Kris McLonis
Kris McLonis, urban/modern folk singer/songwriter based in Detroit, Michigan, has been involved in musical pursuits since her elementary school days. She holds a B.A. in music from Marygrove College and did graduate work in music at Wayne State University. She began playing out at open mics in 1997.
LIVE PERFORMANCES
In 1997 Kris played regular gigs at the Lavender Moon Cafe in Ferndale, Michigan. Besides individual gigs in southeastern Michigan since then, she hosted an open mic at Mudee Waters coffeehouse in Berkley, Michigan from 1998 to 2001. In 2002 and 2003 she performed for various programs at the Green House in Ferndale. She played at the Ferndale Art Fair in 1997 and 2003; the West Bloomfield Art Fair in 2004, and the "Sounds and Sights on Thursday Nights" series in Chelsea in 2005.
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Kris has appeared on the cable shows Songwriters Open Mic at Oz's Music (based in Ann Arbor), Krystal's Motor Town Cafe and Crazy Mark TV (both based in Dearborn), and Erica's Tyme (based in Troy).
DISCOGRAPHY
In 1985 Kris wrote and performed backup vocals for the John Sase album "Aessence". In 1997 she recorded backup vocals for two tracks of the John Finan CD "Observations & Complaints" (released in 1998). In 1998 she recorded an original track, "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony", for the compilation CD "Live at the Cadieux Cafe".
In September 2002 Kris released her first CD, "Labyrinth", which includes "totally McLonis" originals and joint songwriting efforts with lyricist David Moody. The CD offers a mixture of serious introspection and encouragement, humorous looks at life in the workplace, an ode to a certain coffeehouse leftover, and a TV theme song to boot! "Labyrinth" is available through her page at CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/krismclonis. Kris is currently preparing to record her second CD, which promises a similar blend of songs to make listeners laugh and think.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Kris has a web page at http://www.wideopenwest.com~mclonisk and can be contacted by email at mclonisk@wideopenwest.com.