MUSIC

McGonigel's Mucky Duck presents Lise Liddell. 

Laced, by the artist: We are laced into our DNA, environment, families of origin, friends and lovers, all of mankind, the unfathomable mystery of being. Life is both a conscious and unconscious lacing of the heart, mind, and body to people, places, rituals, philosophies, and objects. Ultimately the lacing impresses upon the soul, even as it remains pure in its original form. When we believe we are undoing the laces, even severing them, there are knots that will withstand not only our singular will, but also eternity. And what we perceive as "good" is always laced with what we perceive as "bad." Beauty is laced with pain. Our pain is laced with grace. Lise Liddell - 2011

Lise is a regular on the Houston music scene and has played in Australia and Austin’s coveted SXSW. With a growing fan base and a popular album gaining press, Lise will soon be playing more regional shows and has had discussions about touring along the Eastern seaboard. Truth be told, Lise is not easy to bottle. She’s honest enough. But that doesn’t mean simple. She’s got her demons and her angels. Struggles and successes. Center stage love affairs and back stage stories.

In the end, Lise has a vision that is worth seeing, a voice worth hearing, and music worth remembering. She’s the kind of girl you want to hop on a freight train with, ride over to the next town somewhere down the line while she strums her guitar, shoot pool in a honky tonk and walk back along a dark country road trying to grasp the magic of stars that still shine luminously, but no longer exist.

And that’s how her music will live on. Shining with insights long after we have all moved on as well.