DM Stith

Singer-songwriter and visual artist DM Stith, a.k.a. David Michael Stith, was born in 1980 in Buffalo, N.Y., into a very musical family. His official biography lists his father as a former church-choir director/college wind-ensemble director; his grandfather a Cornell music professor emeritus; his mother a pianist; his sisters opera singers/piano and timpani players/tap dancers. Collaborations include Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond), Sufjan Stevens, and Sebastian Krueger. The Brooklyn-based Stith recently recorded his first full-length project, Heavy Ghost, for Asthmatic Kitty Records, "in bedrooms, churches, kitchens and instrumental rehearsal halls around the North East," he writes. Stith's alternative-inspired classical edge is shaped by rushes of imagination and a mysterious elegance. The title "Braid of Voices," from his 2009 release Heavy Ghost, will reel you into its labyrinth of beauty. Currently on tour.