Adam Arcuragi
| Adam Arcuragi | |
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 Adam Arcuragi |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia / Philadelphia, PA |
| Labels | Thirty Tigers, High Two |
| Associated acts | These United States, Audible, Matt Pond PA |
| Website | www.adamarcuragi.com |
| Members | |
| Adam Arcuragi, Jack Carter, Matt Luyk, Andrew Gerhan and Harrison Barrow | |
| Past members | |
| Janet Kim, Charlie Hall, Ryan McLaughlin, David Hartley, Robbie Bennett, Maryanne Doman | |
Adam Arcuragi is an American born folk/soul songwriter and musician from Georgia, who also lived in Philadelphia, PA for many years. He is accredited with being the founder of the musical genre Death Gospel.
Adam's debut album (untitled) was released on High Two in 2006. Upon release of the album, Arcuragi was praised for his complex and often introspective lyrics and his voice garnered comparisons to Nick Drake[1] and Mark Kozelek. Songs from the album were featured on stations and sites such as NPR's All Songs Considered. In 2008, Arcuragi recorded a La Blogoteque/Take-Away Show in New York City with several Philadelphia based musicians, and also recorded several songs with Snow Ghost Music in Montana. The same year, he released his EP 'Soldiers For Feet'.
Arcuragi released his 2nd full-length album titled I am become joy in September 2009. The album included collaborations with singer Dawn Landes, Jesse Elliott and J. Tom Hnatow of These United States, as well as Brian Christinzio of B.C. Camplight The backing vocals on I Am Become Joy were meant to sound like that of a "ramshackle choir as though each song was tracked in a different church across the wide swath of Route 80 that cuts from southern Georgia to Mississippi". The album art was done by illustrator Peter Wonsowski who also contributed musically to several tracks on the album.
In 2010, Adam recorded an NPR Tiny Desk Concert with Bob Boilen, a second Daytrotter Session in Illinois, and toured through the United States and Europe, with his band 'The Lupine Chorale Society'. Adam has had articles and reviews in Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, American Songwriter, on NPR, in The L Magazine, Magnet, The Philadelphia Weekly and The Washington Post. He recorded a version of Claude Ely's Ain't No Grave for a compilation called 'The Old Lonesome Sound, alongside artists Wye Oak, Deer Tick, Phosphorescent and others.
Arcuragi announced that his upcoming album "Like A Fire That Consumes All Before It" will be released on January 31, 2012. The first single from the album, "You'd Think This Was Easy" premiered on American Songwriter Magazine's website.
[edit] Discography
Untitled (2006)
Soldiers for Feet EP (2008)
I am become joy (2009)
Like A Fire That Consumes All Before It... (2012)
[edit] References
- http://www.amazon.com/Adam-Arcuragi/dp/B000EBGEJQ
- http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/adam-arcuragi/Content?oid=1135800
- http://www.emusic.com/album/Adam-Arcuragi-Adam-Arcuragi-MP3-Download/10907956.html
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15961770
- http://www.amazon.com/Adam-Arcuragi/dp/B000EBGEJQ
- http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/music/local-music/a_tale_of_two_adams-38412624.html
- http://snowghostmusic.com/adamarcuragi
- http://voices.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/2009/06/nightlife_agenda_63.html
[edit] External links
- www.myspace.com/adamarcuragi
- www.adamarcuragi.com
