Bygone Shows

The Lamb Abbey

--off Pioneer Street in Montpelier, next to The Source and behind the VFW

Music will start at 8:30

For directions feel free to contact:

mndonofrio@gmail.com

Hope to see you there!

he has performed on over 2 dozen other recordings, performing as a member of the following bands: THE WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY, THE NEW YEAR, PULLMAN, CONSONANT, and THE EMPTY HOUSE COOPERATIVE; as a guest on recordings by COBRA VERDE, MANTA RAY, ROSA CHANTSWELL, KARATE, and VIA TANIA; and as an accompanist to recordings and performances by STEVE WYNN, EVAN DANDO, THALIA ZEDEK, ALAN LICHT, TARA JANE O'NEIL, crime writer GEORGE PELECANOS, and RHYS CHATHAM.

chris has scored and performed works with the KINO DANCE COMPANY (boston, 2006) and the DAGDHA DANCE COMPANY (limerick, ireland, 2005). he collaborated with playwright RINDE ECKERT and director ROBERT WOODRUFF on the award-winning new opera "HIGHWAY ULYSSES" (AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER, cambridge massachusetts, 2003), which was named the Best Production of the Year by THE BOSTON GLOBE.

chris scored LESLIE MCCLEAVE's dramatic feature film "ROAD" (2005), which won the award for Best Original Score at the BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. chris' music has also been used extensively on NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO and ESPN.

chris has performed throughout the US, Canada, Europe, the UK, Russia, Australia, and Africa.

he currently plays solo as well as with the following bands: FFLASHLIGHTS (with doug mccombs and elliot dicks); DIRTMUSIC (with chris eckman and hugo race); THE THURSTON MOORE GROUP (with thurston moore, samara lubelski, matt heyner and steve shelley); and THE NEW YEAR (touch and go). he also has a duo with GEOFF FARINA (ex-karate); their debut album will be released in 2009. chris also has performed and/or recorded recently accompanying CHRISTINA ROSENVINGE; JENNIFER O'CONNOR; and THE LEMONHEADS.

Will Johnson is a prolific and unique songwriter, who (though he's originally from Missouri) fits well in Austin, the cultural hearth of Texas, and Denton, where he studied literature and now puts down tracks for his numerous musical projects. Johnson has compiled an impressive body of work as the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Centro-Matic (often referred to as one of the hardest working — and best — live bands in the US) and South San Gabriel, and has also found fit to put out a couple of excellent, melancholy solo records.

- It's Hard To Find A Friend

“An ethereal mix of acoustic guitar and sparkling backup production as an undercurrent to poetic lyrics that reach far beyond average songwriting. Kris Gruen's inventive approach to songwriting will stretch the limits for an audience hungry for new vistas.”
                          -Acoustic Live In NYC