Adam Brodsky
{{short description|American singer}}
Adam Brodsky is an American, locally popular anti-folk singer, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.{{cite news|url=http://citypaper.net/articles/2002-11-27/music.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030114011548/http://citypaper.net/articles/2002-11-27/music.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 14, 2003 |title=Diesel Dork |author=M.J. Fine |publisher=Philadelphia City Paper |date=November 27, 2002 |access-date=January 25, 2010 }}{{cite news|url=http://citypaper.net/articles/050400/cw.six.pick2.shtml |title=Adam Brodsky |author=Rosemary Darigo |publisher=Philadelphia City Paper |date=May 4, 2000 |access-date=January 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050215064500/http://citypaper.net/articles/050400/cw.six.pick2.shtml |archive-date=February 15, 2005 }} In 2003, he attained the Guinness World Record for the Fastest Tour by Solo Performer with 50 shows in 50 states in 50 days.
Background
Brodsky frequently refers to himself as "the Dork", or "Dorkboy". To highlight this, he has a tattoo, similar to Robert Indiana's sculpture, portrayed in Philadelphia's LOVE Park, proclaiming him a DORK. His songs typically feature self-deprecation, religion (especially Judaism), suicide, and rejection. His albums often include banter made between sets during performances.
His self-owned label is Permanent Records, which he started in the mid-1990s.{{cite news|url=http://citypaper.net/articles/100198/icepack.shtml?print=1 |title=Bringing It All Back Home |author=A.D. Amorosi |publisher=Philadelphia City Paper |date=October 1, 1998 |access-date=January 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216190301/http://citypaper.net/articles/100198/icepack.shtml?print=1 |archive-date=December 16, 2013 }} Among the artists who have recorded under it are Todd Young, Butch Ross, EDO, Greg Simon, Pete Chambers and Steph Hayes.
In 2000, he was named the Best Folk Performer in the Philadelphia City Paper Music Awards.{{cite news|url=http://blogs.citypaper.net/articles/092800/mus.hear.shtml |title=Hear Here |author=Brian Howard |publisher=Philadelphia City Paper |date=September 28, 2000 |access-date=January 25, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} That year, he also developed a side project called, "A Brief History of Folk Music." Contrary to his raucous shows, it was primarily aimed at children.[http://www.antifolkonline.com/AdamBrodsky.html Adam Brodsky], Antifolkonline.com, Retrieved January 25, 2010
Between August 3, 2003, and September 21, 2003, Brodsky set the Guinness World Record for the Fastest Tour by Solo Performer with 50 shows in 50 states in 50 days, and then performed in Washington DC the following night.{{cite news | url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CS&s_site=thestate&p_multi=CS&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FCADA14FB821715&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | title= 5 Questions With Adam Brodsky | publisher=The State | date= August 1, 2003 | access-date=January 25, 2010 }}{{cite news | url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-4484996_ITM | title= Travelin' man aims for record | author= Kevin Hopper | newspaper=Albuquerque Journal | date= September 12, 2003 | access-date=January 25, 2010 }}{{cite magazine | url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-1229747/Adam-Brodsky-People-Places-Miscellany.html | title= Adam Brodsky | magazine=Sing Out! | date= January 1, 2004 | access-date=January 25, 2010 }}("Hats off to punk-folk singer-songwriter Adam Brodsky who completed his ambitious '50 States...")[http://www.adambrodsky.com/index.php?page=news&display=4 World Record Authenticated]: A Nation Rejoices, AdamBrodsky.com (February 13, 2004), Retrieved January 25, 2010
Brodsky allows audience members to record his live performances. In 2003, Mary Krause of Permanent Records gave permission for fan-made recordings of Brodsky's shows to be hosted on the Internet Archive.
Adam removed himself a self-imposed "hibernation" and went back on the road in April 2008 with shows in Hoboken, NJ; Boston, MA; Schenectady, NY and Ithaca, NY, with Steph Hayes from Steph Hayes and The Good Problems.[http://www.adambrodsky.com/index.php?page=news&category=general&display=252 A Small Tour To The North], AdamBrodsky.com (March 28, 2008), Retrieved January 25, 2010
Discography
- Deeply Flawed
- Dork Radio EP
- Dork (1997){{cite news|url=http://citypaper.net/articles/061198/six5.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010309052904/http://www.citypaper.net/articles/061198/six5.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 9, 2001 |title=Todd Young & Adam Brodsky |publisher=Philadelphia City Paper |date=June 11, 1998 |access-date=January 25, 2010 }}
- Folk Remedy (2000){{cite news|url=http://citypaper.net/articles/111199/mus.dq1.shtml |title=Adam Brodsky/Butch Ross: Folk Remedy/Selected Works of Friction |author=M.J. Fine |publisher=Philadelphia City Paper |date=November 18, 1999 |access-date=January 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060228013302/http://citypaper.net/articles/111199/mus.dq1.shtml |archive-date=February 28, 2006 }}
- Hookers, Hicks, and Heebs (2003)
- Under the Covers (promotional)
- "No More Luxuries", hidden track on the Jim Carroll Band Tribute, Put Your Tongue to the Rail (1999)
References
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External links
- [http://www.adambrodsky.com/ Official Site]
- [https://www.myspace.com/adambrodskydork Adam Brodsky's page on MySpace]
- [https://archive.org/details/AdamBrodsky Adam Brodsky collection] at the Internet Archive's live music archive
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Category:Songwriters from Pennsylvania
Category:Jewish American musicians
Category:American male singers
Category:Singers from Philadelphia
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Jewish anti-folk musicians