Terry Blade

Terry Blade is an American singer-songwriter and music video director based in the Chicago metropolitan area. He has released multiple studio albums, including American Descendant of Slavery, the Album (2021), Neo Queer (2022), Ethos: Son of a Sharecropper (2023), and Chicago Kinfolk: The Juke Joint Blues (2025).

His work frequently incorporates archival audio, explores themes of race, sexuality, and inter-generational memory, and has been highlighted by reviewers for its minimalist production and baritone vocal delivery.

His work has also received recognition, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, and winning a Clio Music Award for Use of Music Craft, a Shorty Impact Award for Arts & Culture, First Place in the Blues category of the 2023 American Songwriter Song Contest, and the First Place Grand Prize in Non-Fiction of the 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.