A richly melodic, stylistically diverse masterpiece - a multi-instrumentalist who for quite a while played cello in Rasputina.

12 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Folk Pop, ROCK: Avant-Prog

Details:
Serena Jost is a Swiss-American singer/songwriter and cellist living in New York City.

Her new record, Closer Than Far, was produced by Brad Albetta (Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson) and mixed by Brad Albetta and Brian Fulk at Monkeyboy Studios in NYC. This stunning debut features Serena singing and playing guitar, cello and piano. Some of NYCâs tastiest musicians help to bring these remarkable songs to life, which âseamlessly merge classical and pop melodiesâ. (Lucidculture)

The amazing musicians who helped make this record: Julian Maile (Loserâs Lounge), producer Brad Albetta, and Colin Brooks (Dan Zanes), plus Greta Gertler, Bill Dobrow, Matt Johnson, Alice Bierhorst, Rima Fand, Todd Horton and Jim Brunberg.

CLOSER THAN FAR WAS RELEASED ON MARCH 3rd, 2008 AT JOE'S PUB, NYC!!!

Serena has performed at seminal NYC venues such as The Living Room, Barbes, Joeâs Pub, Tonic, Banjo Jimâs, Peteâs Candy Store, The Bowery Poetry Club, The Kitchen and St. Markâs Church. She is an original member of Rasputina, the well-corseted cello group, has collaborated with numerous other artists including poet Dan Machlin, âAbove Islandsâ (Immanent Audio), and has toured the United States and Europe extensively.

Beautiful digipack: Photos by Wendy Whitesell and Design by Growing Studio.

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