Artist description Lamp Lighter brings one of the hottest acts to the music industry. Efatha is Scott Hertzog and Christine Lafferty. Hertzog is the creator of this unique duo, and he provides artistic direction as songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist. Lafferty accompanies Hertzog with the lyric sounds of her Irish heritage, skillfully playing viola and violin, and providing background vocals. Together they produce a refreshing sound: abrasive guitar blended with the soothing viola that creates a haunting Celtic tone. Efatha appeals to a variety of audiences--not relying only on its acoustic talent, the band draws in the audience with provocative and emotional lyrics, as well.

Music Style folk rock

Musical Influences Ani DiFranco, Loreena McKennitt, Shawn Mullin

Similar Artists Cat Stevens meets Ani DiFranco and Eli

Artist History - History Of Efatha - Efatha is the brainchild of Scott Hertzog. Throughout the 90's, he was involved with various musical groups which included LifeSpring and M.P.W. Trained in classical violin, voice, and piano, Scott fell in love with guitar in 1990 and began writing acoustic guitar music. Throughout the next seven years he wrote mostly church music, but during the latter half of those years, his writing began to change. It was the spring of 1997 that Scott, along with his wife Kristen, attended a Sarah Mason and Dressed In Rags Concert. It was at this acoustic rock concert that Scott realized that he had the ability to do what Dressed In Rags was doing. If they were performing, why couldn't he? Thus the vision was born. At one time, Kristen had talked about starting up a soul group that she was going to call

Instruments guitar, viola, violin, bass, drums, hand percussion, keyboards, pennywhistle

Additional Info None

Location Lancaster, PA - USA

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