Danielle DeCosmo
Saint Petersburg, FL | Established. Jan 01, 2009 | SELF
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St. Petersburg singer-songwriter Danielle DeCosmo has been performing since childhood, playing originals and covering artists ranging from Leonard Cohen to Aretha Franklin to Florence and the Machine in just about every bar, coffee shop or festival that'll have her. So it should come as no surprise that her first full album, Heavy Is the Heart, sounds so realized.
Like Joan Armatrading or K.D. Lang, DeCosmo floats between styles with ease, drifting from the spacey soul of Closer to the rumbling Southern rock of Don't Know What It Means to the hushed, intimate Funny Love. Her voice, soft and supple, is the spider's silk holding it together.
As you'd expect with a title like Heavy Is the Heart, DeCosmo sings of uncertainty and insecurity, of "wading in the waters of my own demise" (Washed Away) and feeling "so slow, like a weight dragging me down" (You Move). "It's funny how you try to occupy your mind, and I try so hard to uninhibit mine," she sings on Funny Love. "There's a weariness on my mind," she wails on the heartbreaking piano ballad Sometimes It Hurts.
Yet the album is rife with lively, winning touches — the spicy sax fueling DeCosmo's voice like kindling on the hand-clappy Gotta Go; the hypnotic backwards guitar snaking in the background on In Another Life; the splendid vocal harmonies of the sparse Take My Worries Away.
Even at its most intimate, Heavy Is the Heart sounds fresh and hopeful, with a light touch that might do your heart good. - Jay Cridlin
"An effortless blend of alt-rock, soul and folk music marked by jazz-rich vocals of front woman Danielle DeCosmo". - Leilani Polk
“DeCosmo, vocalist for Boss Lady and the Company, came to 6th Street when the band had an opening for a lead singer. At Friday’s show, with her hair pulled back and dressed in a modest black sleeveless frock, she didn’t resemble the bikini-top-wearing, belly-baring chick from Boss Lady and the Company. That iteration of DeCosmo is something of a local legend. The singer lost nothing in shedding the sexy for the demure. The modest attire meant that the voice had to stand on its own and it did, alternately gliding, swooping, sailing, and rocketing through a set list comprising R & B classics and original material. ”
―Susanna Mars, Fresh Squeezed Florida 2010 - Susanna Mars
“She is small in stature, but has a big, big voice….think Susan Tedeschi. She was born way too late to be a torch singer at the Copa, but her voice will remind you of those silky 1940′s vocalists.”
―Steve Hart, Amelia Island Blues Fest 2010 - Steve Hart
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Still working on that hot first release.
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Danielle DeCosmo is a Florida born singer songwriter who has been performing professionally since she was 8 years old. Her first full length album, “Heavy is the Heart”, released March 2016, is about 10 years of her life. DeCosmo's music is dreamy, jazzy trip hop, like Thievery Corporation meets Billie Holiday, richly enhanced by real instrumentation and deep lyricism.
The Tampa Bay Times picked "Heavy is the Heart" as one of the best albums of the year! Click the link to read the full write-up: "Like Joan Armatrading or K.D. Lang, DeCosmo floats between styles with ease, drifting from the spacey soul of Closer to the rumbling Southern rock of Don't Know What It Means to the hushed, intimate Funny Love. Her voice, soft and supple, is the spider's silk holding it together." ― Jay Cridlin, Times Pop Music/Culture Critic http://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/music/halfway-through-2016-catch-up-on-the-years-tampa-bay-albu...
“She is small in stature, but has a big, big voice...think Susan Tedeschi. She was born way too late to be a torch singer at the Copa, but her voice will remind you of those silky 1940′s vocalists.” ― Steve Hart, Amelia Island Blues Fest 2010
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