The new album is here!

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My new album, Keep The Window Open, is officially released and available exclusively on my BandCamp page. http://lisamarkley.bandcamp.com 

I am offering a special incentive between now and January 13, anyone who purchases Keep The Window Open for $20 or more, will be entered in a drawing to win a custom chapeau from my little hat company “Grande Tête” (up to a $250 value).  This is my first independent album since 2004, and it has taken us 2 years to finish it, one nickel at a time. (…and I would be remiss if I did not send my eternal gratitude to Soona Songs for releasing my previous 5 albums, from 2006-2017.)

This is my 12th album, yet only my 2nd album focused on my original compositions.  (All of my other collaborations have featured a few of my songs, along with songs by my bandmates, or friends, or songs from the American Songbook.)

This record features wonderful musicians from the Hudson Valley, as well as from my old stomping grounds of Denton, TX (the cosmic crossroads of all truly original and world-class musicians).

The musicians on this record are:  

Bruce Balmer (Johnny Western, Jack Hardy, as well as my husband and musical love of my life) on guitars  

Eric Parker (Joe Cocker, Steve Winwood, Bonnie Raitt) on drums

Rich Syracuse (Mose Allison, Kurt Elling, Brubeck Brothers, Brecker Brothers, Pete Levin)-upright bass

Gary Bristol (Broadway shows: Aida, Glory Days)-upright bass

Brian Mitchell (Levon Helm, Bob Dylan, BB King, Al Green, Dolly Parton, Allen Toussaint)-accordion

Charles Frommer (Roswell Rudd, Natalie Merchant, Dr. John)-clarinet

LeonCarlo Canlas (of Polyphonic Spree)-violin

engineered by the legendary Mark Dann here in Woodstock NY

and my maniacal musical genius of a brother, Paul Slavens (Ten Hands, Tote, KERA, KUT), also stepped up and did the recording of LeonCarlo’s violin track in Denton TX.