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Artist
Lisa Biales
12+ albums
bluesfolkfemale vocalistbluegrassRock and Roll
about
Lisa Biales: Biography Performing comes naturally for this Ohio native who grew up in a musical family and has been singing from the moment she could remember. As early as the 6th grade, Lisa played acoustic guitar in church, which branched out into weddings. She has been in a rock & roll band, a wedding band, an alternative Americana band, a bluegrass band, As a member of the long-time folk duo Prairie Orchid, with Sarah Goslee Reed, Biales played over 100 shows a year as an artist-in-schools educational performer, and as she started out, a solo performer. Always writing and performing her own music, Biales started recording in earnest, in 1999. Her first album of original music, Music Box, received national and International airplay and was called “a work of art.” The song "Playing with Angels" from that first CD was number one on the Australian Indie Music Charts in February, 2008. “Music Box showcases an artist of depth and experience,” wrote Dirty Linen In its review. In 2003, Lisa quit her day job to give her undivided attention to music. “I had just completed a Master’s Degree in Theater from Ohio University and a professor was encouraging me to pursue a PhD," she remembers. “I thought . . . I know I can get the degree, but I’d rather put my energy into something I love, singing and playing the guitar.” In 2006, Lisa released a second album of original music entitled Chasing Away the Blues, which was produced with Grammy-nominee Celeste Friedman. The
