![]() ![]() Lisa Loeb: We connected through Facebook, through our friend Brian E. In a Zoom call with V.F., Loeb chatted about musical storytelling, her college band Liz and Lisa, and a certain memorable Geico commercial. Throughout the mini-musicals, some familiar faces pop up, including 13 Reasons Why’s Josh Hamilton, Schimgadoon’s Ann Harada, and Modern Family’s Julie Bowen as a Q-Anon Zoom mom. Together Apart consists of vignettes inspired by the height of lockdown-Facetiming with grandma in Florida, the trials and tribulations of online school. It’s streaming on Broadway On Demand beginning Friday, August 6th, with proceeds benefiting The Actors Fund. Sharing stories about their collegiate past and their pandemic present inspired Loeb to ask her classmates to do what musical theater people are born to do: “Let’s put on a show.” Reunited yet isolated, they created Together Apart, 10 mini-musicals about life amid the pandemic. Loeb, who graduated from Brown in 1990, ended up reconnecting with her old theater pals from Providence during the virtual event. Then Loeb found inspiration and a creative outlet in the most unlikely of places: a Zoom college reunion. Her upcoming shows were canceled her tour for her latest album, A Simple Trick to Happiness, was indefinitely on pause. I would guess there were at the most 200 people in the audience and that allowed me to go back and forth from front row center stage or to mingle in the middle anytime I wanted! It was perfect and I will forever be happy that I got to see her for the first time in such a small and intimate setting with so few people in the crowd! Lisa actually seemed nervous on stage, with her quirky smile and glasses, she would fumble with her words in between songs talking to the audience.Like many of us, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb found herself trapped at home at the start of the pandemic-flush with energy, but nowhere to put it. Lisa was playing in a super tiny club on a stage the size of a dining room table. The first time I saw Lisa Loeb play was around 1993 and it was at the very beginning of her career! The song "Stay" had just hit the radio, people didn't really know who she was, but the song was getting popular! I had become a big fan quickly and I saw an add in the local music concert paper announcing a concert date and picked up my tickets right away! I had 2 other friends that were interested and joined in as well. In 2008 Loeb took a greater diversion into children themed music with the album “Camp Lisa”, which is a 19-track album of camp songs including the memorable “Peanut Butter & Jelly”. The latter album, despite disappointing sales, showcased a more developed singer with a more mature approach to songwriting. Loeb released her fourth full-length “Catch the Moon” in 2003, and following a move to the independent Zoë/Rounder Records, released “The Way It Really Is” in 2004. Loeb subsequently contributed “Goodbye to Romance” to the Ozzy Osbourne tribute album, “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves” to the Cher tribute album, and “Don’t Be Stupid” to the Shania Twain tribute album. “Cake and Pie”, the singer’s third, however her debut on A&M/Interscope, featured collaborations with Glen Ballard, however proved a commercial failure due to lack of promotion. Following the release Loeb toured alongside The Wallflowers, Chris Isaak, and Lilith Fair. The singer-songwriter’s sophomore release “Firecrackers” appeared in 1997, which despite earning less favourable reviews from the musical press, earned a Grammy-nomination for Best Engineered Non-Classical Album. Featuring the singles “Stay”, “Do You Sleep?”, and “Taffy”, the album earned positive reviews from critics, and was produced by Loeb’s partner Juan Patiño. With the success of the single Loeb released her full-length debut “Tails” in September 1995. Subsequently, the single topped the Billboard 200, making Loeb the first unsigned artist to reached the No. Through her friendship with actor Ethan Hawke, Loeb’s single “Stay (I Missed You)” became the accompaniment to the credits of the Ben Stiller film “Reality Bites” in 1994. In 1990 the singer-songwriter formed the band Nine Stories and produced the cassette tape “Purple Tape” in 1992 featuring the tracks “Do You Sleep?”, “Snow Day”, and Loeb’s own “Stay (I Missed You)”. The duo released a pair of independent albums “Liz and Lisa” (1989) and “Days Were Different” (1990), before going separate ways after college. Marks School FM Station 88.5 KRSM, Loeb studied comparative literature at Brown University, where she formed the band Liz and Lisa alongside Elizabeth Mitchell. Raised in the heart of Dallas, Texas, with her three musically-orientated siblings, Lisa Loeb’s first excursion to the creative was playing the piano and guitar as a child. ![]()
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