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Christabel and the Jons

Tennessee swing!

About Me

Christabel and the Jons is a southern swing band based in east Tennessee that blends familiar standards with modern vintage sounding originals. Their music is acoustic and colorful, a blend of Appalachian mountain music and vintage swing. The group saunters and sways together with ease. Lead singer Christa DeCicco steals hearts with her come-hither delivery and charismatic stage performance. Her songwriting is heartfelt and nostalgic, and her distinctive, sultry voice brings it all home. Old suitcases and dressy vintage costumes from the 1920s-1950s give the performance a torch singer, speakeasy feel.
Since the spring of 2005 this quirky band has been performing and recording their distinctive style of folky swing. In November of 2006 they released their first official album, "Love and Circumstances.”
Christabel and the Jons is currently recording their highly anticipated second album, which is as of yet untitled... Meanwhile they continue to tour, mostly around the southeast region but with periodic voyages to the northeast, southwest, and pacific northwest. They can often be found in thrift stores as they travel from town to town, hunting for clip-on ties and 1950s party dresses.

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Music:

Member Since: 6/20/2005
Band Members:

Christa DeCicco
vocals, guitars, accordion, banjo

Seth Hopper
violin, mandolin, trumpet, accordion, vocals

Jon Whitlock
drum kit, percussion, vocals

Various Musicians
upright bass

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Booking:

Virginia Prater

[email protected]

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Contact the band directly:

Christa DeCicco

[email protected]

Influences: Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Greg Brown, Peggy Lee, Ray Charles, Malcolm Holcombe, The Red Stick Ramblers, Jolie Holland, Iron & Wine, Muddy Waters, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Taj Mahal, Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson, Mississippi John Hurt, Paul Simon, The Beatles, the everybodyfields, Elvis, Feist, Madeleine Peyroux, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Floyd Tillman, The Roots, Van Morrison, Al Green, National Public Radio, This American Life, Prairie Home Companion
Sounds Like: "Sweet tea on a Sunday afternoon." (Leslie Wylie)

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My Blog

Article about Knoxville in The New York Times!

36 Hours in Knoxville By ALLISON GLOCK Published: June 8, 2008 KNOXVILLE is often called "the couch" by the people who live there. It's a place too unassuming to shout about but too comfortable to le...
Posted by Christabel and the Jons on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:18:00 PST

Article in Norfolk , VA

From The Boot's Blog:This band could only come from Knoxville, Tennessee. This will be another fantastic night celebrating our unofficial southern summer music series. Acoustic guitar, story-telling s...
Posted by Christabel and the Jons on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:57:00 PST

Article from The Post & Courier, Charleston, SC

The Post and Courier Charleston.net This Week By Matthew Godbey Special to The Post and Courier Thursday, January 10, 2008The pitch-perfect accuracies in a wide array of genres from Knoxville's C...
Posted by Christabel and the Jons on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:51:00 PST

new tunes

just uploaded a few of our "first draft" recordings from last weekend.  the tracks are "losing sleep" and "custom made."  they were recorded live so they've got some rough edges!
Posted by Christabel and the Jons on Fri, 30 May 2008 11:58:00 PST

nashville & the seed of a record

thursday night in nashville we played a little club that felt like an underground basement bunker from the 1970s.  cool place.  we got to bask in the glow of nashville's own singer-songwrite...
Posted by Christabel and the Jons on Mon, 26 May 2008 12:28:00 PST

Article in Verge, Augsuta, GA

Catching up with Christa DeCicco of Christabel and the Jonsby Ashley Plocha an interview& verge: how did it all begin for you? CD: I've been playing the piano since about seven, sang in my c...
Posted by Christabel and the Jons on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:45:00 PST

Article in the Metro Pulse (Knoxville, TN)

Eye on the Scene Cheer for Christabel to make it to A Prairie Home CompanionTwentysomething Local torch-jazz string band Christabel and the Jons have made the semifinal round ...
Posted by Christabel and the Jons on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:36:00 PST

Prairie Home Companion - Semi-finalists!!!

People! I could not believe my eyes when I saw our name and picture on the Prairie Home Companion website. I applied for their "talented 20-somethings" talent contest and I'm shocked to see we've made...
Posted by Christabel and the Jons on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:56:00 PST

Florida (part one)

Well, let's see...  Here's a little update for all my folks back home.  I think I've only been in Knoxville for 24 hours of the entire month of February.  V Day we had a great gig ...
Posted by Christabel and the Jons on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:45:00 PST

Girly Girls in Dixieland: my first fraternizing

During our time off in Charleston, SC, we all hit Folly Beach for some wintery ocean gazing and frisbee playing.  The braver ones rolled up their pant legs and got their ankles wet.&nbs...
Posted by Christabel and the Jons on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:43:00 PST