Here are some reflections and writings on Anthony, courtesy of his fellow artists, reporters, and friends.

• Pat Wictor, Singer/Songwriter
  “Anthony da Costa is the future of folk music.”
• Louis Jay Meyers, Executive Director, International Folk Alliance
  “I first heard of this kid at a regional gathering and I could not believe it. I went to see him five more times just to make sure that he was as good as I first thought he was. He is. He’s the kind of fresh blood we need.”
• Montgomery Delaney, Singer/Songwriter
  “Anthony is writing songs at the age of 16 which lead me to the conclusion that he is truly a prodigy at the craft. Aside from his lyrical sensibility, he is an absolutely masterful musician with exceptional timing, technique and feel. Thank you, Anthony, for the opportunity to make music with you. You renew my sense of wonder.”
• John Platt, WFUV-FM
  “Anthony da Costa is a 16-year-old prodigy—a young man with a lot of songs and a lot to say about what he sees. He’s prolific.”
• Fred Gillen, Jr., Singer/Songwriter
  “Anthony’s simple, honest, gentle, vulnerable and poetic songs about the human condition deserve no less than the space and freedom they find on his recordings. His songs shine a beautiful delicate light on the heart of what it is to be human and, on his records, that light is more a lava-lamp than a spotlight. If you like lava-lamps better than the pale, florescent lights of our modern age, then you will love his music.”
• Michael Sangiacomo, Cleveland Plain Dealer
  “Anthony da Costa has written more than 100 songs, produced five CDs and performs with a skill way beyond his years.”
• Jonathan Byrd, Singer/Songwriter
  “Anthony da Costa is a good teenage songwriter, which is about as rare as a good teenage accordionist!”
• James Fanelli, The Patent Trader
  “While most teenagers spend their school days dreaming of being their rock ‘n’ roll idol, Anthony da Costa, a Bob Dylan-obsessed (16)-year-old, is playing and sounding very much like his.”
• Larry Hoyt, Singer/Songwriter and DJ (WAER-FM)
  “Anthony da Costa is a very talented, very young man. For the ‘On the Griddle’ workshop (at the 2006 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference)—in which a panel of five music industry professionals critiqued the first 50 seconds of about 30 submitted songs—Anthony’s song (“Quality Time”) received some of the highest praise from both the panelists—and seemingly from the audience, given their overall reaction. Later on, I had the pleasure of jamming on a few songs with Anthony and others at the Tribe’s Hill song circle. Believe me, this young fellow can play guitar and sing!”
• Peter Gerstenzang, The New York Times
  “Anthony is…a teenage prodigy…with a Beatles haircut…whose songbook is so large and diverse that Ryan Adams, one of his heroes, may admire it.”