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Lise Liddell

Songwriter of the Year - Houston Press 2004

About Me

************************************************************ * Please be aware Lise does not adminster the site.******************************************************* ****** To Purchase IN THE WAKE, pls go to http://cdbaby.com/cd/liddell3; LOVER'S MOON: http://cdbaby.com/cd/liddell2; WHITE HEART: http://cdbaby.com/cd/liddell++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++When I met Lise Liddell, a hipper-than-thou local punk rocker had slagged her album terribly in the local rag a few days before. I wrote for the local rag too. Liddell has a boisterous, “one of the guys” laugh, and I first heard it when I mentioned the article. I’d never heard her music, but after this accidental meeting and a couple of beers she trekked out to her car and got one. I took it home. And I listened. And I listened some more. It wasn’t my usual twang-n-bang thing. Moody and dark, it certainly wasn’t one of those ear-candy albums you can sing the words to after half a listen. Lover’s Moon was one of those albums that sneaks up on you – and beats you over the head with a bear club when it finally locates your functioning brain cells. Hiding beneath the ambient soft rock façade were lyrics that weren’t so soft – or ambient. “You've seen what meets the eye, but there's a lot more lying there / and when you see me naked, you may not wish to stare.” Ouch! And what the hell? “Damage To My Soul” pulled no lyrical punches either. “If I got down on my knees / and gave you the very last part of me / you’d swear my heart was a royal liar / and throw me back into your funeral pyre.” In spite of what Mr. Holier Than Thou wrote, in 2004 Liddell was selected as “Best Songwriter” in the annual Houston Press reader’s poll and shortly after she was back in the studio, this time in Australia. The result was In the Wake. More accessible than Lover’s Moon, In the Wake met with a round of solid reviews. Houston Press music critic John Nova Lomax wrote, “Lise Liddell went all the way down under -- to Brisbane, to be exact -- to record this album, and it sounds like some of the songs were written "under" something else … a table, perhaps, or certainly a dark cloud. At any rate, Liddell's pop-rockin' Americana is best when her slightly surreal lyrics are booziest and blackest. There's "Break My Body," with lines like "If I could smoke you away / drink you away, sex you away / It'd be worth the price I'd pay." Or "You Get What You Ask For," where Liddell says, "I've been settlin'; I've been strugglin' / I've been settlin': I've been sufferin' for not much of your heart." The prestigious FolkWax magazine did an extensive two-part interview with Liddell in which J. Terrill described In the Wake as “a perfect album for people who thrive on living complicated lifestyles, but are able to reflect upon the tragedies with which they surround themselves; and for those who like their country-folk music with a bit of a bite.” ************************************************************ **Lise practices Ashtanga yoga at Tejas Yoga in west Houston. www.houstonyoga.com // She is on the board of directors of The Carl Jung Center in Houston. She is also a member of the Arts Committee. The Jung Center has featured courses and workshops in analytical psychology and the expressive arts since 1958. www.cgjunghouston.org // She is on the Board of Directors of the Dominic Walsh Dance Theater in Houston. www.dwdt.org //

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Music:

Member Since: 8/13/2007
Band Website: liseliddell.com
Band Members: No band, but working with producer Mark Hallman (Carole King, Tom Russell, Eric Taylor, Sara Hickman, David Halley) on some new tracks. The first one is White Horses, which you can hear on the player. Some people who've played on my records: Joel Guzman, Tommy Detamore, Bobby Flores, Mike Flanders, John Egan.
Influences: Everything from Streisand to Patty Griffin to Cirque du Soleil. Bette Midler, Shawn Colvin, Blondie, Joan Baez, Bird York, Julie Andrews, Linda Ronstadt, Linda Thompson, Julie Miller, kd lang, Kelly Willis, Tori Amos, Sam Phillips.
Sounds Like: Me, I hope.
Record Label: Wheel of Fire
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Houston Press Americana music column

WMS has a new regular online column and here's the first installment. Good reading, plus a killer picture of Willie Nelson shooting the bird at the world! http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2008/04/i...
Posted by Lise Liddell on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:38:00 PST

Little Joe Washington in intensive care

this was in today’s houston press blog section. if you ever saw this little man play and didn’t love him, there’s something wrong with your head wires.Two winters back, Mike and I wa...
Posted by Lise Liddell on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:07:00 PST

Carolyn Wonderland is hot

If you don't have a soft spot for Carolyn Wonderland, you probably just don't have a soft spot anyhow. WMS's review of her new record in today's edition of Houston Press. http://www.houstonpress.com/2...
Posted by Lise Liddell on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:36:00 PST

Texas Top 10 albums

Houston Press music editor Chris Gray's essay on Texas Top 10 for 2007. I'm partial to Miranda Lambert and those wily Macon Greyson guys from Dallas. http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-01-03/music/texas...
Posted by Lise Liddell on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:47:00 PST

photos

finally got some of the photos from the album photo shoot on the myspace site. look under "pics."
Posted by Lise Liddell on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:12:00 PST