Kristin Hoffmann's music is at once spiritual, romantic, dreamy and defiant. Her live performances are marked by a power and grace that creates a deep connection with her loyal fans, many of whom came to know her music in a serendipitous way. Perhaps one evening during a walk, they wandered into a Kristin Hoffmann performance at a small cafe on Jones Street in New York's Greenwich Village. Whether you have seen Kristin perform once or a hundred times, you feel connected. Her voice wraps its way around you and you are in, for a whole set. This is what keeps the crowd on Jones Street coming back.

Kristin's life has always centered on music and poetry. She's been playing the piano, singing and writing songs for as long as she can remember. Her influences flow from the classical, Ravel, Beethoven, Mozart, and the contemporary, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Damien Rice, Beck and Peter Gabriel. She also has a devout passion for eastern philosophy, yoga and meditation; practices she believes enable her to achieve deeper emotional connections with her friends, her family and her audience.

In 2002, at the age of 23, Kristin made an independent artistic statement by co-producing, engineering and self-releasing her own full-length album Divided Heart. She performed around the northeast until one day she noticed a baby grand piano in the window of Cafe Vivaldi on Jones Street. "I was able to play for new faces every night, work regularly on perfecting my live performance and make some decent money while doing it." In the fall of 2003 Interscope Records found her at Cafe Vivaldi and offered her an opportunity to work with famed producer David Botrill (Tool, Godsmack, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson). She recorded two songs with David at Longview Farms Studios, and it did not take long for her to realize she was working with the producer of a lifetime. "He is like the teacher at school that you want to work hard for."

The original recordings Kristin made with David, Light and Falling, are available for listening on her website www.kristinhoffmann.com. The two plan to commence recording her debut record for Interscope in the fall of 2004. In the meantime, Kristin is performing this summer in small rooms on the East Coast, including her regular appearances at Cafe Vivaldi in New York City.