Lisa Jane Lipkin is a piano-playing songstress with stop-in-your-tracks lyrics, tunes that catch like fire and a voice powerful as it is soulful. Weaned on the Beatles & Mahler, schooled in rock, jazz & 60's soul, Lipkin has been seen opening for Dar Williams, Shemekia Copeland, John Pizzarelli, Garnet Rogers, Beatlejuice (with Boston's Brad Delp), Tom Chapin, among others, in addition to being a featured performer at countless clubs, coffeehouses & concerts.
"Flying on Instruments" is her brand new album which she co-produced with Richard Martinez (Across the Universe) and features guitarist Peter Calo (Carly Simon), drummer Doug Yowell (Duncan Sheik), bassist Mike Visceglia (Suzanne Vega) and a cast of talented others.
Her third release, "Flying on Instruments" reveals Lipkin's versatility as a singer, songwriter, musician and co-producer. She is equally comfortable declaring emotional war in "I Do Now" as she is tenderly caressing in the ballad "To Begin Again with You". Richard Martinez, also known for his producing and composing in films such as "Day Trippers", "Interview with a Vampire" & the forthcoming "Miracle in Spanish Harlem", surrounds Lipkin's tuneful songs and moving lyrics with a soundscape that supports and enhances without distraction.
Keen at singing about love and the loss thereof, Lipkin also aims to raise social consciousness in the passionate appeal "Does Anybody Hear?" Inspired by Kerry Kennedy's powerful book, "Speak Truth to Power", the song was written to open the New Hampshire premiere of "Voices from beyond the Dark", Ariel Dorfman's drama prompted by the work of Kennedy's organization "Speak Truth to Power".
In addition to appearing on many compilations as well as other artists' recordings (Aksara, Sandi Kimmel & "Women, Spirit, Song"), Lipkin's songs, compositions and arrangements have won First Place in a New York State Contest for Environmental Awareness and appear in the soon-to-be-released documentary about Charlotte Bunch called "Passionate Politics." (Tami Gold).
Her debut CD "Raise the Honey" was hailed as "a body full of truth and emotion" and features "Jayme's Song" (theme song of "Jayme's Fund for Social Justice, NH based charity). Lipkin's second CD, "A Prayer for Peace", is a journey through healing music with original songs, prayers and chants inspired by Jewish mysticism and praised as "haunting and beautiful, carefully and passionately put together".
A Jersey-girl living in New York, Lipkin admits wanting her music to offer something positive and transformational. "I sing about life, all of it - up, down or in between - because in music, as in life, truth rocks."