Subvocal w/ Christine Costanzo

Art in the cafe...

Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Friday, July 7, 2006

Subvocal: Led by singer-songwriter Mark Adkins, Subvocal is a one of kind ensemble that plays it's own genre of psychedelic-electro-tribal-folk. Subvocal won best band for 2004 and best CD for 2005 at the MAMAS.

Christine Costanzo:
"...(Costanzo) has a clear, lovely voice and writes story-songs like Dar Williams does. The voices of her narrators are as strong as you can wish for.. .Costanzo has a very real talent..." - The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music

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