Christine Lavin
September 11

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