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Lisa Germano: Magic Neighbor

By now, Lisa Germano is probably more than a little tired of being referred to as the one-time fiddle player for John Mellancamp—especially when she's issued eight distinctive albums of her own.
Lisa Germano (photo: Dina Douglass)

Lisa Germano’s Dark ‘Magic’

Lyrically sophisticated and texturally daring, Magic Neighbor, the L.A.-based singer-songwriter-violinist's 11th proper album, is a darkly magical and sweetly moving thing. And while hyping her considerable gifts is low on her list of priorities, she's got a lot to proclaim.

Lisa Germano’s Chamber Pop Ponders the Void

While Germano wasn’t exactly obsessed with death while writing her latest album, last year’s In the Maybe World , the inevitability of it was certainly on her mind. What would eventually shape up to be a loose concept album started with—of all things—the passing of her cat, an event which is chronicled in the gorgeously fragile lullaby “Golden Cities”.

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 major rock artist."
Lisa Germano (photo: Dina Douglass)

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 quite as powerfully as "Too Much Space," Lisa Germano's uncommonly sensitive look at the first lonely hours after two people part and the dust begins to settle.
Lisa Germano (photo: Dina Douglass)

Lisa Germano: In the Maybe World

Now signed to a new label, this newest release sees Germano sounding a little perkier, while also keeping her low-key approach and somewhat twisted world-view.

Lisa Germano: In the Maybe World

With all of Lisa Germano's work comes the feeling that she's addressing only herself, with that conversational approach and those near whispered vocals.
Lisa Germano (photo: Dina Douglass)

Lisa Germano – Interview

One of America's most unorthodox singer-songwriters and the veteran of eight albums, Lisa Germano talks to Sarah Johnson about her haunting new album 'In the Maybe World'

Lisa Germano: Lullaby for Liquid Pig

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.