Growing up, I always dreamed of being a rock star. Didn't you? Didn't everyone? But growing up in a working class town on the Mississsippi, I faced the facts: no one I knew ever ever ever made it in music. Ever. and you could argue that today's music from Lissie isn't the kind that "makes it" either, but here's what I know - this girl's voice is simply amazing. There's just no other word to describe it. I remember once, years ago, driving alone late at night and hearing Cowboy Junkies cover of 'Sweet Jane', and this is kinda like that. Only ten times better. And the kicker? Lissie grew up in a town about 30 miles downriver from my hometown, totally shattering the myth that people from where I'm from don't get to 'make it'...whatever that means.
Now, go sit in a dark corner and let this just wash over you...
by Lissie
Lissie's debut EP "Why You Runnin'" is out now on Fat Possum. Go buy it.
OH, and here's her latest Daytrotter session. Turns out? Daytrotter's ALSO from Rock Island, her hometown. Serendipity, no?
THERE USED TO BE MUSIC LINKS ON THIS PAGE, BUT THE DMCA MADE ME TAKE THEM DOWN. TOO BAD. SHE'S TALENTED. NOW YOU WON'T GET TO HEAR IT.
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