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Exclusive Video for TPT’s Rewire and Leav app
Last fall Chris filmed a handful of songs with TPT for their Rewire web series. Those videos can be found here. There is one other video, that was left off the TPT reel - and it’s now available as part of an exclusive content experience from TPT and Leav. Find out more about the Leav app and download at the app store.
From Big Time and Back
I couldn't have driven another ten miles. After the muffler of my 2007 Pontiac Vibe cracked while climbing a steep and winding road in Ithaca, NY, the whole car vibrated in a way that rattled my brain and rearranged my thoughts. The previous night's show at the State Theatre of Ithaca was yet another successful opening slot for singer-songwriter-turned-pop-superstar Ingrid Michaelson. As I was standing outside of the venue prior to the show a couple of young ladies approached me to profess their love of Ingrid Michaelson while assuring me they were also eager to see my performance. They had, after all, checked out my songs on YouTube earlier in the week. They produced their phones and requested selfies with me, standing in front of the entrance of the venue, which I of course obliged.
This happened night after night on this tour. Every stop with Ingrid was filled with an infectious energy like Christmas morning or New Years Eve or a special Birthday Party. There were a couple of off nights from the tour where DJ and I had set up fill dates at house concerts, cafes, and small clubs, and the drop-off was a startling reminder of these very separate worlds that were somehow convening for these three short weeks.
Prior to Ithaca, we had traveled all over the northeast and midwest: Niagara Falls, Grand Rapids, Madison, Northfield, Minneapolis, DePere, Cincinnati, Athens, Columbus, Green Bay, Eau Claire, Chicago, Sheboygan, and Bloomington Indiana. The final show with Ingrid was the following night in Tarrytown, NY. Everything went perfectly. Our set was met by an enthusiastic sold-out crowd of 900 people. At the merch table I signed CD's and took pictures with new fans. After the show, we said goodbyes to the crew and bandmates: Ali, Billy, and Saul, and a fleeting farewell and thank you Ingrid. DJ and I packed up the car again like a Tetris Champion, and fired up the bone-tingling growl which vibrated the sinking hollow feeling that was invading my stomach and my soul.
So many things made sense on that tour - except for maybe how I was on it in the first place. When I tried to get one final, fast answer from Ingrid about it, she just said "Your song was my Germany song.. I became obsessed.. I listened to it like a hundred times.."
Like a crossword puzzle or riddle once solved, the satisfaction wanes the moment it's completed and a new puzzle is revealed. The saying that "Life is a Journey, not a Destination" has rarely been clearer to me. At the end of every amazing experience you are back to where you started - a consciousness residing inside of some odd pounds of flesh and bone.
The last couple of nights on our own we made merry playing shows in Manhattan and Cleveland before pushing on through to Minneapolis for one last body-buzzing fourteen hour day of driving. I ate both KFC and Taco Bell that day.
My good friend and roommate Chim-Chim Cha-Roo is excited because the Vinyl of "In Real Time" just arrived TODAY. Get your own big, beautiful, nuance-filled vinyl here: https://chriskoza.bandcamp.com/album/in-real-time
Looks like its "BYOH" night for me and @donniemarvelous at @rockwoodNYC .. 8pm .. http://www.ticketfly.com/event/699517-dinner-suit-chris-koza-new-york/
Athens, OH
Before @donniemarvelous and I head out on the road for our next show - tomorrow night near Green Bay, WI at Luna Cafe http://tinyurl.com/Luna-Show I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who made it out to @thecedar last night for the release show, and @thecurrent for all of the support leading up to the release. Thanks SO MUCH! It was truly a special night. We couldn't have done it without everyone's support, and enthusiasm.
Before our soundcheck at the Rapids Theatre we got to see the legendary Falls of Niagara yesterday. It's difficult to capture, in a photo, the feeling of awe and power flowing through the water. I tried to spend greater time looking with my eyes and not through my phone.
