Gina Catalino

Gina Catalino (born 1984) is a New York-based folk-rock singer/songwriter. Two of her songs, "11:32 PM" and "Here & There", have been featured in Showtime's television series "The L Word". Catalino has performed at venues in New York City including The Bitter End and [http://www.rockwoodmusichall.com/ The Rockwood Music Hall] . On March 29, 2008, she performed two songs live on WNBC's "Weekend Today In New York". Her debut album is " [http://cdbaby.com/cd/ginacatalino3 Swept In Sound] ".

Biography

Gina Catalino was born and raised outside of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. At 18 she moved to Los Angeles where she lived for two years. While in Los Angeles Catalino began to perform original material in front of a live audience. In 2005 she moved to New York City and started playing in the Lower East Side. After a show in March of 2006, Catalino was approached by writer/producer, Tom Arlotta. In July of 2006, they created [http://markleft.com/ Mark Left Entertainment] , Inc (TM) with the purpose of launching her career. Within the next six months they completed a 12-track record entitled "Swept In Sound". The record, released in early 2007, showcased Catalino's versatility and distinctive vocal abilities. Catalino continued performing at many night clubs in and around New York City, such as The Rockwood Music Hall, Googies Lounge, and New York City's longest running night club The Bitter End. In January 2008, two songs from "Swept In Sound" were featured in Showtime's television series "The L Word". Most recently, Catalino performed live on WNBC's "Weekend Today in New York".

"From song to song, you label her everything from the next Norah Jones, to the newest soul sister, to Ani DiFranco meets Jewel, until you finally settle on somewhere between Fiona Apple and Erykah Badu. It's all pointless because with each new listen, one comes to terms with the fact that they're listening to Gina Catalino. A woman whose music spiritually embodies an organically delicious sound juxtaposed with soul-baring lyrics and a commanding voice"." "- Robert Aguiar of Toastermag.com"

Television

* "Here & There", featured in The L Word, Season 5, Episode 2: "Look Out, Here They Come"
* "11:32 PM", featured in The L Word, Season 5, Episode 3: "Lady Of The Lake"
* On March 29th, 2008 Gina was featured on WNBC's Weekend Today In New York television show where she was interviewed and performed two songs live.

Discography

* 2007 - "Swept In Sound"

References

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=HTTUz6DCYw0 Video - "11:32 PM" & "The Walk"on WNBC]
* [http://ginacatalino.blogspot.com/2007/03/look-listen-damn-gina.html Review/Interview with Robert Aguiar of Toastermag.com]
* [http://www.radiounsigned.com/index02.html XM Satellite Radio (XM 43) "The Radar Report"]
* [http://www.antimusic.com/reviews/07/GinaCatalino.shtml Swept In Sound - Gary Schwind of Antimusic.com]
* [http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070315/ENTERTAIN/703150321/-1/rss11 Gina Catalino is 'Swept In Sound' by Jeanne McCartin (Portsmouth Hearld)]
* [http://www.sugarcainentertainment.com/?p=361 "Swept up with Gina Catalino" by Orlena Cain of Sugarcain Ent.]
* [http://www.kweevak.com/files-features/cd-reviews-a-05.php 2008 Review by Richard J. Lynch for Kweevak.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiSuUVObQfo Gina Catalino at The Rockwood Music Hall]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w0b6WE-aDo Gina Catalino at The Bitter End]
* [http://markleft.com/ markleft.com]

External links

* [http://www.ginacatalino.com Official site]