ANTHONY da COSTA
(Pleasantville NY)

chris chin photo

 

Performance Date

 

Saturday, June 12

Evening Concert - Kennedy Outdoor Theater

 

2007 Kerrville New Folk Winner!

 

“To witness a performance by Anthony da Costa is akin to being invited into a friend’s living room. He’ll pull out a guitar, then casually say, ‘I wrote this song because I was thinking of…’, then proceed to share a work of art.” –Richard Cuccaro, Acoustic Livr

 

Anthony was the youngest winner ever of the Kerrville Folk Festival's New Folk and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's Emerging Artist Competitions.  He also formally showcased at the Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival in Nashville and was a Mountain Stage NewSong finalist.  Anthony’s writing and performing draw from a deep well of rich musical influences—from Bob Dylan and Dan Bern, to Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, to Ryan Adams and Johnny Cash.  A prolific songwriter and self-taught, multi-instrumentalist, Anthony is a strict adherent to Zimmerman’s Theory of the Never-Ending Tour, playing perpetually at festivals, theaters, clubs and coffee houses...everywhere.  

 

“Anthony da Costa, the future of music as I know it, is mature beyond his years.  I feel a little like Ramblin’ Jack Elliott hangin’ out with that kid Zimmerman.  Jonathan Byrd is Woody!” Greg Klyma, Singer/Songwriter   04.03.08

 

For more information on Anthony, visit www.anthonydacosta.com