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.