Lisa de'Ville: Vocals / Guitar / Piano / Percussion
And lovely people who have strummed, plucked, blew, bowed and slid on my songs live and on my recordings:
Jade Bowman: Electric guitar / Slide
Mel Lawrence: Viola
Darren Fretwell: Double Bass
Jack Nunn: Cello
Influences
Gemma Hayes, Ella Fitzgerald, Polly Jean Harvey, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Johnny Cash, The Frames, Smashing Pumpkins (their guitars sound like rockets in space) NIN, Joni Mitchell, Alfred Tennyson, truth, beauty, pain, Jose Gonzales, Sylvia Plath, Tori Amos, being alone, hot days, love affairs, the smell of old books and dirty guitar strings, love, the fine line between love and hate, April in Florence, despair, joy, sad songs, drinking tea, red shoes, train platforms, long walks in open spaces, my working class hard working family, dreaming of escape, dangerous brown eyes, beautiful green eyes, red wine, warm bright mornings full of promise and hope.
Sounds Like
"Lisa has a truly lovely voice, her soaring range went through the Firebug ceiling! Along with Mel's constantly sympathetic violaings this was a really beautiful set. She has a totally off the wall range, love it, a female Jeff Buckley indeed!" - Kevin Hewick; Factory Records.
"Like a sensual massage for my ears" - Andrew - Aconite Records.
"When you sang, it was like sex coming out of your mouth" -Robb Lavington from Mables Husbands.
"Haunting and evocative songs in a crystal clear voice. Beautiful singing and masterful evocation of mood, her set was laden with artistry" - Leicestershire Arts.
"Gotta say absolutely beautiful voice, best performance i've ever seen at The Musician, and i go quite a bit.. Moving on is completely epic" - Joe Morrell.
"Your voice is like a slow walk through a foggy , mystical place, like something out of a story book" - Jason Williams.
For label interest / gigs etc please contact: lisadevillemusic@yahoo.com
Sometimes a melody, a rhythm and a chord change can just break your heart. There’s no words to describe that.
For Lisa, music is about release, passion, escapism a source of strength and a way of expressing those thoughts and feelings she just cant put into words. Its about the love, the hate, the fine lines in between, the small moments, the big moments, beauty, pain and joy.
For the past ten years Lisa has played guitar, bass or sang in various bands right across the country from Punk to Alternative Rock, Blues to Hip Hop. Always being drawn back to the simplicity and beauty of the acoustic guitar and voice.
Last year Lisa put her previous band efforts to one side and wrote only for the acoustic guitar.
The continuing outcome of this was an unexpected amount of gig offers, press coverage and sessions with both BBC Radio Leicester and BBC Nottingham.
Lisa continued to gig throughout 2008 almost three times a week, gaining a small and loyal fan base and attracting the attention of Leicester’s Pink Box records.
Growing up listening to everything from Joni Mitchel to Led Zepplin, Nick Drake to Nine Inch Nails, Lisa evolved a style as diverse as her imagination and tastes. The results are uncompromising and accomplished.
Lisa's live sets tend to silence audiences. Her classically trained seemingly unrestricted voice has drawn comparisons to Jeff Buckley, PJ Harvey and Johnny Cash. With words that are provocative and powerful, bound to heartbreaking melodies that are indelibly etched into your brain and stir the soul.
Recently adding double bass and electric guitar to her live sets, the sound can range from whispered vocals over intricate lilting acoustic guitars, to rolling heartbeat rhythms over white noise.
Not what you expect of your average female singer / songwriter. But then Lisa never was your average singer songwriter.
Ciao,Lisa thanks for your friendship,Iam very happy, you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot, and stupendous voice. you are certainly one of my favorite, in your musical kind The feels great admiration for you, be really one whom is worth rather to lot! The hope to listen soon to you, in italy.. talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music, all the best.. from italy.. and good life.. every day neal
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ahh tis a pleasure :) thanks for having a listen quite old stuff that now and have been lazy and not made anything new for a while :P Well keep me posted on gigs around Leicester or Notts I'm always pottering about these parts so will come along and say hey fo sho x X
Thanks for the add Lisa, sorry been a bit distracted of late and trying to catch up. Will try and get down to see you play as you are on my doorstep. Cheers
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