Chris Trapper

Chris Trapper (born March 31, 1971 in Buffalo, New York) is an American songwriter & musician, best known as the singer and guitarist of the band The Push Stars. and for his song “This Time” from the film “August Rush” (Warner Bros). The youngest of 6 children in a working-class family from Buffalo, NY, Trapper relocated to Boston, MA after college, where he formed The Push Stars with Dan McLoughlin & Ryan MacMillan. In 1999, the band released their Capitol Records debut “After The Party” and subsequently released two more records before going on hiatus in 2005. From there, Chris embarked on a successful solo career, touring all over the globe and releasing nine full-length albums to date. Trapper's songs can be heard in several major studio films including “There’s Something About Mary”, The Devil Wears Prada”, “Some Kind Of Beautiful” & “August Rush”. His songs have appeared on television shows such as Pepper Dennis, ER, and Malcolm in the Middle. In 2018, The Push Stars released their first album in 14 years, “3 Feet In The Air”, which was recorded at the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN. A relentless live performer, Trapper has performed an average of 150 shows a year for more than a decade. On October 12, 2018, Chris was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. Previously, he earned a SOCAN award for his songwriting contribution to the album Sea of No Cares by Great Big Sea in 2003.

Discography
Symphonies of Dirt & Dust (2015)
 * 1) Angel Appearing in a Small Cafe
 * 2) Everything Was Possible
 * 3) If You're Still There
 * 4) Best in Me
 * 5) Heart in the Sea
 * 6) Not the End of the World
 * 7) Symphonies of Dirt and Dust
 * 8) Into the Bright Lights
 * 9) Blind Leading the Blind
 * 10) Honest Man in California
 * 11) F#*k It
 * 12) Boston Strong

Technicolor (2013)


 * 1) Extraordinary
 * 2) Northwest Sun
 * 3) Technicolor
 * 4) All of This and Everything
 * 5) I'll Count You
 * 6) West Side
 * 7) The Accident
 * 8) Ohio
 * 9) Bye Bye Beautiful
 * 10) God in Every Cloud
 * 11) Good Times
 * 12) Werewolf in Times Square
 * 13) Sober For a Living
 * 14) For the Wondering
 * 15) Waving as I Go
 * 16) Top of the Sky
 * 17) From the Ashes

The Few & The Far Between (2011)


 * 1) Here All Along (featuring Rob Thomas)
 * 2) Long Goodbye
 * 3) The More I Think (featuring Colin Hay)
 * 4) Skin
 * 5) Ghost in Your Arms (featuring Kristin Cifelli)
 * 6) Easy Flyer
 * 7) Few and Far Between
 * 8) Still In Me
 * 9) Eyes Twice the Size
 * 10) Not Normal
 * 11) Search Inside
 * 12) Wake me With Your Kiss
 * 13) Lonesome Parade (for Phyllis Malloy & Juri Bunetta)
 * 14) Home

'''Gone Again (feat. The Wolverine Jazz Band) (2011)
 * 1) All Time Favorite
 * 2) Gone Again
 * 3) Nowhere
 * 4) Jukebox Lights
 * 5) Away We Go
 * 6) Boston Girl
 * 7) Dinner and a Dream
 * 8) Kids to Chase
 * 9) Meant to Be
 * 10) Party At the Andersons
 * 11) Kiss You Where You Lay
 * 12) Keg On My Coffin (Live)

Into The Bright Lights [EP] (2010)


 * 1) Family Tree
 * 2) The Game Is Done
 * 3) Into The Bright Lights
 * 4) Heartaches On Parade
 * 5) From The Balcony
 * 6) Already Gone
 * 7) Black Sky Blue

'Til The Last Leaf Falls (2008)


 * 1) This Time
 * 2) Wait a Lifetime
 * 3) Black Hearted Bride
 * 4) Cost of Constant Traveling
 * 5) In My Sight
 * 6) Look What the Wind Blew In
 * 7) Big Mistake
 * 8) Least You're Breathing
 * 9) Across the World
 * 10) Curbside View
 * 11) Black Eye
 * 12) Til the Last Leaf Falls
 * 13) Passing

Songs From the Middle of the World - Solo/Acoustic Rarities Vol.1 (2008)


 * 1) Faded and Jaded
 * 2) A Day Without You
 * 3) $100 Man
 * 4) Living Downtown
 * 5) Letter to the Middle of the World
 * 6) These Mistakes
 * 7) Black Sky Blue
 * 8) Feel Like Staying Home
 * 9) The Losing End
 * 10) Falling Away
 * 11) Avalanche
 * 12) Mid-Summer Nights Kidnapping Case
 * 13) Hard Times
 * 14) Wrong Side of Town
 * 15) What Are You Gonna Do?
 * 16) Who Can Save Me
 * 17) Anywhere You Are

It's Christmas Time (2007)


 * 1) It's Christmas Time
 * 2) Black and Blue Christmas
 * 3) Thorn Becomes a Rose
 * 4) Christmas Magic
 * 5) One Bright Star
 * 6) This December
 * 7) Wish It Was Christmas Day
 * 8) California Holiday
 * 9) Christmas Ends a Day Too Soon
 * 10) Mystified

Hey You (2006)


 * 1) Feelings Without Weight
 * 2) Into the Wasteland
 * 3) Say It Loud
 * 4) In From the Outside
 * 5) See Something Fly
 * 6) Wish I Was Cool
 * 7) Forget Me
 * 8) 35th Birthday
 * 9) Perfumed Hair
 * 10) Tear Choked Eye
 * 11) Yearning to be Burning
 * 12) Better Half
 * 13) Lonely Valentine
 * 14) Every Time I See You
 * 15) Weightless

Songs From the Drive-In (2002)


 * 1) Time to Forgive
 * 2) Elvis Presley Boulevard
 * 3) Midnight Cabaret
 * 4) Summertime is Here
 * 5) House Next to the Drive-In
 * 6) Happy Where I Am
 * 7) Birthday Song
 * 8) Ever Since the Day
 * 9) Me and My Blue Water
 * 10) Starlight