Check out Gina’s radio interview with Zach Zimbler on “State Your Face” on the TheLion90.7FM. He did an interview and then Gina played three songs live on the air: “Perfect Girls,” “Last Call” and “No Guarantee.” Stream it here. Download the MP3 audio here.

Gina on the cover of The Phoenix Magazine, the official publication of the United Ostomy Association of America.  Emily York, PhD candidate at the University of California San Diego, freelance writer, and fellow ostomate, interviews Gina for the cover story of The Phoenix to document and share the days leading up to her very important and life altering surgery as well as the first month into recovery. Gina hopes that she is able to become a better musician now that she is becoming healthy. [Download the PDF of the Article Here] [Visit The Phoenix Magazine online here]

Mysterytrain on the Cover of the June 2010 Issue of the Pennsylvania Musician Magazine!  Last month, central Pennsylvania-based musical adventurers Mysterytrain made their 100th excursion on regional stages; and their “rockin’ psychedelic hoedown” shows no signs of slowing down. With an initial crew of seven members, Mysterytrain first embarked on their journey in September 2008. The current five-member Mysterytrain crew features group brainchild Dan Klock on vocals and guitar, Gina Riggio on vocals and keys, Kevin Share on bass, Jacob Haqq-Misra on percussion and vocals, and Chuck Bailey on drums…. [Read more]

REVIEWS

The Centre Daily Times Weekender, State College, PA

” ‘Catastrophe a calming presence.’ By Jonathan F. McVerry December 25th, 2009. The stages of State College might need to make room for a piano; local singer-songwriter Gina Riggio’s evocative piano-jazz-pop should soon be drawing crowds. On her latest release, “Ultraviolet Catastrophe,” Riggio tackles light-hearted piano jams with clever hints of jazz pop. Her lazy, throaty voice sails over jazzy piano riffs and jiving drumbeats…” [Read more]

An Amazon.com Review by John A. Johnson

I have been a fan of Gina Riggio’s music since I heard her debut album, A Color Unintended, back in May of 2004. She has a style that is absolutely uniquely her own, a version of indie rock informed by her classical training and occasionally infused by jazz. Her ballads remind me a lot of the music I wrote when I was a young man, so I have a visceral attraction to her music… [Read more]

Jim Price of the Pennsylvania Musician

On “Fingerpainting,” the opening track to her latest solo album, Ultraviolet Catastrophe, Gina Riggio declares “This is what my insides look like/And I don’t care if people stare.” The keyboardist and singer for local improvisational jam-music troupe Mysterytrain, Riggio proceeds to reveal her own colorful musical personality through the disc’s 11 tracks; weaving together elements of pop, jazz, blues and even classical music into thoughtful, multi-toned compositions. [Read more]