Dan Costello

Blending classical, bluegrass, progressive rock, jazz, and folk into one personal style may be difficult, even hazardous, but singer-songwriter and guitarist Dan Costello is up to the challenge. His performance experience ranges from hard rock bands to jazz ensembles to medieval instrumental troupes. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree in classical guitar from Boise State University in 2001, and has since worked in nearly every aspect of the music industry, including over 1000 live performances in the last four years. Recently Dan played guitar for Darius Rucker (former Hootie and the Blowfish frontman) for the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games opening ceremonies. In 2008, he hosted and engineered two episodes of the KBSU radio program “Music From Stanley,” released his first solo album titled “Lessons” (with former bandmates Rob Hill and Scott Lindbloom), placed third in the International Acoustic Music Awards for the Top Male Vocalist category, and recorded guitar, vocals, harmonica, bass, banjo and mandolin on over a dozen 2008 releases from local artists, all while maintaining a 250-show performance schedule for the year. He is an outspoken proponent of local, grass-roots music.

Filed Under: Acoustic / Folk, Jazz / Contemporary, Rock / Alternative