Lisagaye Tomlinson was born in Darliston, Jamaica, and moved to Florida at the age of six.
Raised to believe in education, she took the long route through school, earning a BA, a Masters and nearly a Doctorate in Business, preparing herself for a teaching career. Then last year a colleague urged her to get back into music. Nine months later comes her debut album, Food of Love.
She has become an astonishingly original singer, as well as superb songwriter and composer on guitar and piano. (For good measure, she also plays violin.) “Flat out beautiful music,” say fans. “A voice that sent chills through my body.”
And they struggle to find comparisons for Lisagaye’s sound. “Reminds me a bit of Elton John/Billy Joel. Very cool stuff.” Or “kind of a Kansas/Styx sound to that layering. a dash of retro.” Boston, Donna Summer, Axl Rose, Ani DiFranco… Or, mostly, they just sit back and enjoy the “powerful voice,” “beautiful music” and “refreshing sound” of an amazing new talent.
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After nine months of chopping, mixing, simmering and stirring, Lisagaye serves up a sumptuous banquet of songs in her debut album, Food of Love.
Songs about love in all its madness & darkness, sweetness & light, power & terror, heartache & joy. "The lyric poetry of sorrow," one fan wrote.
Songs that soar on the beautiful, powerful voice of an extraordinary new singer. “A voice that sent chills through my body," one fan described it. And another: "I'm nearly crying, you're so good."
We made the album with love. We hope you love it, too.
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Like chapters in a novel, these 14 songs tell the story of a woman looking for love in the tangled, messy world we live in - and, at long last, finding it
1. Half the Love (guitar-based rocker)
2. Baby No More (piano-based whipcream-on-a-butcher's knife)
3. Worth the Bruises (just L, her guitar, & pure loveliness)
4. I Don't Want to Know (bring on the hot & heavy guitar chords, baby)
5. This Time (yeah, she does honkytonk, & you'll like it!)
6. No Truer Words (a slow-burning rock ballad)
7. Can Only Imagine (a waltz like you've never heard)
8. A Woman's Gotta Do (another taste of honkytonk, on the hard side)
9. Lord Lord Lord (bring on the bass & fuzz guitar)
10. Hallowed Ground (Holy Honkytonk!)
11. Oh I'm Ready (L alone with her piano & her melting heart)
12. Food of Love (how about a taste of Jamaica?)
13. Destination (close-up tour of the female anatomy - listen closely now)
14. We Are (turn off the porn; this is what good lovin' really sounds like)
