Germano’s Latest a Rewarding Work
Happiness is the second album by South Bend native Lisa Germano, the multi-talented violin and mandolin player who helped bring a sea change of folk and country influences into John Mellencamp's music beginning with the tour for his "Scarecrow" album.
October 23, 1993
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Lisa Germano: Happiness
During a moment of musical epiphany in "Around the World," the first song on Happiness, Lisa Germano's voice takes on a child's sense of wonder
September 30, 1993
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Lisa Germano: Happiness
Compared to Germano's self-financed debut, On the Way Down From the Moon Palace, Happiness is a more cohesive and evenly listenable work, but with all the experimental quirks left in.
September 1, 1993
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Mellencamp’ Fiddler Goes Solo
Lisa Germano has worries, lots of 'em, the most pressing of which is finding a new place to live.
August 1, 1993
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Germano’s ‘Happiness’ is Filled With Confusion
When you hear Lisa Germano play and sing, don't expect the buoyant granger pop and populism her fiddle supplied for fellow Hoosier boss John Mellencamp.
July 23, 1993
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Germano Stays in the Game by Playing It Her Own Way
Lisa Germano got her start in rock ‘n’ roll jumping around her house in Mishawaka, Ind., with her five brothers and sisters, strumming on a tennis racket for an imaginary band called the Jack Beany Benny Club.
June 3, 1993
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Mellencamp Violinist Says She’s Got Best of Two Career Worlds
By Terry CraigThe Star Phoenix (Saskatoon) | March 5, 1992 Multi-instrumentalist Lisa Germano was at a crux in…
March 5, 1992
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Record Deal, ‘Grace’ Songs Keep Germano in Limelight
One of the highlights in John Mellencamp's shows here is the performance of violinist and Mishawaka native Lisa Germano.
February 2, 1992
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Lisa in the Sky With Violins
On her first tour as John Mellencamp's violinst, Lisa Germano cried constantly.
January 1, 1992
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Review: ‘Moon Palace’
Somewhere along the journey down from Moon Palace, Lisa Germano dropped a little bit of herself.
September 6, 1991
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No Longer the Second Fiddle
[Germano's] songs range from moody to playful
June 28, 1991
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Lisa Germano Makes Solo Debut
A spiritual pilgrimage. An odyssey in search of wholeness. Moving themes of love and loss. These are the wellsprings Lisa Germano draws upon with her breathtaking first album, "On the Way Down From the Moon Palace."
June 16, 1991
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Violinist Lisa Germano Takes a Solo Bow
Album from a member of Mellencamp's band has a reviewer playing it over and over.
May 1, 1991
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