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  • Lost Portage

    Written and performed by Geffery Cassuto and Jan Rogalski (guitars) with Jeremy Boss on bass. Recorded and produced by Anthony Staiti 2017-18.

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About Geff

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My name is Geff Cassuto. I was born in 1985 in Baltimore, MD. I was raised in Pasadena, MD where I attended public school. I am a self taught musician specializing in string instruments, mainly guitar, banjo, violin/fiddle, and mandolin. I have been performing solo and with bands in the Baltimore area and nationwide since 2004. My music is meditative in nature and varies between singer/songwriter style folk music and old time Americana, to composed suites for steel string guitars, electric… more

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E.P. 2017

This self produced e.p. contains 4 compositions for finger-picked solo guitar and throat singing that were composed and recorded in 2017. The songs are orginal as well as inspired by sources of Americana and folk. They were written as way to deal with the grief of the death of my best friend that year. His brother gifted me his 12 string guitar after his passing and these compositions are what transpired. They are my attempt to summarize our friendship, contemplate death and finality as well as trying to make a light for myself to hold in order to see my path in the dark. I hope that others may find similar responses to this music.

  • Christian Mark The Magician

    Finger picked solo 12 string guitar played by Geffery Cassuto. Composed, recorded and produced by Geffery Cassuto in 2017.

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    • Before The Apocalypse

    This album consists of original guitar duets composed by myself and my deceased best friend Jan Rogalski in 2017. The process of composition consisted of he and I improvising together and many of the songs came together spontaneously. We shared mutual inspiration from the guitar playing of the likes of John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Robbie Basho, Dylan Carlson, Asa Osbourne as well as from middle eastern and east Indian music, old time American music, blues and much more. 

    • Tabouleh

      Geffery Cassuto and Jan Rogalski guitars, percussion, violin with Joe Bellotte on bass. Recorded and produced by Anthony Staiti 2017-18.

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    • Mt. Clare Junction

    Self produced album of solo material in the vein of singer songwriter as well as a few original instrumentals. The songs were written from years 2008-2015, and were a culmination of moments from my life up to that point. Themes include loss, anxiety, depression and confronting death as well as my personal spiritual journey through my 20's. 

    • No Wrong Turn

      Composed on Monhegan Island ME in 2013 for solo guitar by Geffery Cassuto. Performed, recorded and produced in 2015 by Geffery Cassuto.

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    • Sounds of Uncertainty

    This album is a sampling of numerous experiments of sound and composition for electrified banjo and acoustic guitar.  Most of these songs were improvised solo creations with the exception of a few that were written to be sung. I explore alternate tunings and picking styles for guitar and banjo with one electronic collage to end the album. Themes on this project are meditative and reflective of depressive and also elated states of being that I was observing at that time in my life. All tracks are performed, recorded and produced in 2012 by Geffery Cassuto.

    • Dariush

      Solo improv for electrified 5 string banjo. Inspired by Persian classical musician Dariush Dolat-Shahi. Performed, recorded and produced in 2012 by Geffery Cassuto.

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