Brought up in Oxford with Anglo/Italian/French parenthood already ensured an openness to most cultures, but despite parental influence, Christina never could embrace the discipline of classical training, and to the despair of her opera loving family, bought herself a guitar, taught herself to play, and wrote her first tunes, determined to become a busker!

This wish was very nearly fulfilled as later on when living in Malawi with her family, Christina jumped at the opportunity of joining a folk trio there, even meeting up at the Blantyre Folk Club with the legendary late Trevor Crozier, the wonderful eccentric songwriter of some of the most well known hits from The Wurzels, A fact that was completely lost on Christina at the time, since young as she was, she had no idea who The Wurzels were!

Upon her eventual arrival in France, Christina was noticed at her very first solo performance by the proprietor of the prestigious jazz venue Le Petit Journal Montparnasse in Paris, where such icons as Stephane Grappelli, Enrico Macias and Sacha Distel regularly plied their art.

However, the need to earn an honest living led Christina away from this promising debut on the Parisien jazz scene and she joined France's top Western Swing band as lead female vocalist.

This led to regular appearances on the national TV networks TF1 and France2, a recording contract - coupled with mainstream distribution (currently distributed through La Fnac) - and, most importantly for any musician(!), a regular income!

Despite reaching notoriety at the top of this niche market, the need to realise her own creativity was fast becoming irresistible. Too well known in France as the lead vocalist for Les Westerners, it was in the UK that Christina would finally be able to take the plunge and become a solo artist in her own right.

Since making her UK debut in February 2004, Christina has delighted audiences throughout the West Country, including Bristol, Cheltenham and her adopted home county of Wiltshire, where she was invited to play at Marlborough Jazz Festival. November 2004 saw her recording her first live concert for BBC Radio Wiltshire, which was broadcast in late December of that year.

In 2005 Christina took her music to Theatre audiences, from The Arc in Trowbridge in January to The Rondo in Bath in December 2005, finding there an enthusiastic following for her eclectic and original talent.

With the onset of 2006, Christina continues to build on her quite unique blend of authentic versions of well loved French numbers coupled with her own strong songwriting in both languages, creating an originality rarely seen these days.

In response to ever increasing demand from her fans, in January of this year. Christina released her debut CD "Every Time" a collection of live recordings of her early love songs.

In May 2006 she released the CD "Voices for Malawi", a concert of original music held in aid of the Joshua Orphan Care Trust In Malawi - this little African country which has meant, and continues to mean so much to her.

Christina is currently working on new material to be released in 2008, and planning tours, both overseas and in the UK.

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