Avant-garde or traditionalist pop auteur? Angel Corpus Christi is the most well-informed instrumentalist on the planet. Plus, she can sing. Angel Corpus Christi is a San Francisco singer/accordionist who began releasing vintage-sounding pop albums in the '80s. In 1984, Angel debuted with an album of NYC-related covers (by The Ramones, Lou Reed, etc.) called, fittingly," I Love New York."