DAVEY ALLEN

Raised in the Western, New York suburbs of Rochester, Davey “Allen” Schaum-Bartocci is an emerging country artist in the local Northern music scene. Davey started his music career in early 2024, performing at town bar open-mics with his acoustic guitar. Just a few short months later, he’s gigging in some of the most popular bars all around Rochester, covering today’s country hits from various artists while working toward releasing his first studio album. Davey debuted his lead single, “Ghost Town” back in August LIVE on air on 106.3 WRFM, a local Rochester radio station, and if you catch a live gig, you’ll get a glimpse of upcoming songs he plans to release in the future.

Davey started playing guitar when he was 12 years old and performing at his annual Church coffee house in High School. Music was never the priority though, as he pursued playing college football since age 3. Upon High School graduation, he committed to Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania and spent the 2017 season as a backup before transferring and finding his home at the University of Rhode Island (URI) as the punter and placeholder for 4 seasons from 2019 to 2022. But he never lost his passion for music; it was just on hold until he graduated from the URI in December of 2022 with a B.S. in Marketing and took his shot at the NFL, punting for 4 NFL teams at his Pro Day in March of 2023. Fast-forward to 2024, and Davey has found his second calling with country music in songwriting, drawing inspiration from some of his favorite artists like Morgan Wallen, Tucker Wetmore, and Keith Urban. Davey hopes to be a mainstay in the music scene and break into the national spotlight with new releases slated for 2025 to continue chasing his new calling to music.