Leah Coloff is an American singer-songwriter, and cellist who lives in

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, New York City, United States.

Biography

Leah Coloff started cello lessons at the age of six. She attended the

New England Conservatory The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The conservatory is located on Hu ...

. However, she became disillusioned, finding "the recital halls stuffed with haughty academics and enema-lovin' white people...", and found herself drawn to more raucous, darker music, and moved to Brooklyn, New York upon graduating. In 1999 she produced her debut rock album, ''Dark Sweet Heart'' under Searching Eye Records. It was recorded at Fireproof Recording in Brooklyn by

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. It features her with Ben Shapiro on guitar and Rich Kulsar on drums accompanying her. Also in 1999, she joined the band Number19 with

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, Tony Diodore, and Marcus Righter. The band mixed and looped her cello and vocals with electronic music in an alternative and indie rock setting. The band notably funded its first album, ''Suspension'', from mp3.com downloads. At one point the band was ranked No. 18 overall on the mp3.com, and garnered over 90,000 downloads in 6 months. In 2005 Coloff, along with Calhoun ( keys, bass, loops, sound design, continuum fingerboard), formed the band

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with Paul Chuffo (drums, thumb piano, sound). Lucibel Crater released an EP, ''Miracles'', in 2007, and their only full-length album, ''The Family Album'', in 2008.

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collaborated with Coloff on ''The Family Album''. Coloff, the lead songwriter of the album, explores the theme of American live as imagined as historical photographs. In addition to Lucibel Crater, Coloff released a graphic album (gralbum) featuring her music in 2014 through Sarth Calhoun's publishing company, The Gralbum Collective. Coloff also collaborates with a large number of artists and groups, including

Iggy Pop James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter and actor. Called the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of ...

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, and many others.

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"Damon Albarn with Scorchio on WFUV"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coloff, Leah American cellists Living people American women songwriters New England Conservatory alumni Women cellists Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women