Posted AT 3:25 AM EDT on 14/05/07
A voice from the cabaret, a heart on the street
Some voices seem to tell their own histories as soon as you hear them. The sound of Elizabeth Fischer's voice hints at dark truths learned suddenly in back alleys, or slowly in cheap rooms. Her heavy alto gusts and throbs through her songs, which often seem to be making an inventory of disappointments worthy of her defiance. It's a real cabaret voice, pregnant with experience, not something you will ever hear on pop radio or in a Nike commercial.
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