Stonehouse Music Cooperative




Aj currently resides near Marquette, Michigan  with her husband Jeff, and is the founder of Stonehouse Music Cooperative, a music concert venue that celebrates and records local singer/songwriters. Click here for track listings

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For Aj's Music Site "Stonemice.com"

      



Aj & JK




 Reviewer from Poland says:
"Nie zaczyna siê w polskim od "a wiêc", ale tak jest najwygodniej .
A wiêc po przes³uchaniu p³yty, któr¹ mi przes³a³aœ po prostu siê w niej zakocha³am. Jej dŸwiêki s¹ bardzo uspokajaj¹ce.
Przyda siê po ciê¿kim dniu w szkole lub pracy.


Pzdrawiam i mam nadziejê, ¿e w krótce uka¿e siê Twoje kolejne dzie³o " ...Goska  9/2006
Reviews of Deo Volente Vol.1

  ¶  Acoustic guitarist and singer debut release "Deo Volente, Vol. 1" is a tapesty of spicy jazz licks, (A Poet's Affair, When He Gets Bored), tender yet unsentimental ballads, (Rigby, The Mayflower Bookstore), and foot tapping odes to the open road, (Desert Skies, Trains). Her songs are seamlessly  crafted originals, poetry set to melodies which are by turns lilting, playful, moody, spare, and haunting. I had fun imagining her songs as soundtracks, such as the song "Tundra" with the film "Smilla's Sense of Snow."
    At times I was remined of Emmylou, Gillian Welch, and Joni Mitchell, but it would be more fair and true to say Aj can stand in her own right with the likes of these nationally known performers. She's that good, her songs are that powerful, and her musicianship, well that ain't too bad either".

    A seasonal resident of Michigan, Fischer decided to "Blow into town and record.." hence, the release of Deo Volente Vol. 1. In addition to vocals and guitar, Fischer composes accordion, piano, along with the harmony back up.

Additional musicians include the wonderfully charged music of Jazz Mandolinist,
Don Julin and Bassist, Glenn Wolff,  along with Pat Neimisto on fiddle. You can hear both artists on www.mandozineradio.com - FA

"--There have been years of woodsheding while building her own "off the grid" home out of cordwood masonry, and didn't play for audiences for years at stretch.
"Music and swinging a hammer just don't mesh well, my hands hurt and swell, and there's just too much work ahead of you everyday.." But a performance in Biloxi, Mississippi prompted Fischer to return to music in 1995 after her cabin was finished".

"A poet with a guitar as a prop."is how Aj describes her art and what she does. She offer as evidence an accomplished and haunting debut recording, 
Deo Volente, Vol I

These songs are crafted with a sure melodic sense and performed with a smoky elegance. As she treks
across musical terrain from folk-bop to finely
etched character pieces, the geographic landscapes of her nomadic lifestyle is evident throughout the album. Although a classically trained piano & guitar player, Fischer shed formal teaching methods, reaching into the ever mysterious spontanious life of song weaving, logging 10 books of travel and music."... the rest, remains in the future
- NS Record Eagle










 ¶ AJ began playing
at Shield's "Keller"
in Traverse City, Michigan.

guitargirl

Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, she started traveling in the late seventies, and later spent 17 winters in Dallas and Austin, Texas.
She worked for 8 of those years
for Tom Garrison at "Strictly Tabu", a venue for jazz musicians coming out of Denton's North Texas University -which she states; "Working at a furious pace and listening to Jazz music 6 nights affected my ears & soul forever, in a good way *wink...", which also prompted her to study Joe Pass guitar methods which can be heard weaving through her compositions.

"For those lucky enough to have ever heard her music, you know what  I mean when I say the word - magical." Brian Sullivan WKTL Music Review

Venues:
Wheatland Music Festival
The Bliss Fest
The Aura Jamboree
The Biloxi Theater
Hiawatha Music Festival
Interlochen School for the Arts
Stonehouse Music Venues
Poor David's Pub
Mass for Folk Music Festival
The Bay Theater
The Keller
Frog Island Festival
Stonehouse Music CD's are available at Lily's of Traunik
www.gotfolk.com
www.mandozineradio.com
www.talkingdogradio.com
www.cdbaby.com/ajfischer
http://payplay.fm/ajfischer


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