Southern Gothic · Cowpunk · Dark Americana

Aden Paul

Southern Gothic songs and cowpunk energy — a punkabilly bootleg bar troubadour, raised in the bars and backrooms of New Orleans.

Full band for the raucous rooms  ·  Solo & duo for the listening ones

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The Hive

The official music video — the quickest way to hear what a room feels like when Aden Paul plays.

Official music video More on YouTube →

Format I

The Full Band

Bars · Festivals · Music Clubs

Aden Paul with The Rotten Cores — a whiskey-drenched, rollicking, sing-along affair. Roots rock 'n roll injected with punk energy, driven by fiddle, pedal steel, and a pulsating kick drum.

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Format II

Solo & Duo

Listening Rooms · Breweries · Folk Festivals · Opening Slots

The same finely-crafted songs, tempered for intimate spaces. Story-driven Southern Gothic ballads and anthems, delivered with a rich baritone and a commanding, pin-drop-quiet presence.

Book solo or duo

About

The Troubadour

For over ten years, Louisiana-born singer/songwriter Aden Paul has been entertaining audiences with his high-energy brand of original roots rock 'n roll — authentic, bittersweet tales of broken promises and drunken debauchery.

With a rich, earnest baritone voice, a commanding stage presence, and a band firing on eight cylinders driven by the pulsating kick drum, Aden is a punkabilly bootleg bar troubadour. He first brought his dark Americana songwriting to the bars and clubs of New Orleans via his band the Rotten Cores — bluegrass, folk, rockabilly, and swing injected with punk rock energy.

As adept as he is at bringing energy to his songs with a full band, he is equally at home tempering his tunes to intimate listening rooms as a solo or duo act. He performs regularly in New Orleans and takes the show on the road — in both formats — from Texas to Florida and up and down the East Coast.

"Aden Paul leaves audiences with face-splitting grins—stomping their feet, patting their thighs, and shouting along to songs that become more familiar with each visit." The Albany Herald
"(Aden's) mix of rockabilly, country and folk can hit you right where you live." Offbeat Magazine

Listen

The Records

Cowpunk with The Rotten Cores — bare-bones balladry on his own.

  • 2012Sweet Fellowship in Shame · The Rotten Cores
  • 2015Sunset Limited · The Rotten Cores
  • 2017Bad Seeds and Precious Stones · Solo debut
  • 2018The Ballad of Mr. New Orleans · Solo single
  • 2022The Hive · feat. Dr. Sick & Frank Stewart
  • SoonNew album · stripped-down, Unplugged-style — in progress

Sunset Limited

The Rotten Cores · 2015 · vintage-country punk

The Ballad of Mr. New Orleans

Aden Paul · Solo single · 2018

Shows

Upcoming Dates

  • Sat, Aug 15 Checkpoint Charlie's — New Orleans, LA Full band
  • Sat, Aug 29 Verret's Lounge — New Orleans, LA Solo / duo
  • Sat, Sep 12 Blue Moon Saloon — Lafayette, LA Full band

Booking

Book the Room

Tell us about the gig and you'll hear back directly from Aden — usually within a day or two.

Tell us about your room and your date — you'll hear back directly from Aden, usually within a day or two.

Bars, festivals, music clubs, listening rooms, breweries — if the room fits the songs, let's talk.

In a band? Aden builds tour nights with local acts — ask about a tour swap.

Prefer email? Write to adenpaulmusic@gmail.com

Tour swaps welcome Out-of-town dates welcome