Working through a couple of tunes with @ReinaDelCid for next Sunday Nov. 9th @TheCedar
This Is Halloween
Halloween is one of the handful of occasions throughout the year where people bounce around like individual atoms seeking to make a bond with other atoms in creating something strange, beautiful, and mutated. The course of human experience is not so linear as the day before yesterday or twenty years from now. I didn't dress up this year but I would have gone as Bojack Horseman because I am in love with that show. I don't pretend like its the greatest thing ever, like it exists in the same category as fun-sized-snickers bars, but I would honor the enjoyment I've gained from the show by donning a costume of its namesake.
Every time Halloween comes around I try to remember some notable costumes throughout the years. A Ghostbuster. Wayne's World. A Hippie. A Zombie. A Drag Queen. A Mobster. A Cowboy. A Trophy. Those are some of the specific entities I've portrayed, but in recent years more often than not, it's a trip to Walgreens or CVS to clear out whatever I can find on the 70% clearance shelf and cobble together. My childhood self, who definitely saw awesome costumes in his future would be appalled and likely call into question his own existence.
The bouncing around. The emergence of merging parties. Dressing in costumes is such an entertaining method of human expression for which Halloween - and New Year's, interestingly enough, are catalysts. On this morning after, shards of pumpkins, candy wrappers, cotton spiderwebs, and self-adhesive cat whiskers populate the pavement. I reassemble the shrapnel into a solid form; the atoms into a molecule that forms invisibly in the crisp morning air before rearranging into something else entirely.
I'm pleased to debut a new music video for the song "Electric Tide" from my new album. Many people had a hand in the creative though it was conceived and directed by Los Angeles filmmaker/actor Mark Jwayad and stars Azure Parsons (2 Guns) and Nick Puga (Oceans 13). I show up a few times too.. with some underwater friends..
October 28th is here! Along with the sunrise (or before it) comes my new album. It’s been 2 years of effort with the help of a lot of amazingly talented musicians and musical-minds! Please play on, and bring one home… chriskoza.bandcamp.com/album/in-real-time
New music is on the way. I'll be joining musical forces with some of Minnesota's finest for an album release show at the Cedar Cultural Center Sunday November 9th. Advance tickets can be purchased here.
Live at the Aster Cafe Sunday July 27th!
On the scenic perimeter of the East Bank of the Mississippi; where Downtown's presence is that of a perma-ready photo-op, The Aster Cafe in old St. Anthony Main hides along the cobblestones. Home to great small plates, local craft beer, and a european atmosphere, the Aster Cafe has also become one of the premier listening rooms in the Twin Cities for singer-songwriters, jazz ensembles, and other quality artists. I am privileged to be performing an all-ages show here with my good friend Will Hutchinson...
who is a great songwriter and all-around human being. We'll be taking the stage around 7pm, and doors open at 6pm. Tickets are only $10 in advance and $12 at the door and can be had through this advance link. This will be the last official local show I perform before my new solo-album release show later this Autumn, so I plan on making it an amazing night!
SOLO ACOUSTIC VIDEO "LOST ENOUGH" FROM "LIVE AT THE PEARL" SESSIONS Everybody has those things they can't see or acknowledge about themselves. A staple of my live performances but finding a recorded home thus far only on the "Live At The Pearl" collection, the song "Lost Enough" is about the dichotomy of identity and acceptance.
Portland, OR; where sun and rain coexist.
This video was create by myself, Ben Moren, and an exceptionally talented and willing group of artists known as Guess Ready Review. This video was filmed in the remote locale of Mallard Island. It is an oasis of wonder on Rainy Lake; the Bermuda Triangle of the North. This video along with work from Guess Ready Review will be on display at the Kolman & Pryor Gallery in NE Minneapolis through April 12th. Opening reception is Saturday March 8th. For more information on the opening party, gallery, Guess Ready Review, etc, please visit the following site: http://www.kolmanpryorgallery.com/exhibition/guess-ready-review/
In wonderfully sunny and 40° Missoula Montana for the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, where the film Beyond the Divide is set to have its first Montana sneak preview in just half an hour. It’s amazing to see all the people in the film - which I’ve been steeped in now for two years - in real life and in person. They are celebrities to me because I have spent many hours experiencing them and they have no idea who I am. That is one of the most curious things about the phenomenon of celebrity; the imbalance of the relationship. I’m so happy to have contributed a soundtrack to this lovely film and the stories of these people. More news about the film in due time!