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Christine Havrilla Duo @ The Woodshed at Nate’s Place
November 20 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Award-winning Philadelphia native Christine Havrilla brings her “well-built, catchy, smart tunes” (Upstage
Magazine) to audiences everywhere, touring solo and also with the support of her band, Gypsy Fuzz. A new EP was
released in the Spring of 2024 called NONE OF YOU! This EP includes the bluesy rocker “None of You”, positive
catchy pop-rock “Today, Today”, darker rocking “Fade”, Americana “Broken Wing’, and a waltzing ballad “Just
Do You”! Recorded at Cambridge Sound Studios, this EP is sure to leave a lasting impression! Christine utilizes
the soft gritty texture of her vocals to express warmth and honesty listeners quickly embrace as well as her
aggressive, raw, trash-style guitar playing and looping.
WXPN’s The Key raves, “Rock and roll singer-songwriter Christine Havrilla has been a local favorite since the 90s,
and her high-energy music is kindred is spirit with Sheryl Crow, Grace Potter, Brandi Carlile, and Lucinda Williams!”
The Journal of Roots Music listed Christine in the article named “Through the Lens: Women Leading the Way in
Roots Music”(November 2021) What’s Up Magazine exclaims, “Christine breaks out the gasoline and sets fire to
the typical Roots/Folk genre with blazing guitars.” Lisa Bryant of Delmarva Life WBOC declares, "As soon as they
started playing, we knew this was a group with incredible talent, a group that would “wow” anyone who was lucky
enough to hear them perform!" Ed Kiggins of inD Round raves, “Christine is one of the hardest working women in
music. With her child prodigy-come-of-age guitar virtuosity, a supremely passionate and emotive voice, and an
arsenal of wonder-songs that have endeared her to a loving and devoted audience, she is in a class all of her
own…we simply call her brilliant!”
With the Covid difficulties that affected all musicians starting in 2020 plus a cancer diagnosis, Christine pressed on
with many virtual opportunities which included WHYY picking up the band’s Covid quarantine video of “Desire” for
their House Concert Series 2020 while WXPN’s The Key (August 2020) raved about the same video saying, “The
song is a jagged rocker reminiscent of Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt!” Christine was also featured on WDIY’s Parlor
Sessions, Sellersville Theatre’s Soundbooth Sessions, Wawa’s Welcome America 4 th of July Event, and World Café
Live’s House Concerts to name a few. The Dover Post (2019) exclaims, "Christine Havrilla is a tough-as-nails front-
woman with a serious habit of rocking a plethora of stages." Nor’easter Magazine states, “Christine Havrilla is a
creative, talented powerhouse wrapped up in one complete package!” Steel Notes Magazine says, “This ambitious
Philly native manifests her talent in certain ways that allows her to create eclectic music which will grab your heart
and leave a lasting memory.” The Washington Post writes, “(Havrilla’s) songs are intelligent and moving, the
arrangements are incisive and colorful, and, best of all, Havrilla consistently comes across as a confident and
seasoned performer.”
Christine has also shared the stage with an eclectic list of artists like Brandi Carlile, KT Tunstall, Shawn Colvin, Chely
Wright, Howard Jones, Jeffrey Gaines, America, Trigger Hippy, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jill Sobule, Janis Ian, Patty Larkin,
Karla Bonoff, Christopher Cross, Susan Werner, Vienna Teng, Antigone Rising, Dave Mason, & Davy Knowels. Listed
with Takamine Guitar’s Worldwide Artists, Clayton Picks, and Telefunken Microphones, she was also a featured
Artist for American Musical Supply’s Singer/Songwriter Month, nominated for About.com 's Reader's Choice
Awards, and awarded the 2010 Garden State Film Festival’s “Best Contemporary Country Song” for “Blinders”.
Christine’s song “Daffodil” was listed as #40 in the Top 50 Songs by Delaware Artists Since the Dawn of Rock “n”
Roll by Delaware Today Magazine (Nov 2021) plus her song “Hail” won the “2019 Homey Awards” for “Best
Country/American Song! Christine performed at Sundance Film Festival in 2020. Michaela Majoun, former DJ
from 88.5 WXPN, applauds her "terrific, big sound”, while Philadelphia Magazine states, “She rocks!”
Christine, a self-taught musician since the age of 5, Christine has 17 studio recordings under her belt, as more new
and old music is being prepared for her next “Lost Songs” album. Christine continues to write, play bass for
Mama’s Black Sheep, and work on an electronic-acoustic side-project with Colleen Clark called ALLIR MUSIC!
Please join us in welcoming the Christine Havrilla Duo to the Woodshed!!
