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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.