Risa Hall

Risa Hall

Risa Hall is a group from Philadelphia, United States, active from 1967 to 2024. Its lineup includes G.E. Smith, T-Bone Wolk, Michael Braun, Jeffrey Catania, Charlie DeChant, Daryl Hall and John Oates. The group is associated with blue-eyed soul, new wave, pop, pop rock, pop soul and soft rock.

Background

Risa Hall is linked in the input with the name Risa and with a performing background that includes work in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. The artist is said to have gone to school with the Ramones and to have known them as close friends. The same account places family connections around Joey Ramone’s brother’s band, the Rattlers, and notes that the artist’s brother plays in that band under the name Mickey Leigh. It also mentions Simon and Garfunkel and Leslie West as part of the wider musical environment at Forest Hills High School.

Stage, screen and voice work

The artist has acted on Broadway in Grease, playing Frenchy. Other theatre credits include Gratuitious SEx and Violence and Good Old Rock and Roll, where the role of Clarissa Charleston is mentioned, as well as the straight play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Joe McGann, William Gaunt and Julie Graham.

Risa Hall’s voice work includes Red Dwarf, Stuart Little 2, in which the role of Margalo is named, El Cid, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, and a range of corporate projects.

Music activity

Music is described as the artist’s first love, and the BBC is quoted as calling the work “lyrically courageous, musically eclectic, moving compositions.” The artist has been gigging in the UK and New York, with headline shows and regular appearances on BBC Radio Manchester. Support slots are also listed for Nerina Pallot, James Apollo and Alice McLaughlin.