Antonette Goroch is a writer, singer, songwriter, mother and world traveler. A vocalist and storyteller since the age of 5, she has immersed herself in various musical styles including live theater, opera, classical, eastern european folk, punk, rock, blues and Americana. Her sound has been compared to other contemporary folk artists like Neko Case and Penelope Houston, but her approach draws inspiration from artist revolutionaries like Kathleen Hanna and Bertolt Brecht, musical poets like Patti Smith and Leonard Cohen, and reflective observers like John Steinbeck and Jack Kerouac. Her music is equal parts celebration and seduction, pleasure and provocation,– but always an inquisitive dissection of human connection and the power that flows from it.
Antonette has recorded and co-produced a dozen full length recordings over the past 20 years as a soloist and with various collaborative projects since the early nineties. Throughout each of these incarnations, she has been recognized for her voice, melodies, lyrics and spirit. Part of the early nineties wave of riot grrls, she’s been described as a “punk rock priestess” who delivers “a compelling blend of intelligence, innocence and insight, with a dash of intellectual insanity.”
Her most recent release from Aerobic International, You Are a Star, is a mostly-acoustic 5-song EP, featuring simple arrangements and minimal production to showcase Goroch’s voice and songwriting. Inspired by her travels throughout Italy during 2014-2015, playing small clubs/restaurants, art houses and cultural centers, the album was recorded in Turin, Italy with producer, Claudio Tortoricci at the creative collective, Superbudda --one of several former train station warehouses repurposed by a new generation of Italians. The natural reverb of the room’s tall ceilings and open architecture brings a warm and etherial intImacy to the recordings, a perfect backdrop for the personal and reflective subject matter.