“There Isn’t Just One Way To Play Music:” Cristina Vane is Telling Her Story, Too

Beneath the pitched Gothic revival ceiling of Saint Ann & the Holy Trinity Church (which doubles as an independent arts venue in Brooklyn), singer/songwriter Cristina Vane is trying out an unreleased song; “Just here sitting thinking about quitting / Once I’ve had just one more smoke,” she sings, accompanying herself on slide on her ivory-colored National resonator guitar.