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LISA MOSCATIELLO

About the Artist

Lisa Moscatiello was born in 1966 and grew up in Arlington, VA. She absorbed her parents’ broad musical tastes, which included Leonard Bernstein, Sarah Vaughan, Puccini, and folk albums by Peter, Paul and Mary and Joan Baez. Becoming involved in the Irish music scene in Washington during the early 1980s, Moscatiello was greatly influenced by the D.C.-based band, The Irish Tradition. She became lead singer for the traditional Irish trio Ceoltoiri (with Sue Richards and Karen Ashbrook) in 1982 at age 16.

From 1984 to 1988, Moscatiello attended Yale University, majoring in history. She also studied voice with Jill Soltero of Yale’s opera department, and sang and toured with the a cappella group Redhot and Blue, whose repertoire included classic pop and jazz songs by such composers as Cole Porter, Thelonius Monk, and Laura Nyro. From 1989 to 1995, Moscatiello was also a member of the British folk-rock band The New St. George. Her 1996 debut solo album, “Innocent When You Dream,” received a Washington Area Music Award for “Contemporary Folk Album of the Year.

Moscatiello tours all over North America, both as a soloist and with Whirligig, performing at the Newport Folk Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival, New York University Theater, Fez in New York City, Passim in Boston, and many other festivals, concert halls and clubs around the country.

Past Performances

Photo of September 7, 2006 Performance

September 7, 2006

Featuring vocalist Moscatiello, guitarist Erik Wenberg, drummer Robbie Magruder, keyboardist Harry Appelman, and Jon Nazdin on upright bass, this D.C. group blends jazz and folk.

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Photo of January 9, 2002 Performance

January 9, 2002

Folk singer Lisa Moscatiello has been hailed as “one of the best voices” in the business, and her rich alto voice has been compared to k. d. lang, Sandy Denny and June Tabor.

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