Lisa's Bio

Lisa Lawrence is a performing songwriter currently based in Worcester, Ma. She began her musical career 5 years ago in Hartford CT after meeting a group of great singer songwriters in a bar two blocks from her apartment called Sully’s. Every Monday night she would try out new songs and then go home and write more. It was a really encouraging group of musicians and Monday nights were (and still are) a blast. Lisa was soon nominated for best solo artist in the Hartford advocate 2 years in a row. Thomas Pizzola of the Hartford Advocate writes, “Like any good folk singer, her songs tell stories, but I am not going to overlook Lawrence’s musical abilities. She has a sweet sensitive voice that helps drive home the emotional content of her music. Lisa Lawrence sings from the soul.”

Lisa’s performance is a solo acoustic set of mostly original songs. Lisa’s musical style is very diverse. Her mother is a piano teacher and church organist and her father a Baptist minister so of course she grew up singing in a choir. However, it was in high school that she was drawn to rock and roll. When everyone else was listening to Pearl Jam Lisa was talking about a great knew band she just discovered called Led Zeppelin. In 2000 Lisa received a degree in musical theory and composition and vocal performance. She is just as likely to break out singing “Whole Lotta Love” or a Mozart aria at a moment's notice. “Music is about feeling and emotion but can be so confined if put in a category. The more diverse you are as a musician the more you can express to the audience” Lisa says. Not to mention the moments in between songs where she will educate the audience on Red Sox 101 or tell white water rafting stories.

Career highlights include for a wide variety of musicians such as folk duo Chris and Meredith Thompson, New Bedford Troubadour Michael Troy and the almost famous rock group Antigone Rising. Recently Lisa was finalist for the Dessert Club songwriting contest in Taunton Ma.

In February 2007 she released her CD “Yours to Break” for Sling Slang records. The Cd was recorded at Aliehn Productions in Bristol CT and features Scott Genereau on electric Guitar and bass and Craig Malone on drums.

Lisa can be found performing at coffee shops, bars, streets and campfires throughout New England and New York.

 

Venues Performed The Java Hut Worcester, MA Radio Bean Burlington, VT Sully’s Pub Hartford, CT The Lucky Dog Worcester, MA Hot Chocolate Sparrow Orleans, Ma Skybar Somerville Ma Sangrias Lowell MA Borders Shrewsbury Ma, Providence RI Brooklyn coffee and Tea House Providence RI Thunderbird Café Barre, Ma The Abbey Lounge Somerville Ma Nameless Coffeehouse Cambridge, MA Rose Garden open mic feature Upton, MA The Java Room Chelmsford, MA Songs from the Sofa Hamden, CT Peaberry’s Simsbury, CT The Daily Grind Willington, CT Narrows Center for the Arts Fall River, MA Open Mic Feature Hat City Ale Danbury, CT Singer Songwriter Series Acoustic Coffee Portland, ME F. Scott Gallery Sudbury, MA Jackson Hall Granby, CT Klekolo World Coffee, Middletown, CT Hartford Road Café, Manchester, CT Perk’s Coffeehouse, Norwood, Ma Pineloft Coffeehouse, Berlin, CT Starbucks Marlboro, MA Capo’s Coffee Café Easthampton, Ma Front Street Café Salem, Ma Pappy’s Southington, CT Chit Chat Lounge Haverhill, Ma Hardware Café Marion, Ma The Equator Manchester, CT Artspace Hartford, CT Koffee Too New Haven, CT Rira’s Portland, ME Twilight Tea Lounge Brattleboro, VT Open Square Café Holyoke, MA Joe Davies Folk Festival Middleboro, Ma Café Atlantique Milford, CT Café on the Corner Dover, NH Nameless Coffeehouse Cambridge, MA Great Scott Allston, MA Black Sheep Deli Amherst, MA Wachusett Inn open mic feature Radio Performances WBRS Brandeis University WSMU Umass Dartmouth WWUH 91.3 University of Hartford Radio Television Performances HCAM-TV Hopkinton MA Comcast Cable Access Tauton MA Not So Late Show Manchester, CT

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