DAVID
CALANDRA (NSW) Acoustic Solo vocalist/guitarist
Roots
Dave Calandra
is a 28-year-old singer/songwriter, formerly of Sydney
and currently based in New York. He has been playing
live in solo acoustic mode since 1993; he performs
mostly in open tunings and his sound drifts between
Nick Drake style acoustic finger-picking to Led Zeppelin
style acoustic rock. Dave started performing in Sydney
venues throughout the ’90s, headlining shows,
maintaining various residencies, and opening up for
larger Australian acts like The Whitlams, Ed Kuepper
and The Dirty Three. He released three independent
EPs in Sydney, ‘Fringe Dwelling’ (1995),
‘The Intrepid Traveler’ (1996) and ‘Ocean
of Emotion’ (1996),
and released two more EPs
after relocating to New York in 2000, ‘Moving
Tunes’ (2000) and ‘Alchemy Bones’
(2003). Photo coutesy of artist's website.
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