- Lisa Moscatiello
Infobox musical artist
Name = Lisa Moscatiello
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Background = solo_singer
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Born =April 4 ,1966
Origin =Arlington County, Virginia ,United States
Instrument = VocalsGuitar
Genre = Folk
Occupation =Singer ,songwriter
Years_active = 1982-present
Label = Happy Cactus
Machine Heart
Shipwhistle
Wind River
Associated_acts =Arthur Loves Plastic
Ceoltoiri
The New St. George
The Space Dots
Whirligig
URL = http://www.lisamoscatiello.com/Lisa Moscatiello is an American singer who is part of the
Washington, DC area music scene. 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 fiddlerJohnny Cunningham in a production by the avant-garde theatre groupMabou Mines , and is featured on recordings by the Washington, DC-area techno band,Arthur Loves Plastic .A native of
Arlington, VA , she attendedYale University from 1984-1988. She was actively involved in Yale's well-known a capella music community as a member of the groupRedhot & Blue . She was a member of the British-style folk-rock bandThe 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 thePhiladelphia Folk Festival , theNewport Folk Festival , and Britain'sCropredy Festival .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 andGabriel Yacoub and Well-Kept Secrets (2003) with fiddler Rosie Shipley.She is an
Italian American .Fact|date=February 2007Discography
*"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" 2005External links
* [http://www.lisamoscatiello.com/ Lisa Moscatiello Official Website]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:4gjleai14xg7~T1 All Music Guide Artist Biography - Lisa Moscatiello]
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