Joseph Decosimo - Southern Appalachian Banjo and Fiddle
Schedule
Sun May 05 2024 at 07:30 pm
Location
Verbatim Books | San Diego, CA
Join us on May 5th for an unforgettable evening of music that celebrates the beauty, vitality, and enduring power of Appalachian heritage with Joseph Decosimo. It's an experience that will stay with you long after the final note fades.Doors open @ 7:00 pm
Show begins at 7:30 pm
General admission (all tickets are seated)
Tickets $25
Purchase online with no service fees at:
https://verbatimbooks.com/events
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A leading interpreter of the fiddle, banjo, and song traditions from the Appalachian South, Joseph Decosimo has introduced audiences around the world to the beauty and vitality of the region’s music. He has contributed ethereal fiddle and banjo to projects from fellow Durhamites Hiss Golden Messenger, Jake Xerxes Fussell, and Wye Oak. Drawing on decades of study with some of the last great traditional musicians in Southern Appalachia, he conjures inviting, minimalist, enveloping sounds from rare old ballads and snaking instrumentals. While deeply rooted, his performances are imminently accessible. It's fiddle and banjo music for people who don't like fiddle and banjo music.
Hear Joseph's new album: https://josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/album/while-you-were-slumbering
"Decosimo digs into the ancient sounds of the Appalachian mountains, treating old ballads and traditional songs with care as he filters them through his own experimental instincts.... The results are sublime and strangely heartening." - Bandcamp Daily / Best of Country Records November 2022
“Each tune is like the tip of an iceberg. Joseph’s a marvelous fiddler… And he’s a beautiful singer.” - No Depression
Top of the World & 10 Best New Albums from around the World Jan/Feb 2023 - Songlines
"He seems to not be in any hurry to update or invert or, in general, fuck with the old stuff. It is what it is. He delivers it with precision and liveliness and a soft burnished depth, but mostly without gimmicks." - Dusted Magazine
"...when I heard it for the first time, I experienced a similar feeling to when I first heard Jake Xerxes Fussell’s music, one of my favourite artists. Joseph Decosimo’s sound has a haunting quality that lends the old songs he chooses to interpret a certain magic." - Folk Radio UK
Where is it happening?
Verbatim Books, 3795 30th St, San Diego, CA 92104-3631, United States,San Diego, California