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Trinity House Theatre proudly presents a diverse co-bill, with the return of two wonderful artists to their stage - acclaimed singer-songwriter Davey O., and renowned instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Hiroya Tsukamoto on Friday, October 4th, at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $20 general/$17 subscribers.Davey O. (www.daveyo.com) is an award winning and critically acclaimed singer-songwriter based in Buffalo, NY. His work has been recognized by his selection as a New Folk Songwriting Finalist at the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival in 2013, as a 2015 Finalist in the 32nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, and as a 2016 & 2017 nominee for the Sportsmen’s Americana Music Foundation Jim Lauderdale Songwriter of the Year Award. His 2017 release, “A Bright Horizon Line” was well received by radio and by music publications around the globe, debuting as a Top 20 album on the Folk DJ Charts, and receiving glowing reviews in several music publications, including the pages of what is considered to be “the journal of Roots Music” – No Depression magazine.
His previous release, “No Passengers” (2014), was counted among the Top 100 Contemporary Folk Albums of 2014 on the Roots Music Reports, and among the “Best of 2014” lists of WHRW (Binghamton, NY), WAMC (Albany, NY), The Sundilla Radio Hour (Auburn, AL), WMSC (Montclair, NJ), Radio Crystal Blue (Tacoma, WA), WVPE (Elkhart, IN).
Since June of 2020, Davey has been releasing new music via his website under the title of “The Share Project”, with all download proceeds donated to FeedMore WNY – his local food bank.
In August of 2023, Davey released a new 6 song EP titled “Some Days”, which has been receiving positive press in notable music publications such as “Americana Highways”, steady airplay on Folk and Roots radio throughout the Northeastern & Midwestern U.S., and was selected as a 2023 favorite by Folk DJ’s Charlie Silvestri of NJ based podcast “Up Close & Acoustic”, and Kelly Walker, host of the nationally syndicated NPR show, “The Sundilla Radio Hour”.
Hiroya (https://hiroyatsukamoto.com/en/) is a one-of-a-kind composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter from Kyoto, Japan. He began playing the five-string banjo when he was thirteen, and took up the guitar shortly after.
In 2000, Hiroya received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and came to the United States. He formed his own group in Boston “INTEROCEANICO (inter-oceanic)” which consists of unique musicians from different continents including Latin Grammy Colombian singer Marta Gomez. The group released three acclaimed records (“The Other Side of the World”, “Confluencia” and “Where the River Shines”). Hiroya released two solo albums (“Heartland” and “Places”) from Japanese record label 333 discs.
Hiroya has been leading concerts internationally including several appearances at Blue Note in New York City with his group and Japanese National Television(NHK). Hiroya performed, recorded and shared stage with Esperanza Spalding, The Kennedys, Joe Jencks(Brother Sun), Michael League (Snarky Puppy), Brooks Williams and Jim Kweskin.
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Trinity House Theatre, 38840 6 Mile Rd,Livonia,MI,United States
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