SAT. 11/8 --- 9:00
PM
STEVE FORBERT
with special guest
ANTHONY da COSTA
It's
a great privilege for us to welcome back Steve Forbert to our
stage. In the past quarter-century, the Mississippi-bred, Nashville-based
singer/songwriter has built a deeply personal body of work that's
won him a reputation for clear-eyed insight and plainspoken eloquence.
In the process, he's evolved from the wide-eyed young troubadour
of his early classics Alive On Arrival and Jackrabbit
Slim to the mature, bittersweet outlook of his more recent
work, which surveys darker territory with hard-won empathy and
deeply-ingrained rock 'n' roll soul. His most recent release
is Strange Names and New Sensations. Make your reservations
early.
More about Steve Forbert
Anthony
da Costa is a 17-year-old, performing songwriter from Pleasantville,
New York. In the first two months of 2008, he: released his sixth
record, Typical American Tragedy; opened for Livingston Taylor
and Susan Werner; was nominated as Folk Alliance Emerging Artist
of the Year; and recorded his seventh record, Bad Nights, Better
Days—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’s Emerging Artist Competitions.
He also showcased at the Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival in
Nashville and was a Mountain Stage New Song Contest 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,
he is a strict adherent to Zimmerman’s Theory of the Never-Ending
Tour, playing perpetually at festivals, theaters, clubs and coffee
houses throughout the Northeast and beyond. Anthony’s upcoming
performances range from the Tarrytown Music Hall in New York,
where he’ll open for Dan Bern, to the Kerrville Folk Festival
in Texas, where he’ll play the main stage, to Denmark, where
he’ll make his European debut at the Tonder Festival.
More about Anthony da
Costa