Christine Manetta

Dynamic Soul Singer, Christine Manetta performs her distinctive blend of eclectic original music from Contemporary Ska Blues to Funky Soul Jazz intertwined with Afro-Beats and touches Hip-Hop Electronica.

Singing with passion, honesty, guts and a musical truth of each song’s story: A voice that encompasses soaring vocals through to deep, sultry, heartfelt softness, while exploring and illuminating the themes of adversity, determination and empowerment that are articulated through the celebration of women and motherhood, as depicted on her Album ‘One Woman One Day’.

Emerging in 2021 as a dynamic Songwriter with four songs from her Album ‘One Woman One Day’ being shortlisted and then also reaching the Top 30 in the 2021 Australian Songwriters Association Contest. In addition to numerous performances around Melbourne and Victoria, over the last decade, Christine Manetta has also made notable appearances at the Docklands Blues Festival, Antipodes Lonsdale Street Festival, Victorian Seniors Festival, a residency at Melbourne’s iconic Speakeasy HQ (2017 -2019 in her self-produced show Love Me or Leave Me – A Tribute to Nina Simone), Thornbury Theatre (where she launched her album, 'One Woman One Day’), Albury Entertainment Centre and Festivals at Castlemaine, Inverloch, Halls Gap and Port Fairy.

Gear

P.A.

RCA 15 FOH x 2

RCA 10 Monitor x 1

Roland Cube Monitor (Battery powered)

Shure Beta 58 Wireless Microphone

Shure Beta 58 Microphone

Sennheiser e 865 Microphone

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