“Stick season' is a term that I heard older neighbors in Vermont and New Hampshire use to describe the time of year between late October and the first snow. So all the leaves have gone, foliage is over in Vermont, which is obviously a beautiful time, and it's kind of this transitional time.”

American singer-songwriter

Noah Kahan is an American singer-songwriter. His breakthrough came with the single “Hurt Somebody”, which earned gold certification in the United States and reached charts in several countries. The song, and the EP of the same name, led into his debut album, Busyhead, released in 2019. He went on to release I Was / I Am in 2021 and Stick Season in 2022. Stick Season became his commercial breakthrough and brought him a 2023 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. His fourth album, The Great Divide, followed in 2026 and opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as a rock album, before The Great Divide Tour, his first stadium tour.