Cristina Black

Cristina Black (often misspelled "Christina Black" is an American musician and writer. She regularly contributes to a number of publications in New York and Los Angeles. Her first album, The Ditty Sessions, was released in 2010 and her music has been featured on the TV series Parenthood. She collaborated with Big Star and Box Tops lead singer Alex Chilton, who made his last appearance on Black's EP The Ditty Sessions before his death.

History Cristina Black was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and trained as a classical pianist and harpist. Black moved to New Orleans, a city that would inspire her later work. In the mid-2000s, she moved to New York City, where she learned how to play the baritone ukulele from Michael Leviton and took up songwriting. She is currently based in Los Angeles.

Black has written for The Village Voice, Nylon, Dazed & Confused, Time Out New York, LA Weekly and is a former Foam entertainment editor. Her articles profiled a wide range of musical artists, including Adele, Kendrick Lamar, Florence Welch, Fiest, Lykke Li, Jack White, Pink, Lionel Richie and Nick Cave.

As a musician, Black is compared to Nico for her vocals and Joni Mitchell for her songwriting. Black has collaborated with Galactic's Ben Ellman, singer-songwriter and regular on HBO's Treme Alex McMurray, Maelstrom Trio keyboardist Brian Coogan and late Box Tops and Big Star lead singer Alex Chilton.

In addition to Black, musicians featured on The Ditty Sessions are Alex McMurray on guitar, Brian Coogan on piano, Wurlitzer and Hammond B3, and Alex Chilton on bass. Chilton's performance would be his last studio session before his passing on March 17, 2010.

"Alvarado" was released on January 1, 2015. Produced by Lewis Pesacov

When I Think of Christmas (White Iris Records, 2011) Summer's Over (Cristina Black, 2013) Alvarado (Cristina Black, 2015)

with Father John Misty Chloë and the Next 20th Century (Father John Misty, 2022) (Black played harp on "Funny Girl," the album's lead single)