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Lissie’s Star Is On The Ascendant.
It's a busy life for this humble Midwestern singer. Currently on an ever expanding tour to promote her new album "Catching A Tiger", an enchanting snapshot of blues, Americana and folk, Lissie is having a memorable year; and it's not over yet!
Written by Cari Steel
Illustration by Abi Daker
A while back I happened to catch a performance by Lissie at the Old Queens Head in Angel. I hadn't planned on watching her - truth be told, I was there to check out the band before her; but my curiosity was piqued as I watched the room fill up with an expectant and excited audience, all craning their necks and standing on their tippy toes to get a better view of the girl serenading us. It's been a while since I saw someone so captivating. Golden haired, freckled and just a slip of a thing, Lissie entranced the room who in turn treated her to a hushed and reverential silence, punctuated only by bursts of spirited applause and cheers. I watched the audience watching her. Everyone seemed transported out of their location; away from the top room of a pub on grimy old Essex Road and into the world that Midwestern native come Californian girl Lissie inhabits, laced with the scent of orange blossom, filled with wide open skies, winding rivers and smokey mountains, and night-times spent on porches with nothing but a guitar, a couple of beers and a pack of Marlboro Reds . No wonder we were all enchanted.
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