Anything can happen when musician, composer and filmmaker Stephen DiJoseph enters a studio or takes the stage. Whether it’s the percussive grooves of his solo guitar and vocals, the quirk and funk of his trademark jazz/classical “Pianopoetry”, the trance-electronica of his 'Whirld Music Trio' project or the ease and flow of his ambient orchestral productions, it’s undeniable that DiJoseph is an artist of many skills.
With 45 years, thousands of performances, 11 CD’s, multiple singles, many video productions, TV and radio appearances, Stephen’s latest accomplishment is an international distribution deal with Deko/Warner Music Group ADA for his new song collection ‘Songs dreams circumstance’.
What also makes DiJoseph unique is another very “outspoken collaborator” as he refers to his experience of living with Tourette’s Syndrome. “Tourette’s showed up for me around the same time as my passion for music, around 6 so, It's always been the 'art in the syndrome' for me,” DiJoseph recalls.
“It’s always first about what I feel. Creativity and humor are central to performing and making music for me. It’s what inspires me and in turn, what I hope to inspire in others. ”
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“He presents complex, bold, awe-inspiring performances and arrangements, the likes of which this listener has rarely witnessed!”
Stephen’s autobiographical movie A SynapTic Adventure: Tourette’s and Beyond won Best Emerging Documentary in the Bucks Fever Film Festival. In it, DiJoseph tells the story of growing up in “the dark” as he explains,,, trying to understand the cause of the strange urges, movements and compulsions that filled his childhood. Conditions, that to this day, both challenge and propel his mission to create and inspire.
With that passion and “partnership” of Tourette’s, DiJoseph has etched out an award-winning career that spans 45 years, 11 CD's, multiple music video productions and countless live performances in The US and abroad.
JP Folks International Music Awards:
BEST AMBIENT album - JUST CHILL
nominated for BEST SONG - Flyin’ from HYPNOTIZED
(out of thousands of submissions alongside Bruce Springstein-guitarist Nils Lofgren in the male S/S category)
2nd place for BEST CELTIC CD - URBAN CELTIC
BEST INSTRUMENTAL CD - PIANOPOETRY
nominated for Best Video - Flyin music video
JP Folks is the world’s largest Indie Music Organization. members include Janis Ian and Nils Lofgren
JP Folks is in over 60 countries around the world
Other Awards
Billboard World Song Contest - Top 500 Honorable Mention - for 4 songs from HYPNOTIZED
Finalist -The Singer-Songwriter Awards
Winner - Godfrey Daniel’s BETHLEHEM #MUSIKFEST contest
Finalist - New Song Festival Song Contest
Finalist - Susquehanna Music Festival Contest
Opened for such notables as
Jon Herrington (Steely Dan)
Greg Brown Peter Mulvey
Billy Jonas Mad Pudding
Los Lobos and others
Past Performances (partial)
new music festival PRAGUE. The Painted Bride PA. Hill side Concerts NY
Puck Live PA clifford brown festival DE Woodside outdoor Concerts
new sessions DUBLIN father folk festival PA
the tin angel PA Lansdowne folk club PA
the point PA bethlehem musikfest PA
steele city coffee PA. the knitting factory NY
chaplin’s music cafe PA the living room NY
world cafe live PA and DE. maine public radio ME
dE folk festival DE Starbird room ME
wesley college Friends DE randolph music festival VT
cooldog house concerts DE Omega Institute NY
WHYY House Concert Series. the bitter end NY
WXPN with Gene Shay CBGB NY
dE first night DE