Lisa Jane Lipkin

Lisa Jane Lipkin is a piano-playing songstress with lyrics as poetic as they are perceptive, melodies as indelible as they are stirring, and a voice as passionate as it is soulful. Her brand new record is "Flying on Instruments" which she co-produced with Richard Martinez (Across the Universe) and features guitarist Peter Calo (Carly Simon), drummer Doug Yowell (Duncan Sheik), bassist Mike Visceglia (Suzanne Vega) and a cast of talented others.

Her brand new record is "Flying on Instruments" which she co-produced with Richard Martinez (Across the Universe) and features guitarist Peter Calo (Carly Simon), drummer Doug Yowell (Duncan Sheik), bassist Mike Visceglia (Suzanne Vega) and a cast of talented others.

?Flying on Instruments? reveals Lipkin's broad range of musical influences with a Joni Mitchell meets Kate Bush kind of diversity and versatility. She is equally comfortable declaring emotional war in the upbeat opener "I Do Now" as she is tenderly caressing in the ballad ?To Begin Again with You.? Lipkin can at once be optimistic and cheerleading in the bluesy rock-rally "Move On," and then turn keenly introspective and deeply compassionate in the penetrating ballad "Change upon Change."

While many of her songs center on love and its various gains and losses, Lipkin also aims to raise social consciousness in the passionate appeal ?Does Anybody Hear?? Inspired by Kerry Kennedy's book, ?Speak Truth to Power,? the song was written for the New Hampshire premiere of ?Voices from beyond the Dark,? Ariel Dorfman's drama prompted by the work of Kennedy's Human Rights Organization.

A Jersey-girl living in New York, Lipkin admits wanting her music to offer something positive and transformational. ?I sing about life, all of it - up, down or in between - and in music as in life...truth rocks."

Honing her singer-songwriting skills since age 17, Lipkin has traversed wide-ranging musical terrain from Classical, Jazz and Top 40 to Folk, Girl-Groups & Reggae. She has been featured at such prestigious venues as the NYC Mamapalooza, the Towne Crier, and the Tupelo Music Hall and has opened for Dar Williams, Shemekia Copeland, Garnet Rogers, John Pizzarelli and Brad Delp's Beatlejuice. Her award-winning songs have appeared on multiple compilation CD's including Basina Records' Indie Music for Life and Songsalive! and in the new documentary by Tami Gold called ?Passionate Politics ? The Life and Work of Charlotte Bunch.? She has recorded, arranged, and produced for other artists including Sandi Kimmel, Christine Pepe, Neal Gomberg and Women Spirit Song. In 2004, Lipkin released her debut CD, Raise the Honey, and in 2008 followed-up with A Prayer for Peace.

For more, visit www.lisajanelipkin.com.