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"Hall is using her experiences and distinctive sense of humor to create a type of performance art that almost defies description."-- backstage.com "Quirky, Vivacious, and Undeniably Unique..."- Strings Magazine. "Sounds Like? Blossom Dearie fronting They Might Be Giants." --The Philadelphia Enquirer. "the standout of the night is clearly Erin and Her Cello- a NYC babe with a spunky personality and crystal clear voice who can rock a cello like it's a stratocaster guitar.... From the moment she steps on the stage, Erin is immediately and efferverscently charming." --philly.com... to read the rest of the article by Kate Bracaglia, click here. From The Strad Magazine, April 2009: New York: Brian Wise Erin and her Cello is a musical theatre piece starring Erin Hall, a bubbly New York actress and cellist. Hall comes from Boise, Idaho, where she studied cello performance at the University of Idaho before moving to New York City to pursue her love of Musical Theatre. Soon after graduating from the New School in 2003, she developed this show in which her character suggests a cross between Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw and pop songstresses like Nellie McKay and Peggy Lee. Much of Hall's material stems from her love-hate bond with New York City, touching on the challenges of urban relationships, the negligent cashiers at a local drug store chain and the city's infamous mass transit system. Supported by a rock rhythm section and a trio of back-up singers, she plays primarily pizzicato bass lines, her cello analogous to an upright bass, as she sings and beams at the audience. A performance of Erin and Her Cello at Ars Nova on September 23, 2008 featured roughly a dozen songs that crossed genres and subject matter, including the clever, Subway Crush, about a three minute love connection on the A train. Fresh, Clean Towels is a bluesy ode to the delights of clean linens, while the rap inspired Breakdancin' Man incorporates the beatboxer Adam Matta. Some may find Hall's banter a bit too sugary cute, but there is a good range to her material and somehow the cello always fits in. The Philadelphia Inquirer says: Madcap Pop, Tues. 10/28/2008 Remember that cute girl who lived in the next dorm over, the one you used to see on the subway with her cello or scribbling in a notebook in the laundromat? Remember how it was always a lift to talk to her and hear her talk about Chinese food or the clerk with the skeevy long nails at the pharmacy? It was only long after that you realized you were madly in love with her, but even that pang of nostalgic loss made you feel oddly happy. Cellist and singer Erin Hall's exquisitely crafted, quirky pop songs provide the soundtrack to those kinds of reveries. Yep, she writes about the pharmacy clerk and delicious Chinese buns, and one of her best is a bluesy ode to delights of fresh, clean towels. In short, she knows what's important. Sounds like? Blossom Dearie fronting They Might Be Giants. She performs with her band Erin and Her Cello on a bill with Josh McIlvain's similarly skewed electronica-folk combo Sexcop and the ukulele-powered one-girl group Sweet Soubrette at 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. Tickets are $10. Call 215-222-1400. Erin will be performing in Williamsburg! The Musical, part of the NY International Fringe Festival. For Press on WTM, click here. November 2006 issue of
Strings Magazine
Erin and Her Cello were featured on June 9, 2006 on www.backstage.com
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is a hilarious chic with a sense of humor as finely tuned as her
cello…she wields her bow with the same wit and savvy that a
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