It's ALWAYS a wild
night when Christine Lavin comes to town and her Blue Moon
shows have lived up to expectations and beyond...nails are
polished (by the artist, herself---in the lobby---for
audience members), Christine goes cordless as she walks
through the house singing and playing from table to
table...lights dim and the illuminated baton is thrown and
caught (almost always)...and everyone leaves the room
thoroughly entertained though weak from laughter.
And that's just the first set of music!
Singer /songwriter /guitarist /concert artist, Christine
Lavin, has recorded and released 16 solo albums of original
material, sings her own and others' songs on three disks of
the "Four Bitchin' Babes" (a group she founded, nurtured and
performed in during the '90s) and has put together and
produced 8 compilations showcasing the works of dozens of
singer /songwriters.
Christine created, directed, produced, and taught
performance courses at the "Martha's Vineyard Singer
/Songwriters' Retreat"; two, month-long events that gathered
thirty American songwriters on the island to meet,
collaborate, and record new material in September of 1992
and 1993. She has won one NAIRD award, two New York Music
Awards, four ASCAP composer awards, the Kate Wolf Memorial
Award and the 2001 Backstage Bistro Award for Outstanding
New York Singer /Songwriter of the Year. Her songs have been
performed in concert by such artists as the Dartmouth
Decibelles, the Washington DC Gay Men's Chorus, Scottish
troubadour Brian McNeil, and international chanteuse Andrea
Marcovicci.
In April of 1998 the two-disk tribute project "Big League
Babe" was released on the 1800PRIMECD label (more than two
dozen singer/songwriters recorded Christine's songs in
secret and surprised her).
Her song "Sensitive New Age Guys" is in the long-running
Off-Broadway production of "A. . . My Name Will Always Be
Alice," and her science-based song "If We Had No Moon" will
be included in an album of all space-related music to be
released by the National Space Society later in 2001.
Christine performs 120 concerts per year, a career that
continues to take her all over the US, Canada and Australia.
She now performs wireless, enabling her, she says, "to turn
any size concert hall into a living room." She also tells
stories, twirls glowing batons on-stage, and has most
recently incorporated a digital phrase sampler into her live
concert, enabling her to create improvised lyrics (and
intricate vocal harmonies) on the fly. In her free time
Christine writes essays and articles (The Washington Post,
The St. Petersburg Times, Delta "Sky" Magazine, The
Performing Songwriter Magazine) and was the host and now
guest host for the popular "Sunday Breakfast" radio program
on WFUV 90.7 FM, public radio, from Fordham University in
New York City.
It is no overstatement to say, Christine Lavin is one of the
hardest working performers on the scene---and when she
decided to make a CD from one of her Blue Moon shows, it was
like Sherman's march to the sea , only without the carnage.
Cheryl Wheeler penned a song about Christine called
"Christine Lavin Could Do It"...and she sure can. One
Wild Night made it to sale in mere weeks after the show
at Blue Moon. Ask anyone if such an undertaking is possible
and most would doubt it...tell them Christine Lavin
is at the helm and the doubts melt away. Christine is truly
a tour de force, and one of the most generous folks in the
business...ask any of the myriad of artists that she has
helped over the years. And One Wild Night is a great
CD! By the way, Christine put me on the CD and I am forever
getting stopped at music festivals and asked if I was on a
Christine Lavin CD...
I like to tell them that she was on mine.
Christine Lavin is currently touring in support of her
matest CD, Sometimes Mother Really Does Know Best. To
learn more about the talented Christine Lavin, check out her
incredibly informational and fun web site:
www.christinelavin.com
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