Lisa Brigantino
A Brooklyn Night
© 2000 Lisa Brigantino
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An eclectic acoustic/electric blend of folk, blues, rock and pop.
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- 1 Left Side Of The Street
- 2 One More Day
- 3 A Change Is Comin'
- 4 O Sister
- 5 Can't Get You Outta My Mind
- 6 I Will
- 7 Same Home Town
- 8 I Won't Sing For You
- 9 Blue Jeans
- 10 I Choose Life A Different Way
- 11 Holding On For Something
- 12 It's What You Want
- 13 A Brooklyn Night
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Lisa Brigantino grew up in the town of Katonah, located in Westchester County, NY just North of New York City and began her music training at an early age, starting piano lessons at 5 and violin at 8. She is self-taught on guitar, bass, mandolin, percussion, ukulele and banjo. Lisa comes from a musical family and her relatives include the late Felix Pappalardi, legendary producer of Cream and producer and bassist for Mountain and Michael Barbiero, who has engineered for and produced a variety of acts ranging from Cinderella to Blues Traveler.
Lisa began composing in high school and continued through college, studying composition with Dr. Donald Bohlen and voice with Christine Walters and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music theory and composition from the School of Music at State University of New York, College at Fredonia in Western New York. She stayed on at Fredonia as a graduate assistant and received a Master of Music degree in music theory and composition.
Lisa currently lives in New York City (Brooklyn) where she writes and performs her original, eclectic mix of folk, blues, pop and rock as a soloist or with husband guitarist, Tomi Millioto, sister Lori Brigantino on vocals and Chris Murphy on percussion. Lisa appears regularly at well-known venues in the New York City area and has also performed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Long Island, Western New York, Maine, Nashville and has built up an enthusiastic following and industry interest.
Lisa's CD release "A Brooklyn Night" has been receiving great reviews and radio airplay in the United States as well as in Italy, Spain, Belgium and Australia and on worldwide internet radio programs. Lisa recently received a Citation of Merit Award from Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden for her work on "A Brooklyn Night" and her efforts as a Brooklyn-based musician.
Lisa has been requested to perform her songs in various New York City singer/songwriter showcases for organizations like The Songwriters Guild of America, BMI, Women In Music, Inc., The Uptown Songwriters Hang, The Marmalade Jam. Lisa is a past finalist in a New York singer/songwriter contest sponsored by Fast Folk Magazine and was also selected to perform during the annual New York City Peekaboo Festival of New Music and Theatre, an industry wide showcase event. Only 90 acts were chosen out of over 1,000 submissions.
Coming from an eclectic base has helped Lisa compose music for a variety of projects. A sampling of her commissions include compositions for The Orchesis Dance Company, Reflections, an experimental theatre production for the Performing Arts Company, Scenes and Revelations, a play produced at The Chautauqua Institute, a solo harp piece, Seeing Red, a short film, Keep The Faith a set of 12 children's songs, choral and instrumental works, and numerous arrangements and transcriptions. In addition, she wrote an arrangement of the song "Surfin' Bird" for a national TV and radio commercial for Pudgie's Chicken and has sound designed and composed music for Twinfish Productions, Inc., The New Edge Theatre Company and The Central Stage Players. Lisa has recently been commissioned to write the theme music for a new television show for producer Stephen Kaufman of Snapper Creek Productions.
Lisa is a member of BMI, NARAS, The Songwriters Guild of America, The National Academy of Popular Music, and is on the Board of Directors and is an officer (secretary) of Women In Music, Inc., a national non-profit organization based in New York City. She is a co-editor and contributing writer for Women In Music, Inc.'s quarterly magazine
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- author: Keith "muzikman" Hannaleck
“A Brooklyn Night” is a splendid album. With the help of some stinging guitar work by her husband Tomi Millioto, Brigantino puts together a varied selection of tasty musical entrees. She sings with a lot of soul and grit, showing the spirit of a true New Yorker. If it’s a strumming mover like the opener “Left Side Of The Street” or a bluesy rocker like “Blue Jeans”, Lisa gives it every ounce of energy and sweat on each song. She plays one mean acoustic guitar and sings like a woman that is full of life and plenty of it to share with her audience. I completely enjoyed this CD from start to finish. She has a way of being forceful and driven then the ability to change the mood and become soft and tender. All the emotions are harnessed and delivered right on time in every song. This is all very well done. © Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck September 19, 2001
- author: Listen.com
"Rootsy folk musings with the refreshing warmth of a well recorded acoustic guitar, a soulful singer, and crystalline vocal harmonies that sound like angels tapping in on a radio signal."
- author: Ben Ohmart, Nzone Magazine
"'Oh Sister' is good female folk. 'Blue Jeans' proves the lady can really strum a guitar. She's an original with quite a good vocal range. 'I Choose Life A Different Way' is a good piece of band business which should end up on alternative radio. My favorite is 'Holding On For Something'. This song is just beautiful, beautiful music. Good control over her voice, her ability. That plus the media attention she's been getting in the mags, I can see her as a Lisa to contend with."
- author: Ray Pieters, Radio Milo, 103.1, Belgium
"A beautiful CD...Lisa has a strong and flexible voice. The music is very diverse. "A Brooklyn Night" will stay a very long time on my playlist this year!"
- author: Unsealed Ezine
"Musically, Lisa Brigantino blends classic folk with bluesy folk-rock. She has a good voice and there's great guitar work that's folkie, funky and rocky, and a good back beat to boot."
- author: Mediadamage
"...Great songs. Impeccable musicianship. Very comforting guitar sounds and the vocals are gorgeous. The production is just killing me. This CD rocks. I dream of making a record like this. I strive to make a record like this. Beautiful work."