2024 Songwriter of the Year
Leaving a Dream - Nominated for 2023 Record of the Year & Video of the Year

Reese Fulmer & The Carriage House Band

Short Bio

Cutting his teeth as the house manager at the iconic Saratoga Springs listening room Caffe Lena, Reese Fulmer has emerged “with a poet’s sensibility rich with great storytelling, imagery and a healthy dose of irony.” The 2023 and 2024 Americana Artist of the Year at the Thomas Edison Music Awards, Reese and his band are among the fastest-rising groups in the Capital Region. With a rotating cast of top players and a broad and dynamic body of work, their live performances are always fresh and full of joy. 

Recent Press

"[Reese Fulmer] has become an award winning songwriter with a poet’s sensibility rich with great storytelling, imagery and a healthy dose of irony. With The Carriage House Band he surrounds himself a revolving cast of extraordinary musicians. The band rarely has the same configuration twice, giving each concert a spontaneity that is electric."

- Vivian Nesbitt (Art of the Song)

Full Interview

"Fulmer is a songwriter whose lyrics expose parts of myself to me that I often cannot put language to, and for that, I’m both grateful and mystified. ... each time I hear him live, the music is different because the band members are different — and bring capacity for greater variety within the beauty of the songs."

- Laura DaPolito (Nippertown)

Full concert review

Concert Review: October 28th, 2023 at Caffe Lena

Laura DaPolito (Nippertown)

Reese Fulmer and The Carriage House Band returned to Caffe Lena for two sets on the historic stage on October 28th. Fulmer, whose first time performing was an open mic experience at the famed listening room, had also volunteered and later worked for Caffe Lena. Expectations were high that his original music would not only delight but broaden once again the boundaries of Fulmer’s emerging Americana sound.

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