Lisa Germano: Apathy and the Devil

I think of Germano’s work as in a line with the novels of Jean Rhys or the sculptures of Louise Bourgeois: minutely crafted, beautiful but never fragile, familiar and then unexpectedly sharp.
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Elephant Talk: Lisa Germano

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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Lisa Germano: No Elephants

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.
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Lisa Germano: No Elephants

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.
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lisa Germano (Photo: Jigsaw Magazine)

Lisa Germano at the Hollywood Farmers’ Market

Within the first few minutes of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lisa Germano leading me through the Hollywood Farmers' Market, it's crystal clear that she truly loves spending time here.
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.