Artist description Fronted by singer-songwriter Arthur Lamonica.A founding member of The Shirts,Lamonica has performed in the U.S. and Europe sharing stages with artists from Peter Gabriel to Talking Heads,Charles Mingus and Pete Seeger.Now with Rome56 he has put together a band of gifted NYC musicians to interpret his mix of rock,pop and folk.

Music Style acoustic rock

Musical Influences ray davies, leonard cohen,nino rota

Group Members arthurlamonica..acoustic amy lipman..bass john criscione..drums paul mckensie..mandolin,guitar chris tedesco..violin

Instruments acoustic.bass,drum,violin,mandolin

Albums sacred avenue

Press Reviews "his gutsy,unapologetic songwriting and unclutteredpresentation make this a treasure.the songs are succinctand telegraphic,rippling wuth small barbed detailsthat are easy to miss if you're not paying attention,lamonica is a master puller of the pop music ripcord"-the philadelphia enquirer

Location nyc, ny - USA

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