| Lisa Moscatiello | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 4, 1966 |
| Origin | Arlington County, Virginia, United States |
| Genre(s) | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals Guitar |
| Years active | 1982-present |
| Label(s) | Happy Cactus Machine Heart Shipwhistle Wind River |
| Associated acts | Arthur Loves Plastic Ceoltoiri The New St. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Arthur Loves Plastic or ALP is the performing name for Washington D George The Space Dots Whirligig |
| Website | http://www.lisamoscatiello.com/ |
Lisa Moscatiello is an American singer who is part of the Washington, DC area music scene. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D She is listed in Music Hound's Folk: Essential Album Guide, and is most often categorized as a folk vocalist. Moscatiello is, however, known for her versatility and range, and has appeared on stage singing the music of Scottish fiddler Johnny Cunningham in a production by the avant-garde theatre group Mabou Mines, and is featured on recordings by the Washington, DC-area techno band, Arthur Loves Plastic. Johnny Cunningham was a Scottish folk musician, composer and producer Mabou Mines is an Avant-garde Theatre company founded in 1970 and based in New York City. Arthur Loves Plastic or ALP is the performing name for Washington D
A native of Arlington, VA, she attended Yale University from 1984-1988. She was actively involved in Yale's well-known a capella music community as a member of the group Redhot & Blue. Redhot & Blue usually shortened to Redhot is Yale University 's oldest coeducational A cappella group She was a member of the British-style folk-rock band The New St. George from 1989-1994. She joined the New York-based Celtic-fusion band Whirligig in 1996, and performed with them through 2002, with appearances at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Newport Folk Festival, and Britain's Cropredy Festival. The Philadelphia Folk Festival is a three-day festival of Folk music that has been held annually in Schwenksville Pennsylvania in the vicinity of Philadelphia The Newport Folk Festival is an American annual folk -oriented Music festival in Newport Rhode Island, which began in 1959 Fairport's Cropredy Convention (formerly Cropredy Festival) is an annual festival of folk and Rock music held on the edge of the Village
In 2005, she formed her own jazz-folk hybrid band called the Space Dots, and recorded an album of "acid cabaret" songs with them called Trouble from the Start. Other recent projects of note include Jennifer Cutting's Ocean (2003) album featuring Maddy Prior and Gabriel Yacoub and Well-Kept Secrets (2003) with fiddler Rosie Shipley. Maddy Prior (born 14 August 1947, Blackpool, England) is an English Folk singer. Gabriel Yacoub was born in Paris of a Lebanese father and a French mother
She is an Italian American. An Italian American is an American of Italian descent and/or dual citizenship
Discography
- Innocent When You Dream 1997
- Second Avenue 2000
- What Happens After Love (with Fred Lieder) 2002
- Well Kept Secrets (with Rosie Shipley) 2003
- Trouble from the Start 2005
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