Singer-songwriter Seth Glier will appear at 6 On The Square in Oxford on Saturday, Feb. 3. (Submitted photo)

OXFORD – 6 On The Square in Oxford will host a return visit by singer-songwriter Seth Glier  at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3.

 An acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Glier is the winner of five Independent Music Awards, and he received a Grammy Award nomination for his 2011 album, “The Next Right Thing.”

 He was worked as a cultural diplomat for the U.S. State Department and collaborated with musicians in Ukraine, Mongolia, China and Mexico. He also has shared the bill with Ronnie Spector, James Taylor, Ani DiFranco and Glen Campbell. As a producer, music director, or studio musician he has collaborated with Sophie B. Hawkins, Tom Rush, Antje Duvekot, Richard Shindell, Doctora Qingona, Dar Williams, Nick Carter and Cyndi Lauper. 

An activist committed to using songwriting as a tool for positive change, he has written with the students in Parkland, Fla., for the “Parkland Project,” cowritten with soldiers at Walter Reed and is an advocate for autism awareness, citing his autistic brother Jamie as his greatest non-musical-musical influence.

 His new album, “Everything” (released Jan. 26), is a collection of eight songs inviting us to imagine a future when humans and the planet are re-aligned into mutual restoration. It includes collaborations with fellow folk musicians Crys Matthews, Hayley Reardon and Windborne. Learn more online at  sethglier.com.

Tickets for the Feb. 3 show are $20 in advance or $25 at the door; purchase online at  6onthesquare.org  or call 607-843-OTS6 (6876) to make a reservation. Doors open one hour before the start of the performance.  The show also will be streamed live online for $10; more information at  6onthesquare.org.

Coming up at 6OTS ahead this winter and spring are  Loren Barrigar  (Feb. 17), Abbie Gardner (March 9), Lucy Wainwright Roche (March 15), John Dady (March 23), Cosy Sheridan & Sloan Wainwright (April 6),  David Jacobs-Strain & Bob Beach  (April 12), Tret Fure (April 27), Martyn Joseph (May 11) and 6OTS’s 17th Anniversary Celebration with The Black Feathers (June 22).

 6 On The Square Inc. is an intimate, not-for-profit, volunteer-based acoustic music listening room and arts venue located at 6 Lafayette Park in downtown Oxford.

– Information from 6 On The Square