"vocal skills that are soulful and rich in tone and when he hits the right note you get goose bumps and then you simply understand"
- Mike Johnson, Hot Indie News
"...you find yourself enjoying the symptoms of an acute case of audio elation..."
- Kenny Hart, Worth a Listen
"...an impressive artist crafting serious yet uplifting songs."
- Laura Turner Lynch, Kweevak
Music / Media
You can play music using the flash player to the left. If you navigate away the player will restart, so most of the links on the site open in new windows or tabs.
You can download the mp3's from the player here:
Osokin
Ride
Go For Better Love
Falling Into You
Hardly So
East
Michael O'Brien
You can support independent music by picking up a cd from CdBaby. I'd love it
if you bought a copy of my latest CD, East
You can get some mp3s on iTunes, but I'd understand if you didn't since they make the files less than portable. Maybe try Rhapsody instead.
If you've 'joined' the mailing list, you can log in and check for new recordings as I post them.
Shows
8/13 6-7:30PM @ Stony Loam CSA / Pizza on Earth
Map
8/15 10:30-11:30AM @ Shelburne, VT Town Party
Poster (.pdf)
8/18 6-7:30 PM @ The Family Room, Burlington
Map
I'm playing local shows at venues around Charlotte, Shelburne, and Vergennes. If you know of any venues that host original music, especially singer-songwriters, please let me know. I'm willing to travel for the right show.
You can contact me by emailing, rick at rickcusick dot com.
Rick Cusick
Hi, my name is Rick Cusick, and this is my website.
I'm a singer songwriter based in Charlotte, Vermont. Until 2006 I was based in Brooklyn, NY.
People who have seen me play live have told me that I sound like a variety of artists, like Jack Johnson, Seal, Dave Matthews, James Blunt, Gary Jules, Michael Penn, and James Taylor. I like all their music, so that kind of makes sense. My musical heros are Marvin Gaye, Daniel Lanois, Jeff Buckley, and Richard Thompson.
I try to write songs that tell stories, sometimes true personal and sometimes allegorical. And sometimes I like to write pop.
I love to sing, which is why I learned to play guitar.
I built this website with some help from my friends, I hope you like it.
