# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/slaid-cleaves
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:48:57.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/slaid-cleaves"
name: "Slaid Cleaves"
slug: "slaid-cleaves"
description: "Richard Slaid Cleaves is an American folk singer-songwriter who has been performing extensively and recording albums in the Americana genre since the early 1990s. Raised in South Berwick, Maine, he has lived in the Austin, Texas, area since 1992."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SlaidCleaves.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-06-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             0.6382978723404255
  historical:           6.163321333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/slaidc"
    handle:    "slaidc"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/slaidc/"
    handle:    "slaidc"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/slaidcleaves"
    handle:    "slaidcleaves"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1mkuxdmqLdlrtCSwLQ2sUn"
    handle:    "1mkuxdmqLdlrtCSwLQ2sUn"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.slaidcleaves.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/701657"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B2"
    title: "سليد كليفز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaid_Cleaves"
    title: "Slaid Cleaves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaid_Cleaves"
    title: "Slaid Cleaves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaid_Cleaves"
    title: "Slaid Cleaves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaid_Cleaves"
    title: "Slaid Cleaves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3f1aee2a-294c-4997-aed9-1c4ba1d984f7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1860656"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump