PRESS

“I had the pleasure of seeing Chris do his thing at the premiere of the heralded surf film, “Dark Fall” (2 of his songs are on the soundtrack) and the honor of talking to him afterwards about his music and ascension as a recording artist. As a 3rd generation guitarist, there’s a bit of pre-destiny…”

-Mike Reynolds NJ.COM NJ.com interview 8/12/2010

“The budding songwriter found his muse when his father moved the family to Memphis. Despite its reputation as a musical incubator and its vaulted place among the histories of varied American genres, the teenage Arena found it…”

- Lou Russo Dtown Mag Featured artist in August Dtown magazine 8/6/2010

“Chris Arena recently released an eponymous CD of 10 songs he wrote and recorded in Memphis, Tenn. Two of the tracks, “Crazy” and “Wait,” are part of the soundtrack to the recently debuted local surfing documentary film Dark Fall by Alex DiPhillipo. See chrisarena.com for more…”

-Ray Schweibert AC Weekly AC weekly album of the week 8/5/2010

“Chris Arena believes this could be the year his career as a professional musician breaks. And his 76-year-old grandmother can take some credit. Arena, who now lives in Philadelphia, will release his self-titled debut record Tuesday to coincide with the recent premiere of “Dark Fall,” a locally filmed surfing documentary that features two of Arena’s tunes. The album, recorded at Ardent Studio in Memphis, Tenn., where Led Zeppelin and ZZ Top also cut albums, is arranged by Grammy Award-winning producer Craig Street (Nora Jones), and three-time Grammy-winning engineer Tony Maseratti (Jason Mraz)…”

-Scott Cronick The Press of AC The Press of Atlantic City 7/18/2010

Philly Fun! 7/17/2010

Guitar Blog 5/28/2008

Muxtape features Chris Arena 5/2/ 2010