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Lissa Schneckenburger’s newest full-length album is a musical collection of original fiddle tunes and two traditional songs. Recorded with an amazing cast of all female traditional musicians including Katie McNally (producer, fiddle) Rachel Aucoin (piano) Mali Obomsawin (double bass) Karen Tweed (accordion) and Natalie Haas (cello).

 

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Upcoming Projects and Activism

Lissa strives to advocate for a more equitable world by promoting femme musicians, educating and supporting foster and adoptive families, raising awareness about environmental issues, and is currently writing an album of songs that center on racial justice, environmental issues, and feminism.

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Past Releases

 

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Thunder in my Arms was Lissa’s first release of all original music, and a song cycle about attachment, parenting and trauma.

Lissa is raising money to donate CDs to foster and adoptive families! If you have been affected by foster care or adoption, send us a message and we’ll send you a free CD or download copy! To donate to the cause or order your own copy, go to: https://lissafiddle.com/store/thunder-in-my-arms/

 

Labor On centers around climate change and environmental activism, originally inspired by the peaceful protests at the Merrimack Generating Station in Bow NH (the last large coal plant in New England without a shut-down date). View music video here.

 

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“Schneckenburger’s playing is…quietly virtuosic…her voice is pure and clear, full of simple emotion.” -All Music Guide

The first year of the pandemic was a deeply creative time for Vermont based fiddle composer and song-writer Lissa Schneckenburger. When everything shut down (including her touring schedule), writing music became an essential outlet. Schneckenburger explains, “I had to write music to process my experience of living through such a difficult time. It was my life line”. The result was what Schneckenburger jokingly calls “overflowing bucketfuls of music” and enough new material for several album releases. The first album, Falling Forward, is a collection of Schneckenburger’s original fiddle tunes and two traditional New England songs, released in March 2023.
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Lissa uses Evah Pirazzi violin strings made by Pirastro, a Bobelock violin case, and plays a Bob Childs violin.

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