Christopher Colletta

COUNTRY MUSIC IN D.C. | Some would say that could never work -- <a href="spotify:artist:2MUo4X7abqBMmS1WCEYE8A" data-name="Christopher Colletta">Christopher Colletta</a> disagrees. Having lived in Nashville and Austin before moving to Paris and now D.C., he is determined to bring traditional country and Americana to the Nation&#39;s Capital.

~ &#34;Hell yeah, bruther.&#34; ~ <a href="spotify:artist:75jupPQwYdoM5pHdahglFk" data-name="Logan Rex">Logan Rex</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:5wbZwShmxCGRjgjTQQr7Sr" data-name="Artikal Sound System">Artikal Sound System</a> ~


Influenced by legends like <a href="spotify:artist:6kACVPfCOnqzgfEF5ryl0x" data-name="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5W5bDNCqJ1jbCgTxDD0Cb3" data-name="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> and by newer blood like <a href="spotify:artist:3BJX1nYizKvWpZTY5HOAr4" data-name="Charley Crockett">Charley Crockett</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3znXuXT3xkCtjgOxXBBVnq" data-name="Justin Townes Earle">Justin Townes Earle</a>, you won’t hear music like his on the radio -- not FM, at least.


~ “Ouiii!” ~ unknown French spectator ~


Christopher has recorded solo and with <a href="spotify:artist:2WQAIug9qgI72JlVCPQj4D" data-name="Folklaur">Folklaur</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1QC9Nqpwy4Hw0qJTW2yB5f" data-name="Fame Jane">Fame Jane</a>, and is currently writing more original music to add to the hours of songs he already covers. Aside from the bar scene throughout Washington, D.C., he has even played at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, bringing authentic sounds of home to American expats in France. In addition to performing, he plans to record an EP of original music, much of which is inspired by the years he spent as an officer in the U.S. Army before moving to Paris.


~ “I got the chills.” ~ his friend Blake ~