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Christina Maria
12+ albums
Eurovision Song ContestEurovisionESCpeak performance project 2010eurovision song contest 2016
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CHRISTINA MARIA Stars & Satellites Christina Maria is a genuine free spirit, and her personal adventurousness infuses the highly original and genre-defying music she creates. The muse of this young Vancouver singer/songwriter gets fired up by travel, as is strikingly demonstrated on her debut solo album, Stars & Satellites. There's the 40 hour train ride in China that sparked "I Don't Speak Chinese," the trip to Mexico that inspired "Don't Cry," the Mediterranean references in "It Ain't Easy," and the tales of on the road romances in "Belize," a tune as airy and warm as a tropical breeze. The cinematic road movie feel of these irresistibly melodic and lyrically evocative songs are matched by subtle musical touches and Christina Maria's fluid and sweetly seductive vocals. There are no borders here in terms of the stylistic settings of her songs. She confesses that a simple definition of her style is beyond her, noting that "it's folk, but not really folk, jazz but not really jazz, and pop is in there too." Even at her young age, she has a wealth of musical study and performance behind her, all put to good use on Stars & Satellites. By age 16, she was performing her original songs in her first band, and frequently singing as a duo with her younger sister, Lisa Rieder. Her talent was quickly recognized by The City of Surrey (her hometown), when they awarded her a Creative Contributions Grant in 2004. Full-time study in the Jazz Voice Program at Vancouver Community Col
