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Brad Skistimas

Five Times August

Five Times August, Singer/Songwriter

Five Times August has appeared on the FOX Business channel as an expert “Do-It-Yourself” indie artist and featured in Billboard Magazine, Performing Songwriter, Guitar Player, PeopleMagazine, and USA Today. He was the first unsigned act to have an album distributed in Walmart stores, and the music has been featured on many popular TV shows, commercials, and films.

In 2021 FTA began releasing a series of protest songs taking aim at Covid-era regulations, the Biden administration, Justin Trudeau, as well as Anthony Fauci with the hit song “Sad Little Man,” which reached #1 on several Amazon and Apple Music charts.

​Skistimas performed his song “Silent War” on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC for 35,000 attendees at the Defeat the Mandates rally on Jan. 23, 2022.

In November 2022, FTA released the full-length album “Silent War,” which reached #5 on Amazon’s best-selling albums overall and #1 on Amazon and Apple Music’s singer/songwriter and alternative charts.