Edison Public Library
Indie folk-rock built on acoustic songs and modern restraint
Gerry Arias makes music for late nights and long drives. His songs live somewhere between hope and heaviness — built from a lifetime of stories told through a guitar, a voice, and rooms that still remember the echo. Emerging from the Gothic Americana atmosphere of his earlier recordings, his current work focuses on intimate indie and folk-rock songs rooted in connection rather than persona. Based in Andover, New Jersey, Gerry performs throughout the Skylands and beyond, blending original material with re-imagined covers from artists like Johnny Cash and Neil Young.