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Lisa Richards is an award winning singer songwriter born and raised in Townsville, Queensland Australia now living in Austin Texas. Mad Mad Love is Lisa?s 4th release. Her song-writing talent has been acknowledged throughout the industry. She has been chosen as a finalist in The Billboard Song Contest, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the Rocky Mountain Folks festival, The Chris Austin Song-writing competition at Merlefest and The Kerrville Folk Festival?s New Folk Competition. Fans of Nina Simone?s honesty, Billie Holliday's vocal phrasing and KT Tungstall?s raw blues energy should find much of interest on Mad Mad Love. Previous work by this golden voiced Songwriter and singer has been called....... 'Utterly Beautiful' by Rootstown Magazine Belgium 'Spunky, Brash and wise' by TNT Magazine UK. Her voice has been called 'incomparable and stunning' by Pennyblackmusic.com and her songs ''affecting and beautiful" by Inpress Magazine Australia. Fans of Nina Simone?s honesty, Billie Holliday's vocal phrasing and KT Tungstall?s raw blues energy should find much of interest on Mad Mad Love. Lisa recorded her new CD "Mad Mad Love" over several months in Brooklyn, N.Y., Portchester N.Y. and Austin Texas working with 4 producers to create a diverse and captivating work. The CD explores the subject of Love in all it's many splendid and not so splendid forms from the personal to the universal, the earthly to the planetary. The CD includes 2 cover tunes, an ethereal version of Lou Reed's 'Satellite of Love' and a dirgy, wailing version of 'Rags and Old Iron ' an Oscar Brown Jr song most famously performed by Nina Simone. Brooklyn, producer/co-writer/multi instrumentalist Tim Bright was able to capture and showcase the unique qualities of Lisa's voice and songwriting style, combining the musical textures of slide guitar, harmonica, violin and cello, as well as calling on a number of fine musicians to add their musical voices to the recordings. These musicians included John Deley (from Dido's band) on Keyboards, Tim Luntzel (from Bright Eyes) on Upright Bass, and Dan Rieser (Norah Jones, Little Willies) on Drums. In Austin TX producers multi/ instrumentalists Craig Ross (Patty Griffin, Spoon) and Jeff May kept their contributions to the project stark, organic and hauntingly beautiful. Billy Masters (who has toured extensively as a guitarist with Suzanne Vega and Dar Williams) uses loops and atmospheric multi layered guitars in the 2 tracks that he produced. The result of all this is an honest, rapturous,infectious, earthy, edgy, catchy collection of love songs delivered in a voice that evokes comparisons and yet defies pigeonholing.