Producer
Writer
Multi -Instrumentalist
Anthony da Costa is no stranger to the music industry. At 34 years old, he is celebrating 20 years since his first official paying gig, singing his songs at a coffeeshop in his home county at the age of 14. At 16 years old, Anthony became the youngest winner ever of the Kerrville and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival songwriting competitions. Since his teenage years, Anthony has toured the country and beyond and shared bills with everyone from Loretta Lynn and Judy Collins to Big Thief and The Milk Carton Kids, in addition to releasing about a dozen albums and several EP's under his own name.
As a touring guitarist and harmony singer, Anthony has backed some of the most celebrated artists in Americana, including Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, Molly Tuttle, Yola, Joy Williams (The Civil Wars) and more. These collaborations have led to performances on late night television (Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live) as well as at the Hollywood Bowl, Bonnaroo and The Newport Folk Festival.
During the 2020 quarantine, Anthony decided to dust off his old audio interface and begin recording himself, largely out of necessity. The result was a total rekindling of love for production that began in Anthony's middle school days of recording with one microphone in his parents' basement. As a result of his quarantine self-production work, friends began to reach out to Anthony to help them make their own records, and he has never had a dull moment as a producer since. Anthony soon graduated from working in the kitchen of a one-bedroom apartment in Madison, TN to his two-room East Nashville creative haven Pleasantville Recording, where he has been cooking up music with some of the brightest singer/songwriters on the scene, including Katie Pruitt, Lydia Luce, Merrick Winter and more.
As a producer, Anthony's goal is to get to the heart of each song, while allowing room for sonic exploration. The result is a creative statement with respect to the artist's past, while serving as something completely unique in their catalog.