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.
June 20, 2003
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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.”
June 20, 2003
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Violinist Lisa Germano Aims to Engage, Not Just Entertain
No one dances to Lisa Germano's music.
June 13, 2003
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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 clear her music isn’t for everybody.
June 13, 2003
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Lisa Germano: Lullaby for Liquid Pig
"I need a fix / A little one / And then it's over / Then I'm done." So begins the title track to Lullaby for Liquid Pig, Lisa Germano's unsettling disquisition on addiction and desire.
May 4, 2003
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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 making of the record. And while Germano would once agree with people, she now sees her own material more clearly and quickly disputes any claims to Lullaby being merely about alcohol.
April 15, 2003
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Hard Luck, Red Wine, and Loneliness
It's not surprising to learn that as a child, Lisa Germano delighted in self-inflicted pain. In some ways, she's never stopped picking her open wounds.
April 10, 2003
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Lisa Germano’s Ineffable Way With Alchohol
In pop music, alcohol generally gets served up in two ways. You can have it as party fuel embraced as part of the lifestyle, or a demon held at bay by 12-step sobriety.
October 6, 2002
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Lisa Germano: Geek the Girl
Lisa Germano's third release, 1994's Geek the Girl, is quietly devastating. Recorded on a four-track in her Bloomington, Indiana, apartment, it chronicled the depths of fear—and romantic hope—with dark humor and biting clarity.
September 1, 1999
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Lisa Germano: On the Way Down From the Moon Palace
So this album has been reprinted twice, which leaves one wondering, what's so special about it?
January 28, 1999
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Happy to be centre stage, at long last
Big stars? Glum rockers? Don't let the buggers grind you down. Lisa Germano didn't.
October 16, 1998
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Lisa Germano’s Better Place
Lisa Germano has come a long way from her days playing in John Cougar Mellencamp's backing band.
October 11, 1998
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Lovelorn’s Songs Hit an Upbeat Note
Lisa Germano's boyfriends never gave her much—except heartache and anxiety. The resourceful singer-songwriter, however, turned years of misery into three dark but compelling albums.
August 28, 1998
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Lisa Germano: Geek Love
Lisa Germano has been a sad, sad girl. Lucky for us, she swings moods, misfortunes and malaise into songs that make us hurt so good.
August 10, 1998
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For Lisa Germano, Examining Love Gone Wrong is Theraputic
Why do bad relationships happen to good people? Lisa Germano is a singer-songwriter, not a pop psychologist, but she’s addressed that question repeatedly over the course of her four-album solo career.
April 30, 1997
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