LisaGermano.net is an independent archival site dedicated to the work of Lisa Germano—singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and one of the most consistently underappreciated artists of the past three decades.
Born in Mishawaka, Indiana, Germano spent years as a touring and session violinist—most prominently with John Mellencamp—before launching a solo career in 1991 that would produce multiple albums of singular, deeply personal music. Her 4AD years in the mid-1990s yielded her most celebrated work: Geek the Girl, Excerpts From a Love Circus, and Slide remain landmarks of the era, praised by critics and championed by fellow artists from David Bowie to Peter Gabriel to Neil Finn.
This site aims to serve as a comprehensive resource for her discography, press archive, and career history—for longtime fans and for anyone encountering her music for the first time.
Press Archives
A selection of critical writing on Lisa Germano’s work, spanning 1988 to the present. The articles displayed here are in order by when they were last modified. The date stamp is the publication date. To view articles categorized by year, view the press archives. More articles will continue to be added.
Lisa Germano's record label sent copies of her new CD, Geek the Girl, to 25 reviewers. The mailing received 24 positive responses and one negative. The negative one came…
On page 94 of Under the Radar, Issue 4, there is an interview with Lisa Germano, accompanied by reviews of her new album Lullaby for Liquid Pig and her two self-released…
Lisa Germano's Lullaby for the Liquid Pig is built on her exquisite piano chordings, her whispery vocals, and the moody poetics and subtle melodies of her songwriting.
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…
No Elephants is Lisa Germano's ninth record, and her fourth since declaring that she was quitting the music business forever in 1998. The somewhat restricted palette…
In No Elephants, Germano uses a good deal of animal imagery, returning again and again to the idea of an imbalance between humans and the natural world.
Lisa Germano’s spare fragility, her whispery confidentiality, would come off as too precious if she didn’t pay such great attention to the craftsmanship of her writing.
There has always been a kind of ornate misery to Lisa Germano’s music. She is best known for her ’90s albums for dream-pop label 4AD, which had a rare combination of…
Singer, multi-instrumentalist and Michael Gira fave Lisa Germano conjures up a seductive blend of painful beauty and wounded sentiments on ninth album "No Elephants".
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