BIO

From the metaphorical ashes of a breakup to the literal ashes of a house fire, folk-rocker Wallace Field rises like a phoenix from the ashes with her debut album “All Costs,” out now. The album features nine original songs, took four years to make, and premiered on the fifth anniversary of the house fire. With her “powerful voice reminiscent of Joan Baez” (The Valley Advocate), Field stuns with her haunting, vulnerable songwriting and “crystalline voice” (The Recorder). The Boston Globe says "she always sounds like she means it." Most of the album’s songs were written on baritone ukulele, always with the aim to transform them into a more powerful full-band sound.

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No emotion is too sacred to explore for this late-blooming artist. Trained as a journalist in college, Field expertly unfolds her journey through heartbreak, house fire, and healing in “All Costs.” The Recorder writes that "Field emerges as a master storyteller who takes the listener on a journey through darkness to the light on the other side," calling the album "a powerful, musically stunning debut about survival.” There are hints of Field’s influences in her range of voices, from the theatrical Kate Bush and Aldous Harding, to the folk roots of Joni Mitchell and Weyes Blood.

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Field grew up in western Massachusetts, where she currently resides. She’s performed in popular Massachusetts venues such as Cambridge’s Club Passim; Northampton's The Iron Horse and The Parlor Room; Race Street Live (formerly Gateway City Arts) in Holyoke; and Taffeta in Lowell. She's opened for acts like Nellie McKay, Charlie Parr, Heather Maloney, and Elizabeth Moen. Field also took part in Signature Sounds’ 2023 and 2025 Back Porch Festivals and 2023 Arcadia Folk Festival. She is currently working on her sophomore record.