With a voice described as both ferocious and sweet, and a percussive guitar style, Lisa Richards writes songs of longing, loss, love and hope. Songs steeped in musical expressiveness and lyrical succinctness, borrowing from the traditions of folk, blues and jazz with her feet firmly planted in her own musical corner of the world. Driven by a desire to be seen, to understand the world and the human condition and to share what she sees with others.

As the 8th child of a concert pianist and a psychiatrist, Lisa Richards has a life story that could grace the silver screen. Her childhood in northern Australia was "wild and unsupervised" and sexual abuse and drug use laid the foundation for a tumultuous early life. As soon as she could, Lisa got in her car and left her hometown. She has busked acapella in Kings Cross, Sydney, hung out with Debbie Harry at SXSW in Austin, Texas, and played CBGB’s in NYC. She continued to move further and further afield before returning home to Australia many years later.

Lisa's songs have appeared on compilations, sharing the track list with heavyweights including Adele, Nina Simone and Corinne Bailey Rae. She’s performed at The Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, Merlefest, SXSW and CMJ.

Her 4th album, "Mad Mad Love,” was produced and co-written with Tim Bright (who co-wrote the Scrubs TV theme song) and downloaded over 80,000 times.

The new album “I got a Story”, was recorded in Woodstock NY and Brooklyn NY with producer, multi-instrumentalist composer Tim Bright.

“Tim and I first worked together on my debut release, ‘Not Quite So Low’, then three albums later we did ‘Mad Mad Love’ and co-wrote half that album together.

The album releases on November 13th and the tour begins shortly after.