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Hymns to Uncool or Reconsidering Lisa Germano’s ‘Geek the Girl’

A bold investigation of a woman’s journey through self-A bold investigation of a woman’s journey through self-acceptance, Lisa Germano’s unsettling opus Geek the Girl fell through the cracks of the alternative mainstream in 1994.acceptance, Lisa Germano’s unsettling opus Geek the Girl fell through the cracks of the alternative mainstream in 1994.
July 21, 2021
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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.
May 22, 2013
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Lisa Germano (Photo: James Dean)

Lisa Germano: Interview

Lisa Torem chats to cult artist Lisa Germano about her album, 'No Elephants,' and working with Calexico, Johnny Marr, Michael Gira and the Smashing Pumpkins
March 24, 2013
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Lisa Germano: No Elephants

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 explored here might scan as "pretty", but the lyrics are classic Germano: jarring, rough-hewn, and anguished.
February 13, 2013
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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.
November 1, 2009
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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.
August 1, 2009
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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'
June 27, 2006
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