Cristina Orbé was born in NYC and raised in many places along east coast. In 2000, she moved to Seattle, turned off the TV, and picked up a guitar. Soon she found she had a voice and a talent for writing. Released in 2003, her album "Sway" is a self-produced, self written, independent project that consists of her most personal and heart felt songs. In 2006, her band Forgotten Sol expanded to a 5-piece and released an album called "Contradiction".

Cristina is a self taught musician with her own simple rhythmic style. She has played Bumbershoot, The Crocodile, Vancouver International Hip-Hop Film Festival, Under the Volcano, The Tractor Tavern, Knitting Factory (NY), Club Passim (MA) and Town Hall
She also performs poetry and plays in the political acoustic band Forgotten Sol.

She has shared the stage with Micheal Franti, Blue Scholars, Ursula Rucker, Saul Williams, Common Market, Abyssinian Creole, Bill Frisell and Democracy Now's Amy Goodman. She's worked on a project with the Sharpshooters, recorded with Moka Only that will be released this year on vinyl and appears on a Rebelz track with Capadonna from the Wu-tang Clan.

Cristina Orbé is a rare find. Her music is political, conscious, sensual, poetic, intelligent, and human.





So lately many people have been asking me how I started playing music and if I had any incling before I moved to Seattle that I had a talent. When I was 8 I wrote a song on my Titi Milagros' piano that she asked me if I wanted her to transcribe it. I declined the offer and it wasn't until I was 20 that i took a guitar class at NYU .......which was pretty much pointless since I didn't have or make time to practice. It wasn't until I moved to Seattle into a studio apt and vowed to not watch TV did I quickly find music. My first songs were inspired by cartharsis or a desire to heal from bad relationship experiences and then I used music to heal and speak about the other life injustices I was witnessing. For me if the music doesn't say something than the artist is being irresponsible. So I take my message very seriously and I try to convey the most honest perspective I can conjour. Written August 22, 2004