Touring artist Putnam Murdock got his start as a professional musician with the Colorado rock and roll band Chief Broom. With Murdock as front man, the group achieved a slot on the 1997 H.O.R.D.E tour, appeared in festivals at Red Rocks Amphitheater and sold out venues throughout the western US.  After graduating with a songwriting degree from Berklee School in Music in 2002, Murdock launched a solo career and has since traveled across the country performing with artists such as Martin Sexton, Taj Mahal, Ben Taylor, Gregory Alan Isakov, and Kaki King.

In addition to his live performances, Murdock has also established his songwriting career by earning an honorable mention from the International Songwriting Competition for his song Jersey Whiskey as well as having his debut record Fiction on the official ballot for the Grammys in five categories. He has co-written songs that have appeared in the television shows Joan of Arcadia, Dawsons Creek, MTV's Made, and The Biggest Loser. The song When it Comes Around appeared in the movie and sound track for Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds.

Steeped in old-time folk, country and blues, Putnam Murdock's songwriting presents an honest voice of Americana music.  As a one-man band or a full ensemble, the intimacy remains obvious in either his contemporary sonic collages or his classic ballads.

"I was raised on a strict diet of folk, country and bluegrass. The Centre Streeters, my father’s bluegrass band, were my mentors.  Each Thursday night they would gather in a circle in a living room in Dover, MA and evoke every damn lost, drunk, and brokenhearted song known to man... in four part harmony, of course. Always harmonies. That was the constant. Each rehearsal I witnessed brought me closer and closer... to the point of knowing no other way of life. Doesn't every family or circle of friends act like this? Well it seems this is my bio. It is nowhere near finished, but I have been gifted with humility knowing that sitting in a circle, playing songs with others is where the real music exists."

Putnam Murdock has also been in the studio recording music for the Ewers Brothers Film company and Ken Burns’ company, Florentine Films.  He has worked on The Roosevelts, The Mayo Clinic, Hiding In Plain Site:  Youth Mental Illness, and most recently, Henry David Thoreau.  He continues to  write, and perform around the northeastern US in support of his records.  His new record, Long Time To Make Old Friends, containing all songs written with long-time friend, mentor, and co-writer Reed Foehl, was released in 2025.  Most recently, he co-produced and performed on a new record with Reed Foehl, called We Lived a Thousand Years in One.