Frank LoCrasto + Chris Hoffman Record Release Party:
Frank LoCrasto
Christopher Hoffman
Christina Courtin
Thu, March 10, 2011
8:00 pm
Littlefield$10.00
Tickets
This event is 21 and over
$10 in advance, $12 at the door
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Frank LoCrasto
Born and raised in Texas, Frank LoCrasto has been hailed by the New York Times as "a pianist-composer of modernity and promise." At the age of twenty, he was picked up by guitar legend Pat Martino and went on to work with artist such as Wallace Roney, Greg Osby, Jeremy Pelt, and many more. His new release, El Dorado, recorded in his basement apartment in Brooklyn, is layered with vintage synthesizers and old timey pianos. Frank also co-leads the surf/twang band Rumblefoot.
Christopher Hoffman
christopher hoffman is best known as a cellist to a varying list of bands, singer/songwriters, composers, improvisers and noisers. he is also a singer & multi-instrumentalist as well as engineer, producer and video maker. christopher leads a band called sad companion, he is a member of Henry Threadgill's Zooid, has a band with his brothers called Needers & Givers and plays in Michael Pitt's Pagoda. He has had the honor of working with martin scorsese, marianne faithfull, christina courtin, rob burger, butch morris, devotchka, ryan adams, bebel gilberto, harris eisenstadt, fran healy, jeremiah cymerman, haale and willie nile.
Christina Courtin
Christina Courtin is a New York City based singer, violinist, violist,
and composer. As a singer, she has performed alongside and supported
such acts as Marianne Faithful, Suzanne Vega, Mike Doughty (of Soul
Coughing), Teddy Thompson, Ray Davies (of The Kinks), Aoife O'Donovan
(of Crooked Still), Benmont Tench (of Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers), Jon Brion, Brooklyn Rider, The Knights, Robyn
Hitchcock, and Greg Cohen. She has had many pieces commissioned for
her, including a piece entitled "Three Roads" by the hyper-accordian
player MIchael Ward-Bergeman that premiered at Carnegie Hall. Her
self-titled first record was released on Nonesuch Records in June 2008
and her sophmore album entitled 'Ladies Who Lunch' is to be released
in the spring of 2011.
and composer. As a singer, she has performed alongside and supported
such acts as Marianne Faithful, Suzanne Vega, Mike Doughty (of Soul
Coughing), Teddy Thompson, Ray Davies (of The Kinks), Aoife O'Donovan
(of Crooked Still), Benmont Tench (of Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers), Jon Brion, Brooklyn Rider, The Knights, Robyn
Hitchcock, and Greg Cohen. She has had many pieces commissioned for
her, including a piece entitled "Three Roads" by the hyper-accordian
player MIchael Ward-Bergeman that premiered at Carnegie Hall. Her
self-titled first record was released on Nonesuch Records in June 2008
and her sophmore album entitled 'Ladies Who Lunch' is to be released
in the spring of 2011.
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