Lo Galluccio is a vocal artist and writer whose 2nd cd "Spell on You" was released in Boston in 2003. Her first solo cd, "Being Visited" debuted on the Knitting Factory label in 1997 to critical acclaim, especially from NY dj Vin Scelsa, who called it "Mysterious, seductive, surreal and spacey." Her new band project, "Leda's Swan" features Will DiMartino on electric guitar and Garageband arrangements, and Lou Rossi on touch guitar. Born in Boston, Galluccio studied acting at the Theatre School at DePaul (in John C. Reilly's class.) After an internship at the Theatre, Galluccio was nominated for a Princess Grace Fellowship for excellence in acting. She crossed paths with the now infamous Lewis Black (TV and stage comedian) whose brainchild "Czar of Rock and Roll" she played in as Lupe Wallenda at the Alley Theatre. She moved to the Lower East Side of NY after a tour of Greece with a LaMama production to be "where the weed trees grow" and met band leader Roy Nathanson in a laundromat. He played on her first cool tune, "Queen of Mars" dedicated to her late father Tony Galluccio, a labor lawyer and Italian immigrant who died when she was 15. Both Lo and Tony graduated from Harvard College. Lo's first major gig in NY as a singer was in a band called Fish Pistol with Dave Tronzo, Roy Nathanson, Brad Jones and various drummers. She was mentored to write poems by Lawrence Joseph (Shouting at No One, Lawyerland.) In 2004, her first poetry book, "Hot Rain" was released on Singing Bone Press in Somerville, MA. In 1999 she finally got to meet one of her idols in the music world, Patti Smith, at the Poetry Project at St. Mark's and was thrilled to have the saint of rock and roll say she had a beautiful voice. Spell on You is available on www.cdbaby.com. In 2008, her memoir, Sarasota VII, a 70 page prose poem in 2 parts, will be released on Cervena Barva Press. She will be reading as part of the Somerville Writer's Festival on November 11th at Jimmy Tingle's Theatre this year as well. Lo Galluccio @ Squawk
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