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When the iconic Ms. Lisa Fischer sings, she brings a joyous sense of discovery to every setting. The Grammy & Oscar winning powerhouse vocalist is at the peak of her powers blazing her own path reveling in the chance to dive into every vocal possibility. Carrying traces of legendary stars with whom she’s collaborated over four decades, she is a constellation in her own right, singing songs with “amazing power, energy, and projection” enthuses Keith Richards. Spending much of her career as an elite backup singer for artists such as Luther Vandross, the Rolling Stones, Sting, Tina Turner or Nine Inch Nails. Even after scoring a chart-topping R&B hit “How Can I Ease the Pain,” & 1992 Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, she focused on her already thriving career supporting the world’s biggest acts. When her story was featured in the Oscar-winning 2013 documentary 20 Feet From Stardom, she experienced a epiphany. “I was always looking at the next tour, the next gig,” she said. “The film gave me a chance to take stock and realize I could start defining my own path.” While retaining creative molecules from every artist she’s ever encountered, she transmutes via the alchemy of an artist blessed with a voice that is unbound by genre and stylistic convention. With her infinite textures, shades and hues, combined with the bountiful soul, affectionate humor and exquisite taste that defines her music, Ms. Lisa Fischer leads listeners to whole new universes of her own design.