This was the CD release of Ghost Flower, "the latest length album by singer-songwriter Kristin Cotts, produced by the indomitable Christopher Ussery." The original painting of Ghost Flower for the CD cover is by David Knoebber.
The Ghost Flower release part for my friend Kristin Cotts was at The Outta Space venue in Berwyn, Illinois. I mentions this because it is my kind of place, and I have been here before to photograph other musician friends of mind, and to visit for "just because". If I lived in the neighborhood, or even near the neighborhood, I would be visiting every week.
I met Kristin on set of a movie production, where I was lead photographer. She came across to me as a bit shy. Tonight she shown me a totally different side of her. She has a great stage presence, one that floored me.
As Kristin has written the music is "Quirky, lyrically-driven bohemian-surf-rock songs that occupy the space between reality and fiction, knowledge and dream: that exact place where light bends and refracts". My words, pretty cool. Some of her tracks remind me of softer Dolores O'Riordan and The Cranberries, which I like a lot.
Opening for Kristin was singer-songwriter Cheryl Lynn Tomblin of Berwyn, accompanied by Joe Fournier. I must say I fell in love with Cheryl's voice and presence.
Here are some photographs of the evening, starting with some of the inside of The Outta Space . . .
Cheryl Lynn Tomblin — Lead Vocal / Guitar
Joe Fournier — Sax
Authentic Weirdo
Kristin Cotts — Lead Vocals / Guitar / Glockenspiel
Christopher Ussery — Keyboard / Vocal
Andon Davis — Lead Guitar
James DiGiralamo — Bass
Grant Niebergall — Drums
Jodi Walker — Harmony Vocals
Cheryl Lynn Tomblin — Violin
Kristin Cotts
Cheryl Lynn Tomblin
The Outta Space
6840 32nd St.
Berwyn, IL 60402
"Ghost Flower" Painting by David Knoebber
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