SkyHeart favorite John Scarpulla returns with special guest Brain Shafer Saturday, Oct 26 at 7:30PM

John has toured, recorded and collaborated with some of the 
Born and raised in New York City, John began playing Bars and Subway stations in and around Manhattan in his early twenties. Recently he has relocated to upstae New York with his family and has been playing and recording incessantly for the past two years. Categorizing Scarpulla's music is difficult because it combines so many elements of Folk, Blues and Classic Americana, that it is in fact "Original." Scarpulla's recently released album "Blue Ruin" has received strong reviews in several publications inluding Metroland and BlogCritics.

Local singer-songwriter John Scarpulla makes acoustic music rooted in a deep burnished groove, with intonations of blues, pop, and soul. And even in the music’s darker moments—when staring down the past through a once-full beer glass in “Something in a Brown,” for example—there’s a cautious optimism that lifts his muse upward.

The Cobleskill resident has a big soulful voice and some dazzling poetical chops to bolster his fine melodic sensibilities. Scarpulla’s deft songwriting touch particularly shows through on the potently soulful “Wednesday” and the breezy, comfortable “No Reason.” From Woodstock to Ballston Spa to Schoharie County, Scarpulla’s been making his live presence known in the area this year, and Blue Ruin shows him to be a singer-songwriter and performer (in the greater John Hiatt neighborhood) who is well worth your time.

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Local singer-songwriter John Scarpulla makes acoustic music rooted in a deep burnished groove, with intonations of blues, pop, and soul. And even in the music’s darker moments—when staring down the past through a once-full beer glass in “Something in a Brown,” for example—there’s a cautious optimism that lifts his muse upward. 
The Cobleskill resident has a big soulful voice and some dazzling poetical chops to bolster his fine melodic sensibilities. Scarpulla’s deft songwriting touch particularly shows through on the potently soulful “Wednesday” and the breezy, comfortable “No Reason.” From Woodstock to Ballston Spa to Schoharie County, Scarpulla’s been making his live presence known in the area this year, and Blue Ruin shows him to be a singer-songwriter and performer (in the greater John Hiatt neighborhood) who is well worth your time.
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biggest stars in the music business.
He has gained his reputation as an Artist and as a Saxophonist live and in the studio with Funk legends Tower of Power, Rock icons Billy Joel and Hall & Oates, Pop superstars Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez and Michael Bolton and Latin luminaries Willie Colon and Celia Cruz.

He has worked and recorded with and along side of Grammy winners as well as Grammy nominees and continues to take New York by storm.

Recently, John was asked to join Billy Joel and his band for the historic “Last Play at Shea” shows where they performed for over 60,000 people a night and were joined by Don Henley, John Mellencamp, John Mayer and Tony Bennett. The second show trumped it with a return from Tony Bennett along with new turns from Steven Tyler, Roger Daltry, Garth Brooks and, as if that were not enough, Sir Paul McCartney.

Check out the long awaited release of the “Funk Filharmonik” entitled “Everybody Get Down”