Lisa Crawley

Lisa Crawley is a major theatre star in her home country of New Zealand having been nominated four times for the equivalent Tony Award in New Zealand called the APRA Silver Scroll Award.  She is a multi-talented actress, playwright, multi-instrumentalist, singer and, on this show, a songwriter.  She has completed two songwriter residences at the prestigious Banff Centre and she has been the opening act for Suzanne Vega, John Mayer, Jools Holland, Paul Weller and Simply Red.  She has recently teamed up with Grammy nominated songwriter Rob Kleiner to create an EP called Looking For Love (In A Major).  She joins us on Backstory Song to discuss works from this new album and her previous singles. In this episode she discusses “Baby It’s Fine,” “Clear History,” “Birds,” “Elizabeth,” “Best Thing In The Room,” “Wedding Band” and “The Right Thing To Do.”