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About Me

Amid the turbulence in today’s music industry, CLARA LOFARO is an old soul in a young body with an independent spirit. The Toronto transplant inherently believes her music must always possess the timeless qualities of the old and the new to have a sustainable future.

After all, she’s building a lasting career which is just impacting America with the release of Perfekt World, her third album on ComeTrue Records, the label she started as a student at the Berklee College of Music. Now based in New York, the Toronto Indie Week winner breaks through musical barriers; fueled by the gift to create music that makes us FEEL something. Because when it comes down to it, Lofaro knows that’s the primary reason people have always listened to music.

“I want to make music that’s great because it gives people an experience,” she says. “I’m not following a formula other than always trying to give a song something different to make it my own, unlike anything else I’ve ever heard.”
Produced by Mark Turrigiano (Ingrid Michaelson's, Boys and Girls), Perfekt World continues the tradition of the new-age female singer-songwriter carved out by such mainstream mainstays as KT Tunstall and Amy Winehouse. Clearly inspired by Annie Lennox, John Legend and Laura Nyro, Lofaro is an eclectic songwriter and soulful performer whose music embraces pop, rock, R&B, jazz, and any number of stops in between. It starts with a radio-free childhood restricted to oldies and traditional recordings until she reached her teens, due to a conservative Italian upbringing.Lofaro and Turrigiano chose animal instinct and having fun over the fundamental ways to use instruments on Perfekt World to create a new energy hell-bent upon taking risks with a universal approach. Lofaro wanted “No Way Home,” with its street-smart ethnicity, to sound like a bunch of old Balkan men drunk in a bar banging beer bottles playing traditional music together, because in college she loved hanging out with people from all over the world steeped in those same sensibilities. On “Bitch Go Off,” Lofaro used an assembled drum kit made of trashcans and other discards Turrigiano picked up on Bowery in Chinatown to help convey the liberating experience of speaking one’s actual inner thoughts.

“Waterfall,” the first single, is a pop-rock ballad with indie-rock appeal, yet it introduces classic psychedelia halfway through the first verse. It’s about taking a chance to love again despite being hurt enough times to no longer believe it can exist. With its lilting harmonies, “Birds of a Feather” is a ballad that opens the album by showing how we all live in our own worlds, and gain confidence from keeping the good things close and knowing we’re not alone, no matter how different our perspectives or how long the road. The mid-tempo title track uses doo-wop backup vocals beneath a pop chorus for an Otis Redding groove, giving an old school vibe to modern pop.

On stage, Lofaro re-enacts the human experience, supported by a band which includes a backup vocalist and a keyboardist who doubles on flugelhorn, a delicate nod to the modal folk music she heard as a child at Sunday Mass, and still beautifully resonates from within. Whether Lofaro is performing live or in the studio, she always goes for the chills eternally induced by her greatest influences, with a deeply wondrous passion usually reserved for legends.

She has recently partnered with Action Against Hunger (ACF), a non-profit, non-discriminating, international organization, donating 20% of proceeds from Perfekt World album sales, and collaborating on a video that will use Perfekt World to complete her vision of reaching and helping people with her music.
“If we could find beauty in each other’s differences instead of thinking our way was better, life would be a heck of a lot easier,” she says. “It’s raw, emotional music with no barriers. Freedom-pop is what I’d call it. If we could embrace this life before it passes us by – I’m still trying to get there.”


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Member Since: 7/27/2005
Band Website: claralofaro.com
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CLARA LOFARO: Lead Singer/Keys/Songwriter

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2. I promise not to spam you with propaganda.
3. I promise not to write you more often than your significant other does.

Thank you for listening and enjoying my music. I hope to see you at a show soon!

Hugs,
Clara Lofaro


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REAL music born under every rock in every country that makes you feel something, not just pretends to: voices, songwriters, composers and musicians...like (in no particular order) Patty Griffin, Beyond the Missouri Sky, Sting, Bill Withers, Meshell Ndegeocello, Joni Mitchell, Nina Pastori, Manu Koch, Eric Wanaina, Marta Gomez, Sveti, Bob Dylan, Annie Lennox, Ani Difranco, Otis Redding, KT Tunstall, John Legend, The Rolling Stones, Jagged Little Pill, (the bold and wonderful) Pink, Tracy Chapman...it doesn't end.


Sounds Like: CLARA LOFARO.
Record Label: ComeTrue Records Inc.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Album Release at the Cutting Room Wednesday!!

Hello Darlins!I know I've been rattling your inbox kinda frequently lately but Iguess it's a good thing cuz it means things are happening.Speaking of good things, this Wednesday will be my last show o...
Posted by clara lofaro on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:13:00 PST

Clara Lofaro live at the Cutting Room NYC

Hellooo Rockstars:)I am really excited about this show next week, we have a lot in store for all of you! First off, it is our album release party to officially celebrate our partnership with Action Ag...
Posted by clara lofaro on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:01:00 PST

Action Against Hunger, CL Live Tues, 5/20 NYC

..TR> Action Against Hunger CL Live Tues, 5/20 NYCGood Day Lovebirds, I am so excited to announce a partnership that I hope will last a very long time. I have joined forces with Action Again...
Posted by clara lofaro on Thu, 15 May 2008 03:40:00 PST

Song of the Month: FREE Download

The campaign starts today!  Download Bitch Go Off for free on iLike or MySpace for the month of May. Why? Because my allergies are getting me down and I need to increase my karma. xoxo, ...
Posted by clara lofaro on Thu, 01 May 2008 01:35:00 PST

OK, I Admit it! I was watching American Idol...and Annie Lennox Reminded Me...

Heya, I just painted my apartment a colour I really like. I’ve always made do with where I live, keeping it temporary, afraid to make it feel permanent in any way, and for the first time creatin...
Posted by clara lofaro on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:52:00 PST

Perfekt World Album Release Tomorrow Night

PERFEKT WORLD TOMORROW NIGHT!Hello out there!Just one final reminder for all of you who have been living under arock for the past month or simply ignoring my emails. Perfekt World isset to hit New Yor...
Posted by clara lofaro on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:10:00 PST

I’m Back Baby!

Well after a few months in the studio, the new album, Perfekt World is nearing completion and I am totally pumped! Are you?! You can hear most of the new stuff this Saturday at The Blender Theater at ...
Posted by clara lofaro on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:03:00 PST

Share the stage with CL for Her NYC and T.O. Album Release!

Calling GREAT bands and artists who have a great draw in NYC or Toronto! If you'd like to share the stage with CL for her Album Release Party in NYC: Wednesday, March 26th @ Crash Mansion or in Toront...
Posted by clara lofaro on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:24:00 PST

Make me FEEL Something...

Good Day All-Stars:) This is Clara coming to you directly from CL Central where the grass is greener 78% of the time. Hmmm&what's rolling on my plate and on the calendar at the moment?...A Show&..A Re...
Posted by clara lofaro on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:19:00 PST

Add me on iLike for free CL downloads + more Holiday Treats!

Hey this is Clara. Have you had a chance to try iLike.com? It lets you see what music your friends like and recommends new stuff. It also has a cool plugin for itunes. The more friends you add the bet...
Posted by clara lofaro on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:45:00 PST