Cosby Gibson

COSBY GIBSON is an award winning, and Grammy® balloted, performing songwriter living near the Adirondacks. She has performed in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Southern states, Canada, and Europe, at over 1500 events. She plays original acoustic and folk-style songs on guitar, fiddle, and dulcimer. Outstanding performance venues include Falcon Ridge Acoustic Music Scene showcases, A Place for Folk, Macy's Department Store Benefits, F.Y.E. national music stores, Beacon Sloop Festivals, Yankee Candle Village Festivals, shows in Brussels, Belgium, and theater, television, livestreams, and radio appearances. Awards include Best Folk Album in the Capital District Original Music Awards for 2017 and 2018; Dorn Space Award for Music Outreach, 2019, Best Folk Album, 2021, and Outstanding Folk Artist, 2023; and is a nominee for The Thomas Edison Music Awards, 2023. She also performs historic song programs with fellow musician Tom Staudle of historic songs of the Erie Canal, Adirondack Lumber Camp Songs, Poetry and History Songs, Labor Union Songs, and American Revolution Songs for libraries, museums, and historic sites. More programs are Songwriters in the Round and Songwriting Workshops. Cosby has developed a Patron of the Arts program through the Patreon website where listeners pledge for songs, drawings, and videos. Funds are put toward goals such as obtaining equipment, touring, and new ideas. SELECT FESTIVALS Southern Adirondack Wine Festival and Art Walk, Gloversville, NY, 2014 to 2017, 2022, 2023 Lower Adirondack Region Arts Festivals, (LARAC) Glens Falls, NY, 2014 to 2017, 2022 Pete Seeger’s Beacon Sloop Festivals, Beacon, NY, 2012 to 2017, 2022, 2023 After the Fourth of July festivals, Fonda, NY, 2021, 2022 Saratoga Arts presents Art in the Park, NY, 2021, 2022 Yankee Candle Fall Festivals, Deerfield, MA, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 Woodstock Concerts on the Green, Woodstock, NY, 2018 Saratoga Performing Arts (SPAC), “Rock and Run,” NY, 2014 to 2017 Macy's Department Store, Benefits, Colonie, NY, 2011 to 2016 Friends of Clearwater Festivals, Long Branch, NJ, 2013 to 2016 Bennington Art and Craft Festival, VT, 2016 Arts Night Out, Northampton, MA, 2015 to 2018 Falcon Ridge Folk Festivals, Acoustic Music Scene showcase, Hillsdale, NY, 2014, 2015 Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival, Maryland, 2011 SELECT SHOWS The Glove Theatre, Gloversville, NY, 2023 Dorn Space Arts Center, opening for Carolann Solebello, Gloversville, NY, 2019, 2023 Mabee Historic Barn Concert Series, Rotterdam Junction, NY, 2013 to 2019 Artist of Note Humanities Series, sixteen shows in Coffeyville, KS, 2016 Emmaus Concert Series, Lancaster, PA, 2016 A Place for Folk, opening for Box Car Lilies, Schenectady, NY, 2016 The Burren Songwriter Showcase, Somerville, MA, 2015, 2016 Album release shows at F.Y.E. national music stores, NY, NJ, 2015, 2016 Tin Pan, Richmond, Virginia, 2015 Electric Maid, Washington, DC, 2015 185 King Street, Brevard, North Carolina, 2015 North Adams Summer Concert Series, MA, 2012, 2014 Hotel Indigo Songwriters Invitational, Nashville, Tenn., 2011 INTERNATIONAL Folk Alliance International, Toronto, Canada, Private Showcases, 2013 Brussels, Belgium: De Kam Folk Club, 2010; Warehouse Theater, 2012 TELEVISION: Manhattan Neighborhood Network, NYC, Channel 1, August and September, 2015 Schenectady Access Cable Television, NY, Channel 16 and 18, 2014 The Music Closet, Winchester, MA. WinCam Studios, 2011 SELECT RADIO Albany/Troy, NY: WEXT-FM, rotation, eight songs, Feb. 2020 to present Amsterdam, NY: WVLT-FM, Bob Cudmore, 2012 to 2014, and podcasts 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 Albany/Troy, NY: Top Songs of 2021 List, WEXT-FM, with Tom Staudle, Number 6 and Number 45 Albany, NY: WEXT-FM, “Local 518” program, interviews, Chris Wienk, Andrew Gregory, 2014 to 2021 Roxbury, NY: WIOX-FM, Terry Doyle, Brit Hotaling, Artie Martello, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 Albany, NY: WEXT-FM, “Crumbs Café,” Andrew Gregory, Mike Guzzo, 2015 to 2017 Montclair, NJ: WMSC-FM, Montclair University, Joe Pszonek, 2013 to 2017 Troy, NY: WRPI-FM, Rensselaer Polytechnic, “Hairman,” 2012 Bennington, VT: WBTN-AM, Interview, “Music Makers,” 2012 DISCOGRAPHY: Full-length albums "The Secret that the Forest Gave Me," 2019 “Into Mid-Air,” 2017, Winner, Best Folk Album, Capital District Original Music Awards, 2018 “Talking to Echos,” 2015, Winner, Best Folk Album, Capital District Original Music Awards, 2017 "American Dreams" 2012 "The Lost Songs," 2010 Cosby Gibson, debut, “The Northwoods," 2008 AWARDS Nominee: The Thomas Edison Music Awards, "The Eddies," Capital Region, NY, 2023 Best Folk Album 2021, Music Outreach 2019, Outstanding Folk Artist, 2023, Dorn Space Arts Center, G'ville, NY Best Songs of 2019, WEXT Radio, for "By the Light of the Lantern" (Album: "The Secret that the Forest Gave Me") Best Folk Album, Capital District Original Music Awards, 2018 (Album: "Into Mid-Air") Best Folk Album, Capital District Original Music Awards, 2017 (Album: "Talking to Echos") (June, 2023)

Tribes Hill, NY