  Aj opened "Lily's Goods" in Traunik, Michigan with her husband Jeff, and is the founder of Stonehouse Music Cooperative, a music concert venue that celebrates and records northern Michigan singer/songwriters. Meanwhile, Aj's "Crow Moon" third solo project is on the stove. Fischer's "Poets Affair" is featured on Redfella's Record's 2008 new release in Marquette, Michigan. Click here for Stonehouse Downloads Aj's Music Site "Stonemice.com"    |
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".  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 |
Fischer Began playing at
Shield's Keller & The Sawmill in Traverse City, Michigan And - "Poor David's Pub" in Dallas, Texas. 
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 method 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." B.Sullivan, WKTL Music Past & Present Venues: Wheatland Music Festival Bliss Festival Aura Jamboree Biloxi Theater Hiawatha Music Festival WNMC FM WIAAFM Whole Wheat Radio The Sutton's Bay Music Theater Manodzine Radio Artists Kitchenradio.ca Talkingdogradio.com CD Baby Site CD's Exclusively Sold at Lily's of Traunik I Tunes  Back |