Richard Carl Buckner is an American singer-songwriter born in California who has
also lived in Edmonton, Alberta, and Brooklyn, New York. His solo career began
with Bloomed (1994), followed by the critically acclaimed Devotion + Doubt
(1997) and Since (1998), which showcased his introspective songwriting. Later
releases included The Hill (2000), Impasse (2002), Dents and Shells (2004),
Meadow (2006), Our Blood (2011), and Surrounded (2013). Buckner has also
collaborated with Jon Langford and set poems from Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon
River Anthology to music.