9/23/2009 - Lisa Germano - Magic neighbor - available now
'Lisa Germano pushes confessional intimacy to unsettling extremes …Unashamed candor often spells dreary self-indulgence. In Germano's insightful hands, it's fascinating and strangely exhilarating.' - Blender
11/30/2009 - lisa germano / magic neighbor review pennyblackmusic.com / lisa torem
Germano’s compositional talent on piano bears mention – her passages are sometimes brittle, sometimes brief, but completely engaging and mood-provoking. Sometimes the melodies swerve out of control along with veering tempo adjustments, but her reassuring vocal tones continually bring us back to the start.
11/20/2009 - lisa germano / magic neighbor review diary of musical thoughts blog / barry
...a tribute to the strength of the songwriting, Germano's use of her voice as a simple yet powerful lead instrument, and light embellishments (echo or double-tracking on the vocals, using the piano pedals as subtle percussion as in "Snow")that give the album its other-worldly qualities...
10/30/2009 - lisa germano / magic neighbor review Uncut Magazine / David Stubbs
All around, it's the sort of album from which you stumble blinking,having been temporarily lost in, wondering just what happened.
10/27/2009 - larkin grimm/parplar review foxydigitalis.com / B. Miles and Zac Keller
Grimm has a wonderful voice and holds her own. But something inside me wants to just hear her and a guitar.
10/20/2009 - james blackshaw live review ameliasmagazine.com (UK) / no author listed
London-based 12-string guitarist, James Blackshaw, is known for his compositions possessing of a subtle complexity beyond his twenty something years.