Christine Lavin (born January 2, 1952) is a New York City-based singer-songwriter and promoter of contemporary folk music. She has recorded numerous solo albums, and has also recorded with other female folk artists under the name
Four Bitchin' Babes. She is known for her sense of humor, which is expressed in both her music and her onstage performances. Many of her songs alternate between comedy and emotional reflections on romance.
Lavin worked at
Caffe Lena in
Saratoga Springs, New York
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until
Dave Van Ronk
David Kenneth Ritz Van Ronk (June 30, 1936 – February 10, 2002) was an American folk singer. An important figure in the American folk music revival and New York City's Greenwich Village scene in the 1960s, he was nicknamed the "Mayor of Ma ...
convinced her to move to New York City and make a career as a singer-songwriter. She followed his advice and accepted his offer of guitar lessons. She was the original host of ''Sunday Breakfast'' on
WFUV
WFUV (90.7 FM) is a non–commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York. The station is owned by Fordham University, with studios on its Bronx campus and its antenna atop nearby Montefiore Medical Center. WFUV first went on the air i ...
in New York City and a founding member of the Four Bitchin' Babes when they were formed in 1990.
She is a lifelong astrophysics hobbyist and has included those themes in her music.
Awards
* The
ASCAP 43rd Annual Deems Taylor Award for her book ''Cold Pizza For Breakfast: A Mem-Wha??'', 2011
* The
ASCAP Foundation Jamie deRoy and Friends Award, 2010
* Top 100 of the Most Influential Artists in the Last 15 Years, ''Singer Songwriter Magazine''
* Top 30 iPod Singer/Songwriters of Choice, WUMB, Boston 2006
* ASCAP Composer Award 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006
* Singer/Songwriter of the Year, ''
Backstage Magazine'', NYC 2001
* Honorable Mention,
NAIRD Singer / Songwriter Album of the Year, 1996: ''Please Don’t Make Me Too Happy''
* New York Music Award Folk Artist of the Year 1990, 1992
*
World Folk Music Association The World Folk Music Association is a non-profit organization formed in 1983 by folk singer/songwriter Tom Paxton and Dick Cerri, a radio host from Washington D. C. The first chairman of the board was Paxton and Cerri served as president.
Paxton ...
Kate Wolf Memorial Award 1990
* NAIRD Folk Album of the Year, 1988: ''Good Thing He Can’t Read My Mind''
Discography
* ''Absolutely Live'' (1981; re-issued by Winthrop, 2000)
* ''Future Fossils'' (Philo, 1984)
* ''Beau Woes and Other Problems of Modern Life'' (Philo, 1986)
* ''Another Woman's Man'' (Philo, 1987)
* ''Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind'' (Philo, 1988)
* ''Attainable Love'' (Philo, 1990)
* ''Compass'' (Philo, 1991)
* ''Live at the Cactus Cafe: What Was I Thinking?'' (Philo, 1993)
* ''Please Don't Make Me Too Happy'' (Shanachie, 1995)
* ''Shining My Flashlight on the Moon'' (Shanachie, 1997)
* ''One Wild Night in Concert'' (1998)
* ''Getting in Touch With My Inner Bitch'' (Christine Lavin, 1999)
* ''The Bellevue Years'' (Philo, 2000)
* ''The Subway Series'' (Christine Lavin, 2001)
* ''Final Exam'' (2001)
* ''I Was in Love With a Difficult Man'' (Redwing, 2002)
* ''The Runaway Christmas Tree'' (2003)
* ''Sometimes Mother Really Does Know Best
ive' (Appleseed, 2004)
* ''folkZinger'' (Appleseed, 2005)
* ''One Meat Ball'' (Appleseed, 2006)
* ''The Runaway Christmas Tree'' (Appleseed, 2006)
* ''Happydance of the Xenophobe'' (2007)
* ''I Don't Make This Stuff Up, I Just Make It Rhyme'' (2008)
* ''Cold Pizza for Breakfast'' (Yellow Tail Records, 2009)
* ''If You're Drunk You Cannot Buy A Puppy'' (Christine Lavin, 2014)
* ''Spaghettification'' (Christine Lavin, 2017)
* ''On My Way To Hooterville'' (2020)
References
External links
Official Christine Lavin site
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1952 births
Living people
American women singer-songwriters
American comedy musicians
American folk guitarists
American folk singers
Fast Folk artists
Singer-songwriters from New York (state)
Four Bitchin' Babes members
Place of birth missing (living people)
Guitarists from New York (state)
20th-century American guitarists
WFUV people
20th-century American women guitarists
21st-century American women