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| Erik Della Penna | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 2 June 1965 |
| Genres | Folk, pop, rock, musical theater |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, banjo, mandolin, lap steel |
| Discography | Discog |
| Years active | 1985-present |
| Member of | Kill Henry Sugar, Hazmat Modine, Byzantine Stompers |
| Website | erikdellapenna.com |
Erik Della Penna (born 1965) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, and session musician. He plays guitar, lap steel, banjo, and mandolin and appears on over 60 rock, pop, and Americana albums.[1] Della Penna has toured and recorded with singer/songwriter Natalie Merchant, folk musician Joan Baez, rock/blues singer Joan Osborne, Hazmat Modine, and Kill Henry Sugar.[2] He co-composed the music and lyrics for the off-Broadway musical Dead Outlaw[3] with Tony-award winner David Yazbek.[4]
Early Life
Della Penna was born in the Bronx, New York. He is of Italian-American descent. He began playing guitar in his early teens and studied guitar and music theory at The Mannes School of Music in New York City (now The New School), graduating with a BFA in Classical Guitar.[5]
Career
Della Penna began performing in New York City with various power pop bands that emerged from the New York arts scene in the late 1980s. In 1994 he joined Joan Osborne's touring band in support of her debut album, Relish.[6] This included performances on The Late Show with David Letterman[7], Saturday Night Live,[8] and the 38th Annual Grammy Awards show.[9] He co-wrote four songs with Osborne for her follow-up album, Righteous Love.[10]
Della Penna began touring and recording with Natalie Merchant in 1998.[5] and continues to the present day. While part of Merchant's band, he worked with legendary producer T. Bone Burnett[11] and recorded with The Chieftains[12] and Pete Seeger[13]
In 2001, he formed a "metropolitan folk" duo with drummer Dean Sharenow called Kill Henry Sugar.[14] The Washington Post describes the band as having the ability to “wed intriguing lyrics to little textured grooves that have a habit of getting under your skin.”[15] As a songwriter, Della Penna is known for his "curious tales," "low-fi storytelling,"[16] and "frighteningly memorable melodies."[17] Della Penna cites as influences Leon Redbone, The Marx Brothers, Bob Dylan and David Bromberg.
"When Leon Redbone was musical guest on ‘Saturday Night Live,' he revived that style of crooner and played guitar in a very simple, straightforward way...I was about 10 or 11, and thought that was just great. And I’m a big Marx Brothers fan, so I always had a quirky interest in that period. My parents were late adopters of Hippie culture, so I got a lot of first-hand Dylan and David Bromberg, and that period of folk revival."[2]
Della Penna wrote his first musical, Toby and the Big Top, in 2002. This children's musical, about a boy who runs away to join the circus, was subsequently produced in 2003 by Walden Family Playhouse (Walden Media).[18]
In 2005, he joined Joan Baez's touring band and performed with her until 2011. She performed his songs "This is the Kingdom" and "Neighbors" (both from the Kill Henry Sugar album Swing Back and Down) in concert.[19][20][21] In 2013 he joined the blues/world music/roots band[22] Hazmat Modine, described by The New York Times as a "category-defying blues-rooted group that can swerve into New Orleans brass-band, jazz, and ska",[23].He became a primary songwriter for the band, co-writing four albums with Wade Schuman.[24]
In 2015, Della Penna wrote a second children's musical, Kitty Hawk, about the Wright Brothers' invention of aviation. The musical is regularly produced by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.[25] Over several years beginning in 2017, he co-wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Dead Outlaw with David Yazbek.[3] It opened on February 28, 2024, at the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, NYC. It was a New York Times Critic's Pick[26] and had its run extended.[27] It has received six Lucille Lortel Award nominations, including Outstanding Musical.[28]
Selected Discography
| Year | Title | Artist | Credit | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Scaryarea | Matt Keating | Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar[29] | Alias Records |
| 1995 | Instant Living | The Health And Happiness Show | Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals[30] | Bar/None Records |
| 1997 | Chocolate Supa Highway | Spearhead | Guitar[31] | Capitol Records |
| 1999 | Tears of Stone | The Chieftains | Guitar[12] | RCA Victor |
| 2000 | Action Harp Play Set | Park Stickney | Guitar, Vocals, Composer[32] | The Orchard |
| 2000 | Righteous Love | Joan Osborne | Guitars, Composer[33] | Interscope Records |
| 2001 | Damascus | David Yazbek | Guitar (Electric), Lap Steel Guitar, Composer[34] | What Are Records? |
| 2001 | Motherland (2001) | Natalie Merchant | Banjo, Bazouki, Guitar (Classical), Guitar (Electric), Lap Steel Guitar, Oud[11] | Elektra |
| 2001 | Popular Music for Today's Active Lifestyles | Kill Henry Sugar | Guitars, Vocals, Composer[35] | Surprise Truck Entertainment |
| 2003 | The House Carpenter's Daughter | Natalie Merchant | Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar[36] | Myth America |
| 2003 | Sell This Place | Kill Henry Sugar | Guitars, Vocals, Composer | Surprise Truck Entertainment |
| 2003 | Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3 | Pete Seeger | Guitar[13] | Appleseed Records |
| 2004 | Love Beach | Kill Henry Sugar | Guitars, Vocals, Composer[37] | Surprise Truck Entertainment |
| 2005 | Bowery Songs | Joan Baez | Banjo, Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Vocals[38] | Koch Records |
| 2007 | Swing Back and Down | Kill Henry Sugar | Guitars, Vocals, Composer[39] | Surprise Truck Entertainment |
| 2008 | Evil Monkey Man | David Yazbek | Composer, Guitars[40] | Ghostlight Records |
| 2009 | Hot Messiah | Kill Henry Sugar | Guitars, Vocals, Composer | Surprise Truck Entertainment |
| 2009 | 3 Balloons | Stephen Lynch | Guitar[41] | What Are Records? |
| 2009 | Saints and Tzadiks | Susan McKeown | Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Humming, Tres[42] | World Village |
| 2010 | Leave Your Sleep | Natalie Merchant | Guitar[43] | Nonesuch Records |
| 2011 | Cicada | Hazmat Modine | Guitar, Vocals, Composer[44] | Barbes Records |
| 2014 | Natalie Merchant | Natalie Merchant | Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Lap Steel Guitar[45] | Nonesuch Records |
| 2016 | Extra-Deluxe-Supreme | Hazmat Modine | Composer, Guitars, Vocals[46] | Jaro Medien |
| 2020 | An Evening in New York | Rachelle Garnier & Erik Della Penna | Composer, Guitar, Banjo, Vocals | Jaro Medien |
| 2020 | Box of Breath | Hazmat Modine | Banjo, Composer, Guitar, Vocals[47] | Jaro Medien |
| 2020 | The Mojo Manifesto | Mojo Nixon | Composer[48] | Manifesto Records |
| 2021 | Rainy | Erik Della Penna | Composer, vocals, instrumentation | Jaro Medien |
| 2021 | I'll Meet You Here | Dar Williams | Guitar (Electric)[49] | Renew Records |
| 2023 | Bonfire | Hazmat Modine | Vocals, Guitars, Composer[50] | Jaro Medien |
| 2023 | Stop Time | Kill Henry Sugar | Vocals, Composer, Guitars | |
| 2023 | Keep Your Courage | Natalie Merchant | Guitar (12 String Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)[51] | Nonesuch Records |
Musicals
| Year | Title | Credit | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Toby and the Big Top | Composer, Lyricist | Walden Media |
| 2015 | Kitty Hawk | Composer, Lyricist | Adrienne Arsht Center |
| 2023 | Dead Outlaw | Co-composer, Co-lyricist | Audible |
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lucille Lortel Awards[52] | Outstanding Musical | Dead Outlaw | Pending |
References
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- ^ a b Smullen, Sharon. "At Spencertown Academy, Rachelle Garniez and Erik Della Penna to play old and new music of New York City". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ a b Bahr, Sarah. "'Dead Outlaw,' a Mummy Musical, Is So Strange It Can Only Be True". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ McDonnell, Brandy. "Musical 'Dead Outlaw,' about Oklahoma robber-turned-mummy Elmer McCurdy now playing in NYC". AOL/Gannett/The Oklahoman. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ a b Vellucci, Justin (30 March 2010). "The "Antique-Garde" Songwriters Of New York City". American Songwriter. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Powers, Ann (21 March 1996). "Holy Roller: Joan Osborne". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Episode dated 16 October 1995-The Late Show with David Letterman". IMDb. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Christopher Walken/Joan Osborne-Saturday Night Live". IMDb. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Full Cast & Crew-38th Annual Grammy Awards Show". IMDb. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Righteous Love-Joan Osborne". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Motherland-Natalie Merchant". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ a b "The Chieftains-Tears of Stone". Discogs. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Seeds: The Seeds of Pete Seeger". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ Vellucci, Justin (30 March 2010). "The "Antique-Garde" Songwriters Of New York City". American Songwriter. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Joyce, Mike. "KILL HENRY SUGAR "Sell This ..." The Washington Post.
- ^ Joyce, Mike. "KILL HENRY SUGAR "Sell This ..." The Washington Post.
- ^ Justin, Vellucci (30 March 2010). "The "Antique-Garde" Songwriters Of New York City". American Songwriter.
- ^ Froyd, Susan. "Circus Saga". Westworld. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Erik Della Penna of Kill Henry Sugar". Surprise Truck. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Joan Baez returns to her acoustic roots in new album". SF Gate. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Joan Baez, Barbican, London". The Independent. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Hazmat Modine On The EOH Main Stage". The Evening Sun. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Jon, Pareles. "Immigrants Created American Music. A New Festival Tells Their Stories". The New York Times.
- ^ "Hazmat Modine-Discography". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Musbach, Julie. "KITTY HAWK Returns to the Arsht Center for Its Third Season". Broadway World. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Collins-Hughes, Laura. "'Dead Outlaw' Review: Not Much of a Bandit, but What a Corpse". The New York Times.
- ^ King, Darren. "Dead Outlaw, World-Premiere Musical from The Band's Visit Team, Extends Run". Broadway.com. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
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- ^ "Kill Henry Sugar-Sell This Place". Discogs. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Bowery Songs-Joan Baez". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Swing Back and Down-Kill Henry Sugar". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Evil Monkey Man-David Yazbek". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "3 Balloons-Stephen Lynch". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Saints and Tzadiks-Susan McKeown". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Leave Your Sleep-Natalie Merchant". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Cicada-Hazmat Modine". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Natalie Merchant-Natalie Merchant". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Extra-Deluxe-Supreme-Hazmat Modine". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Box of Breath-Hazmat Modine". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "The Mojo Manifesto-Mojo Nixon". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Dar Williams-I'll Meet You Here". Discogs. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Hazmat Modine-Bonfire". Discogs. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Keep Your Courage-Natalie Merchant". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Wet Brain Leads 2024 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations; Read the Complete List". Playbill. Retrieved 15 April 2024.