I love playing and singing soulful, eclectic music. I've honed my sound performing professiinal for 20 years. From Joe Cocker to Sam Smith, James Taylor to Ray Lamontagne, the music and the messages from legendary singer songwriters lives in me. If you like acoustic music with a backbone and soul in your ears, I can lift you with my performance. I have plenty of originals to add to the mix too. Thanks for listening. 

Kristian moved from the White Mountains of New Hampshire to Tahoe in 2015 and has since established himself in Tahoe’s local live music scene.  This co-founder of Black Oaks has been playing guitar since childhood and has been influenced by his father’s musical taste and talents. Inspired by groups like The Devil Makes Three, The Grateful Dead, and Dispatch, he has been writing music since his middle school years.  Kristian’s choice of genres to cover includes blues, rock, folk, and bluegrass. His original music is dynamic but centers around a newgrass rock theme. Kristian loves all that Tahoe has to offer and is energized by the eclectic family of local musicians in this mountain town.  He partnered with Sean Hodge to continue the signature sound of Black Oaks Music.

Opus brings the music of "Vintage Las Vegas" back to Lake Tahoe!
Sinatra, Deano and other favorites from the heyday of the "Rat Pack", with a dash of everything from American Bandstand to Soul Train. 
A true lounge singer, even without the lounge. 

Jeff Connor grew up in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. The son of a piano/flutist mother and an audiophile father, Jeff started playing piano at age fourteen and moved into guitar a year later. He did have some formal training on guitar…he was kicked out of his only guitar lesson after about fifteen minutes and was taken under the musical wing of his brother. Through his father and brother, Jeff was immersed in the works of Bob Dylan and Lou Reed and learned every song available to him by the iconic singer/songwriters. After attending Cornell in Ithaca, Jeff found a cozy home in his Ford Ranger and earned a living busking all over the country. He eventually landed in Lake Tahoe, California one Winter, and while reconnecting with his childhood passion of ski racing, met John Munroe…

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I love playing and singing soulful, eclectic music. I've honed my sound performing professiinal for 20 years. From Joe Cocker to Sam Smith, James Taylor to Ray Lamontagne, the music and the messages from legendary singer songwriters lives in me. If you like acoustic music with a backbone and soul in your ears, I can lift you with my performance. I have plenty of originals to add to the mix too. Thanks for listening. 

Kristian moved from the White Mountains of New Hampshire to Tahoe in 2015 and has since established himself in Tahoe’s local live music scene.  This co-founder of Black Oaks has been playing guitar since childhood and has been influenced by his father’s musical taste and talents. Inspired by groups like The Devil Makes Three, The Grateful Dead, and Dispatch, he has been writing music since his middle school years.  Kristian’s choice of genres to cover includes blues, rock, folk, and bluegrass. His original music is dynamic but centers around a newgrass rock theme. Kristian loves all that Tahoe has to offer and is energized by the eclectic family of local musicians in this mountain town.  He partnered with Sean Hodge to continue the signature sound of Black Oaks Music.