Adam started his music career as a solo instrumental guitarist and independent film scorer. His first record, “On the Seventh Year” featured a selection of melodies inspired by Jewish prayer arranged for solo guitar. Adam’s playing and early performances of the record were likened by the St. Louis Post Dispatch as, “Leo Kottke-esque…if Kottke were Jewish and studied Chasidic melodies.” Music form the record was performed with the renowned percussionist Cyro Baptista (Paul Simon, Trey Anastasio, John Zorn) and featured in the award winning documentary Unsettled chronicling Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza strip back in 2005/6. Adam also wrote original music for several other award winning independent films including Twisted – A Balloonamentry and Grassroots which followed the Democratic grassroots efforts in South Florida ahead of the 2008 Presidential election. A selection of Adam’s film music was rerecorded for his 2018 release Sees & Sights. Adam spent more than five years touring with artist Matisyahu for the singer’s acoustic performances world-wide. Adam’s playing with Matisyahu was noted for its inventive arrangements of reggae music, turning many songs into chord-and-bass-melody explorations of often simple progressions. In early 2020, shortly before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Adam stepped out to the front of the stage and opened up for Matisyahu with his own solo set during Matisyahu’s six-city South Florida tour. Adam performed entirely new music, featuring his first batch of lyrical tunes; tunes that Adam is now preparing in-studio for an early 2021 release.
