solo performer with occasional help from my friends
Influences
Joni Mitchell, Nanci Griffith, The Grateful Dead, Greg Brown, Bob Dylan, Kate Wolf, Ani Difranco, Neil Young, Miles Davis, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Bruce Cockburn, Pete Townsend, Nina Simone, Led Zepplin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Pat Benatar, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, folk troubadors everywhere, The Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, Allen Ginesberg, Herman Hesse, Rilke, Patti Smith, Elaine Costanzo, Nick Costanzo, Mark Adkins and subvocal, Mike Weinstock, Hal Walker, Medicine Wheel, Catfish Stephenson, Amy Goodman, Howard Zinn, Noam Chompsky, Molly Ivans, nature, beauty, respect, compassion.
Sounds Like
"more like musical poetry", "interpretive folk" ???(whateverthatis!), "a female Leonard Cohen"
"Though she's from Ohio and currently resides in Madison, Costanzo favors the bare-bone melancholy musings of Appalachia, with a dash of Joni Mitchell's windswept Canada thrown in"... The Onion
Big Sky Review: "This is an atmospheric and rural-sounding debut by Costanzo. She has a clear, lovely voice and writes story-songs like Dar Williams does. The voices of her narrators are as strong as you can wish for... Costanzo has a very real talent and this is an intriguing first step." The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music
"...Costanzo evokes the bysgone whisperings of Joan Baez, Neil Young and even the Dead..her dreamy, poetic songs effectively weave the genres of country, folk and rock without getting mired in teh land of neo-hippie cliche." The Sheperd Express, Milwaukee
"This is a very beautiful piece of work
...dreamy, and often more like musical
poetry, these are heartfelt soliloquies
that are squarely focused on the center
attraction: Costanzos voice and guitar..."
RICKS CAFÉ, SOUTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN
"(Costanzo's) playing and singing have the starkness of Gillian Welch.
(She) has a beautiful voice that exudes a sense of weariness with a touch
of hope. With an introspective streak a mile wide...(she) lets her music
invite you into her world..." The Green Man Review
"Costanzo plays acoustic guitar and sings earnest songs packed with lyrics
about the heart...her voice recalls that of smoky-smooth Cowboy Junkies
vocalist Margo Timmins..." The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH
"Costanzo draws heavily from her youth at the foot of the Appalachians in
portraying (her) travels through life and love...(Big Sky) rises and falls on
Costanzos breathy voice and yearning narrative." Isthmus, Madison, Wi
hi christine, what's new? hope all is well. i see you're playing some shows out-of-state--that's fabulous! let me know if you want to play in mpls in '09...
hey! I'm releasing a brand new cd this Saturday, 9/13, at the Crystal Corner Bar. The show starts at 10pm, hope you can make it out, I'll be playing with a rock 'n roll band! Click the banner below to find out how you can download a FREE TRACK from the new album!
