Born and raised in Far North Eastern Australia, Lisa left the small town tropics at 21 and headed for the city of Sydney where she began performing. At first, she sang acapella on the streets and eventually with her band The Cavers in Sydney Clubs and along the east coast of Australia. Lisa re located to New York City in 1993 where she settled in the East Village and began writing songs and performing in many of the down town clubs including Tramps, The Mercury Lounge, Café Sine, CBGB’s and The Bitter End. In 1997, Lisa completed her first CD, ‘Not Quite So Low’ which received very favorable reviews in Billboard and Relix magazines as well as many other local and regional publications in the US. The CD received notable airplay on college and Public radio stations across the U.S. This CD received 70,000 plays on the now defunct MP3.com site. Lisa moved to Austin Texas in 1998 and since then has toured both with her band and solo through various parts of the U.S. including Colorado, Louisiana and of course Texas. She has showcased at SXSW and has received numerous acknowledgements of her singing and songwriting skills, being named finalist in The Billboard Song Contest, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and the Rocky Mountain Folks festival (twice) as well as most recently in 2003, The Chris Austin Songwriting competition at Merlefest.