Todd Sickafoose

TODD SICKAFOOSE is a Tony and Grammy award-winning composer, producer, arranger, orchestrator, bandleader and double bassist. The San Francisco Chronicle called him “a captivating improviser, imaginative composer, and master of collaboration”. In 2004, Sickafoose began performing and recording duo with folk poet, activist and cultural icon Ani DiFranco. Their relationship has developed for nearly two decades – over 8 albums, two concert DVDs, and thousands of shows. In 2007, Sickafoose began working on Anais Mitchell's folk opera, Hadestown. After years of development and regional productions, the show opened in the Walter Kerr Theater on Broadway in 2019 and won 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Orchestrations for Sickafoose and collaborator Michael Chorney. Sickafoose produced the Hadestown Original Broadway Cast Recording which won a 2020 Grammy for Best Musical Theater Recording. Straddling the worlds of folk, indie rock, jazz and chamber music, Sickafoose’s own band Tiny Resistors has been making music together since 2008.