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Kristin Cifelli

Let's get out of the middle of nowhere

About Me


FINALIST in the Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour Contest, June 2006
WINNER! to open for Aimee Mann with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall, Boston, June 2006
WINNER!! for Best Song in the Independent Music Awards 2005
WINNER!! on eof the 3 winning finalists in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition 2005
NOMINATED!!! for Best Album (So Long My Love) in the Independent Music Awards 2005
"The music has a twangy dreaminess about it that would make Chris Isaak sit up and take notice." - Jennifer Layton, indie-music.com
"Call her Sarah McLachlan with an acousticcall her Amy Fairchild or Sheryl Crowwhomever you compare her to, you'll still wind up short of finding an adequate comparisonbecause there is none. Cifelli is of her own mind, in her own world." -Kristen Pasculli, DiscoveringArtists.com.......
Worth Mentioning.....
Finalist in the Chris Austin Songwriting Competition 2004...
As a finalist, Kristin performed at Merlefest, 2004, among such acts as Gillian Welch, Rosanne Cash and Vince Gill...
Received a Boston Music Award nomination for her debut CD, Silver Bowl...
Kristins song, "Martyr" is featured on the 2002 Sony/Epic records compilation Shekinah 13 Artists with special back-up vocal guest Brad Delp of the band BOSTON...
Upon the release of Shekinah 13 Artists, Kristin was featured on the Oxygen Networks Daily Remix, VH1s Jump Start, and in publications such as Billboard Magazine, The Boston Globe, Downbeat, and the Associated Press...
Featured on the 1999 Big Girl Records Boston Music Award Winning compilation, Can You Read This Boston?, which benefits the Boston Adult Literacy Fund...
Has shared the stage with acts such as Jeffrey Gaines, Marshall Crenshaw, Brad Delp of the band BOSTON, Brooks Williams, The Pushstars, and many more...
Has performed in renowned clubs such as The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, CBGBs Gallery in NYC, and the legendary Club Passim in Cambridge, MA...
Performed live with Brad Delp, lead singer of the band BOSTON, who sang back-up on her song, "Martyr", featured on Shekinah 13 Artists...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/13/2005
Band Website: kristincifelli.com
Band Members: RICHARD GATES- bass and producer of 'So Long My Love'

JOHN SANDS-drums...and back-up singer from afar. I swear we're going to mic him one day cuz his back-up vocals rock.

AUSTIN NEVINS- guitar

STUART BERK- guitar

ELIOT HUNT- guitar

Influences: Shawn Colvin, Jonatha Brooke, Patty Griffin, Ron Sexsmith, Gillian Welch, Kim Richey, Julie Miller, Aimee Mann, Lyle Lovett, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Sarah Harmer, The Sundays, EmmyLou Harris
Sounds Like: see "Influences".
Record Label: Dragonfly Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Over the Moon

Hey Hey,I just put up a couple of new photos that my dear friend, and *amazingly talented* photographer, Liz Linder shot of me at a show I did at the Lizard Lounge in May '07. I absoultely adore Liz'...
Posted by Kristin Cifelli on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:29:00 PST

Big Grey Cloud/Middle of Nowhere

I'm so excited to present this new recording of "Big Grey Cloud"....recorded and produced by the wonderful Tom Dube. We recorded this at Hi & Dry Studio in Cambridge, MA. The cast of characters is R...
Posted by Kristin Cifelli on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:51:00 PST

new song up

Hey There!I'm back home after a month away...I have more pictures to post, but I left my camera in my sister's car. Grrrrr. I'll get it back in a week or so and will post the rest of my tour then on...
Posted by Kristin Cifelli on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:16:00 PST

Tour Diaries

Hey Everyone!I'm travelling through June and am updating my journal on my website with pictures! So, check back often, especially through June. Click here...Kristin's Tour Diary...
Posted by Kristin Cifelli on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:12:00 PST

Brad Delp and my song "Martyr"

...taken from Kristin's Journal page on http://www.kristincifelli.comI feel compelled to start my March journal in tribute to Brad Delp. I saw in horror on the news on Friday night,the report of his p...
Posted by Kristin Cifelli on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:30:00 PST

Take You Down

The song, "Take You Down" that I posted is an acoustic demo that I recorded at my friend, Tom Dube's this past August. We're actually getting ready to go into the studio to record a 3 or 4 song demo ...
Posted by Kristin Cifelli on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:45:00 PST

25th Birthday

...well, that was 5 years ago for me...not the recording, just the birthday. This is a song by Chris Trapper (amazing singer/songwriter, lead singer of the Pushstars) that I recorded for him to "shop...
Posted by Kristin Cifelli on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:55:00 PST

Summer in the City

YAY!!!!! ITALY WON!!!!!!! (the World Cup, that is...)I've been back in SWELTERING Boston for a couple of weeks now. It's really good to be home. Boston in the Summer can be really fun, when it's not t...
Posted by Kristin Cifelli on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 05:28:00 PST

Roller Girls

Hey All.... So I ran into a friend on the street today and she said she heard me on TV last night. I had no idea what she was talking about, ...
Posted by Kristin Cifelli on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:30:00 PST

Christmas For Cowboys

Hey There... I just posted a Christmas song on my page....It's called "Christmas for Cowboys"....read about it under the "Lyrics" section underneath the song title. I love Christmastime. I'm a ...
Posted by Kristin Cifelli on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 01:21:00 PST