Lizanne Knott: Journal

I've been working on my new CD and am happy to say it is getting close! My release date will be in April here in the states (firming up my UK date) and will be followed by tours just about everywhere on the map.. check my calendar for updates and stay tuned for more news. I've got some really great players and guests on this record, including the legendary Jerry Marotta, Janis Ian..the late, great Brian Trainor..of course my friend Antje Duvekot and more..

thank you for all of the correspondence, I truly enjoy reading your e-mails - keep in touch, come out to a show and say hello. I hope to see you in 2012!

much Love ~ Lizanne

My New Year resolution is to write a monthly blog/newsletter to keep all of you beautiful people in-the-know re: new shows, new tours, new records.. Lot's of good things in store for 2012, beyond my wildest of dreams :) Stay tuned.. keep sending me your e-mails and I'll try to respond in a timely manner. I truly love the correspondence. Wishing you all a prosperous and peaceful New Year! Much Love, Lizanne

Thank you to Bob Harris, BBC2 for making my song "Too Much Love" the #3 most played track for the past 5 years! The love goes both ways, I cannot wait to come back to the UK in 2012

Off to Nashville for the AMA's!

Life is fragile and swift, we go for the most part unnoticed..unremembered, save for small kindnesses. We squander our time and money on temporary comforts, while half way around the world we are dying for a crumb of bread. Children are crying, people are dying, wars are being waged without reason and drugs are replacing compassion when nothing is left.
KINDNESS matters in these times. A smile where there are tears ~ a hand where there is loneliness ~ a blanket where there is none. KINDNESS matters. Pass it on.
~ Lizanne

Hi All ~

So very many cool things happening! I am happy to say that I am now working with Ralph Jaccodine Management and it's bringing a bit more than good luck my way.. I've recorded some songs in Nashville at Quad Studios with my friend Craig Bickhardt at the helm and an amazingly talented cast of session players: Kenny Vaughan, Paul Martin, Harry Stinson, Andy Leftwhich. It was like a dream..
AND even more amazing news, Janis Ian has offered to sing and play on my project, I am totally speechless. I am such a long time fan of all of her music. My heart is soaring! and wait there's more -
I'm doing some shows with Ellis Paul, who is well, beyond talented and super fun to be around, we leave for the UK in July so if you're in England and reading this, get your party hats on and c'mon out! We are also doing a live radio spot with the legendary Bob Harris BBC2.

stay tuned and be well..more to come! Luv to you all!

well ok this is not exactly a journal entry but just a heads-up to look for a new cd, new website..new everything, well i will still be driving the same car, playing the same guitar and chasing the same dog around the parking lot. but good things are in store - just you wait and see.
hope to see you all soon - much love,

lizanne

I am feeling so very thankful right now, to all of you for supporting my music. It's amazing to have so many people respond to your art. For me, that's what it's all about, knowing you have touched someones life in some small way, making that one moment somehow better. We've all had our trials and hard times, God knows I've had a lions share, could be more waiting just around the bend, I don't know. But I'm starting to truly believe in the rainbow at the end of the storm...that faint, colorful ghost of a promise that keeps dreams alive and drives you to another day.

Thank you all.

Lizanne

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Lizanne Knott has a vocal delivery that makes you turn around. She is talking to you. Her voice is conversational and intimate. When she comes through with her laundry list of what coulda been on ‘Why Baby Why’, the result for the listener is “what could I have done better”. When she opens ‘Sunday’ with the words “hey baby”, you are listening over the phone with hushed breathes, allowing her promises to wash over, sink in and light the future. Her minute by minute overviews on ‘Wonderful Day’ are streaming directly from one’s own thoughts. The loop is complete and connection is made. The personal tone and texture of Lizanne’s voice takes hold on each track of ‘South of Graceland’, her third including her self-titled debut (2003)‘ and ‘Under the Burning Sky’ (2006). Musically, the album relies on the purity of an acoustic performance mixing blues, folk/rock and jazz chord patterns and rhythms with those soul touching vocals and harmony convergences.
Lizanne has made her mark both musically and in actively expanding on the presence of independent artists. She is the Philadelphia host of new york Songwriter’s Circle on World Cafe Live as well as managing partner of MorningStar Studios. Her travels take in both the U.S. shores and the U.K., where her presence has gone beyond venues and found her a repeat visitor on the Bob Harris show, BBC2 and other BBC stations.