Lisa Moscatiello is an American singer who is part of the

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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 fiddler

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in a production by the avant-garde theatre group

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, and is featured on recordings by the Washington, DC-area electronica band, Arthur Loves Plastic. A native of

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, she attended

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

from 1984 to 1988. She was actively involved in Yale's a cappella music community as a member of the group Redhot & Blue. She was a member of the British-style folk-rock band The New St. George from 1989 to 1994. She joined the New York-based Celtic-fusion band Whirligig in 1996, and performed with them through 2002, with appearances at the

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, the

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, and Britain's

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. 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 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 ...

''. Other recent projects of note include Jennifer Cutting's ''Ocean'' (2003) album featuring

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and

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Well Kept Secrets 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 ...

'' (2003) with fiddler Rosie Shipley.

Discography

*''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'' (2005)

References

* Allmusic Artist Biography - Lisa Moscatiello

External links

Official Website

Twitter page
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