Performance
Date
Sunday, May 25
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
2008 is off to a great start for Anthony
da
Costa.
The 17-year-old, performing songwriter from
Pleasantville, NY: released his sixth record,
Typical American Tragedy;
guested on Amy Speace’s new CD; opened for
Livingston Taylor and Susan Werner; was profiled in
The New York
Times; was nominated as the 2007 Folk
Alliance
Emerging Artist of the Year; and recorded
his seventh record—a duo project with his duo
partner, Abbie Gardner of
Red Molly—in
three days. 2007 wasn’t half-bad,
either. 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
