Anthony da Costa

Anthony da Costa
Nashville, 2017
Background information
Birth name	Anthony da Costa
Born	January 3, 1991 Bronx, NY, US
Origin	Pleasantville, NY
Genres	Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Americana
Instrument(s)	Guitar, harmonica, piano
Website	anthonydacosta.com

Anthony da Costa (born 1991 in Bronx, NY) is an American singer-songwriter based in Nashville, TN. He has been writing and performing original material since he was 13 years old. He names Ryan Adams,[1] Dan Bern, and Bob Dylan as some of his biggest songwriting influences. He attended Columbia University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in ancient Greek and Roman history in 2013. In 2016, Anthony released his latest solo album, "Da Costa," which was self-produced and features Aaron Lee Tasjan, Devon Sproule, and members of Ben Kweller, Eric Johnson and Okkervil River. Anthony is also an in-demand live and session guitarist, having toured with Aoife O'Donovan of Crooked Still, Jimmy LaFave, Joy Williams, the Grammy-award-winning songwriter Sarah Jarosz, and two-time IBMA Guitar Player of the Year Molly Tuttle.

Awards and honors

• Winner of the 2007 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk[2]
• Winner 2007 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Competition.
• 2007 Mountain Stage New Song NE Regional Finalist
• Showcased at the Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival in Nashville
• Nominated as Folk Alliance Emerging Artist of the Year.
• Received specific mention in The New York Times by virtue of his sideburns.
• 2009 Named one of WFUV's New Artists to Watch[3]

Discography

Albums

• Rearrange (2006)
• Quality Time (2007)
• Typical American Tragedy (2008)
• Not Afraid of Nothing (2009)
• Secret Handshake (2012)
• DaCosta (2016)
• Feet On the Dashboard (2020)
• What Plans? (2021)
• I Should Call My Mother (2022)

EPs

• Already There EP (2005)
• Spring EP (2013)
• Shadow Love EP (2019)

Collaborations

• Bad Nights/Better Days (w/ Abbie Gardner) (2008)
• Neighbors (w/ Adam Levy) (2017)

References

1. Peter Gerstenzang, "They Know a Good Place When They Sing It", The New York Times, April 9, 2006
2. Tammy La Gorce, "At 17, a Folk Artist on the Rise", The New York Times, February 24, 2008
3. John Platt, direct from WFUV – Next Up: New Artists to Watch Archived April 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine