Anthony D'Amato

Honored and excited to have the BBC name my record one of the Best of 2012 alongside some of my favorite artists like Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, First Aid Kit, Calexico, and more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p6v7p

I had the honor of being invited into the BBC’s Glasgow studios during my recent tour to tape an interview and session for Another Country with Ricky Ross. The show is incredible (this episode alone features music from Bruce Springsteen, Joe Pug, First Aid Kit, Father John Misty, and more), but you can jump to the 1hr 9min mark for the start of my session: http://bbc.in/V2GK55

Some kind words from The Star Ledger for ‘Paper Back Bones’:

Paper Back Bones
Anthony D’Amato
(Anthony D’Amato Music)

On “Hank Williams Tune,” Jersey folksinger Anthony D’Amato namechecks Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan’s “Ballad in Plain D” and Jack Kerouac’s dharma bums. To say he embraces traditionalism is a massive understatement. But “Paper Back Bones,” D’Amato’s second album, is a bold step forward for a young man who loves looking over his shoulder. He hasn’t ditched the Dylanesque delivery, the harmonica or the ’60s-inspired acoustic arrangements, and “Arrowhead,” a tale of a star-crossed working-class family, makes its debt to Dylan’s “North Country Blues” evident. But he’s developed some new strategies for addressing his audience. “Paper Back Bones” finds him growing into his role as a bandleader and shepherding a country-rock combo through the upbeat “Ends Meet” and the campfire singalong “On the Banks of the River Where I Died.” He saves his best surprise for last: “Ballad of the Sleepless,” a moody, five-minute reflection that’s more Nick Drake than Dylan, and that plays like nothing else in his catalog. Like many songs on “Bones,” it’s colored by fiddlers Amanda Shires and Brittany Haas, whose playing provides an Appalachian breeze.

— Tris McCall