Michael Angelo Falco is a photographer, author and songwriter residing in Rock Tavern, New York.

Falco was born and raised in Staten Island, New York, and picked up his first guitar at age 10 years. He joined his first band at age 11 years and went on to play in bands in high school and college, where he discovered photography.

In Falco’s thirty-plus years as a professional photographer, his work has appeared in publications like the National Geographic and The New York Times. His work can be found in numerous museum collections and in the National Archive at the Library of Congress. Falco is also a New York City Commissioned Public Artist where in 2007 he installed a 30 foot glass mural that graces the entrance to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Falco has also published three books, the latest of which, “Echoes of the Civil War: Capturing Battlefields Through a Pinhole Camera” was published by WW Norton in 2016.

In 2018 Falco moved from Manhattan to the Hudson Valley to pursue a photographic project inspired by the Hudson River School painters. That move, to a quiet farm in Rock Tavern, led to a deep spiritual awakening. This spiritual awakening inspired music and during the pandemic period Falco began to revisit his love for songwriting and recording.

Michaelfalco.bandcamp.com

Singer-songwriter David & The Circumstances (David Groeneweg) writes songs about existential questions, light, darkness and the twilight in between. His lyrics explore the unclear borderline between “me” and “the circumstances”, the river and the sea, perfection and imperfection. Serene guitar- and piano sounds support his poetic message. David has toured throughout the Netherlands, UK and Italy and performed at numerous venues in New York City. His debut album “This Part of Me” received laudatory reviews in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. He is now in the process of finishing recordings for his second album, to be released next year.