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Press Archives
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Music for the Morning After, and Beyond
Musicians often chronicle the anguish, adjustments and small triumphs associated with a relationship's end. But few capture the emotional rawness and suffocating isolation…
Lisa Germano or Catwoman
Lisa Germano's new album will reassure those who found the otherwise remarkable Geek the Girl too harrowing. The American singer of Sicilian descent returns to more…
Alcohol, Loneliness, Depression, and Isolation
Much has been said about Germano's drinking over the past few years. Rumors abound; many have said Lullaby reflects the alcohol problems Germano experienced during the…
Lisa Germano’s ‘Happiness’ Broke Out of the John Mellencamp Roots Rut
If the Capitol debut of Lisa Germano – serving at that point as the violinist for John Mellencamp – found you perhaps longing for something along the lines of her old…
Analyzing Lisa
When Lisa Germano was invited to play in John Mellencamp's band in 1987, she had the chops – but not the coping skills for what she knew she'd encounter touring with a…
Violinist Joined from Opry Ranks
Thanks to John Mellencamp, Lisa Germano got to throw away her "Hee-Haw" outfits.
Mellencamp Has to Die!
Germano can't shake the connection to former boss John Mellencamp, even though her ambient pop has more in common with Public Enemy than Mellencamp's backwards roots-rock.
Heart-to-Heart: Psychologically Rich Pop Songs Buoy Lisa Germano
You can tell the songwriters who make music according to public expectation and others who work according to their heart. Lisa Germano is among the latter and she makes it…
Germano Brings ‘Lullaby’ Tour to Indianapolis
“I think I need to take time with records,” said Germano, 45, from her L.A. home. “I never thought of this as a career and that I need to make a new one.”
What is Victoria’s Secret?
Lisa Germano makes music so beautifully tragic and depressing that it seems nearly fatal.