Anthony da Costa is an American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 based in Pleasantville, NY. He performs frequently at coffeehouses, theaters, and festivals across the Northeast and beyond. He names Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams

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, Dan Bern

Dan Bern

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, and Josh Ritter

Josh Ritter

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 as some of his biggest songwriting influences. Anthony's song "Poor Poor Pluto" about the loss of Pluto as a planet demonstrates the musician's understanding of science, and has become a cult-hit along the folk music circuit, as well as "Dolly and Porter", the love story of two country music superstars, Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

 and Porter Wagoner

Porter Wagoner

Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced the young Dolly Parton near the beginning of her career on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet throughout the late 1960s and...

. Anthony is also known for his work with Abbie Gardner, a dobro player and singer/songwriter from the band Red Molly

Red Molly

Red Molly is a folk trio consisting of Laurie MacAllister , Abbie Gardner , and Molly Venter . They perform original works composed by each of the group members, as well as covers of other songwriters including Hank Williams, Gillian Welch and Ryan Adams...

. Their first duo album, Bad Nights/Better Days, was released in May 2008. In August 2009, da Costa released his latest solo album, co-produced by John Elliott

John Elliott

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of the Hereafter. He has been attending Columbia University

Columbia University

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 since fall 2009, and has already been active in the University's music performance scene, frequently performing at Postcrypt Coffeehouse

Postcrypt Coffeehouse

Postcrypt Coffeehouse is an all-acoustic music venue in the basement of St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University in New York City, run completely by students. Founded in 1964, Postcrypt has hosted many up-and-coming folk musicians, including Jeff Buckley, Dar Williams, Shawn Colvin, and Ani DiFranco...

 which he now helps organize and book.

Awards and honors

• Winner of the 2007 Kerrville Folk Festival
  Kerrville Folk Festival
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   New Folk
• Winner 2007 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
  Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
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   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
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  's New Artists to Watch

Solo albums

• Already There EP (2005)
• Rearrange (2006)
• Quality Time (2007)
• Typical American Tragedy (2008)
• Not Afraid of Nothing (2009)

Collaborations

• Gary and Anthony with Gary Bier (2006)
• Eclectic Basement Abnormalities, Bier, da Costa, and Quakers United (2006)
• Bad Nights, Better Days with Abbie Gardner of Red Molly
  Red Molly
  Red Molly is a folk trio consisting of Laurie MacAllister , Abbie Gardner , and Molly Venter . They perform original works composed by each of the group members, as well as covers of other songwriters including Hank Williams, Gillian Welch and Ryan Adams...
  
   (2008)
• Always Mean It with Emilyn Brodsky on Emilyn Brodsky's Greatest Tits (2008)