Lisa Germano

Studio 360

Lisa Germano is not your typical female singer-songwriter. Sure, her voice is breathy, and a lot of her songs are confessional and melancholy — but there’s something slightly scary and weird about her work. Kurt Andersen chats with Germano in between songs from her latest album In the Maybe World.

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