GOLD HILL -- Cristina Vane has sung for as long as she can remember. Her parents even heard her sing in her crib over their baby monitor. She started playing piano in first grade, sang in choir, and started writing songs in high school to combine her love of playing the guitar and writing poetry.
By the time she graduated from Princeton University, Vane knew she wanted to pursue a music career. Her performing and writing are inspired especially by country, fingerstyle playing, delta and Piedmont blues, and the rock songs she grew up with.
Vane visited London with her father one summer after college, booking gigs for the first time in pubs and other venues. During this time, she found herself captivated by slide guitar, teaching herself open tunings.
After graduating from Princeton, Vane moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career, inspired by Rory Block, Skip James, and Blind Willie Johnson. She started working at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, mentored in fingerstyle guitar by Pete Steinberg, and she picked up the clawhammer banjo during her time there.
At the start of her career, Vane primarily recorded her original songs on programs such as GarageBand and released those recordings on SoundCloud. She released her debut EP, Shades, in 2016, and her debut studio album, Nowhere Sounds Lovely, in 2021.
Now, she’s touring to support her third album, Hear My Call, and over the last few years, she’s toured with and supported Molly Tuttle, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Wynonna Judd, Nikki Lane, and Willi Carlisle, among others.
Vane loves being able to connect with people through her music, and she hopes that the feelings that she invokes through her music are comforting for those who listen to her work.
You can see Cristina Vane touring her third album at the Gold Hill Inn, located at 401 Main Street in Gold Hill, on Saturday, May 3, 2025, starting at 8 p.m. Learn more about her and her music by going to her website at cristinavane.com.
