Chris Garneau

Chris Garneau
Chris Garneau in 2020
Chris Garneau in 2020
Background information
Birth nameChristopher Michael Garneau
Born (1982-11-05) November 5, 1982 (age 42)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals
Piano
Guitar
Harmonium
Years active2006–present
Websitewww.chrisgarneau.com

Chris Garneau (born November 5, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Since releasing his debut album, Music for Tourists (2006), Garneau has toured throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, Europe, and Asia.

He has released four more full-length studio albums, El Radio (2009), Winter Games (2013), Yours (2018), and The Kind (2021) as well as two EPs, C-Sides (2007) and Out of Love (2023).

Garneau cites Jeff Buckley, Nina Simone, Nico, and Chan Marshall as influences.[1] The New Yorker has referred to Garneau's music as "fanciful and ornate compositions haunted with melancholia and a dreamlike innocence; his falsetto voice often dances over staccato piano notes accompanied by sorrowful violin and pastoral cello parts."[2]

He currently resides in New York's Hudson Valley.[3]

  1. ^ "The Narcissist Issue: Chris Garneau; Hottie Musician With Skills". Queerty.com. September 2, 2006. Archived from the original on January 25, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2007.
  2. ^ "Chris Garneau, Hospitality, and Glass Ghost". The New Yorker. January 28, 2024.
  3. ^ "Premiere: "Out of Love" by Chris Garneau". October 19, 2023.