New Zealand Morning Show Video
Video from Lisa's appearance on New Zealand
TV has been uploaded at you tube, including
a performance of "Ikiru" and an interview.
Click here to view!
 
 Lisa will be contributing some CDs with
rare unreleased tracks to NanDesuKan's upcoming
charity auction for the Diabetes Association.
For more information on the auction, please
visit www.ndkdenver.org
Also, Lisa just got back from Japan in August,
and discovered some rare music while visiting
family. Lisa's grandmother, Chizuko Furukawa,
is a lyricist and poet and contributed lyrics
to a set of piano and vocal compositions entitled "chiisana
shiki" (small four seasons), published
in 1976 for NHK.
The piece has not been performed
live since the 70's. Lisa will be dedicating
her performance to her grandmother, and performing
excerpts from this piece at the next JapanFest on September 27th, 2008 in Duluth, GA.
NOW AVAILABLE AT ITUNES AND AMAZON!
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Here is a picture of Lisa's performance
in Wellington, NZ, and the guest panel
(she is on the left side sitting between
Alexis Cruz from Stargate and Matt Armstrong
from Heroes).
In April, 2008, Lisa performed
in Wellington, NZ and Christchurch,
NZ, and performed on TV New Zealand for
the
Good Morning Show.
She will be returning
to Armageddon Expo in the fall of 2009. |
 Lisa
was a guest at Mechacon in Lafayette, Louisiana
August 1-3, 2008. She performed a solo concert
at the banquet dinner on Friday night, with
a special guest singer Ilaria Graziano. Ilaria
has sung on many of Yoko Kanno's anime albums
from Ghost in the Shell, Wolf's Rain, and Cowboy
Bebop. Ilaria
performed with Lisa on Lisa's song "Ikiru" on
Friday.
On Saturday, Lisa performed Ilaria's songs, "I
Can't Be Cool" and "I do" from
Ghost in the Shell (music by composer Yoko
Kanno) with Ilaria and guitarist Francesco
Forni, and was backed up on Ikiru. It was an
amazing concert! It was Lisa's first time performing
in Italian, and Ilaria's first time performing
in Japanese. Lisa also enjoyed meeting new
friends from Cowboy Bebop and Robotech, and
seeing many olf friends and fans again.
Click
here to listen to the duet performance from
the banquet dinner on Friday.
 Lisa
is having a wonderful time performing at the
Macintyre and village Ceilidhs in Taynuilt,
Scotland. Here she is wearing her mom's Macintyre
tartan made into a kimono by kimono designer
Stephanie Cote standing next
to the highland games singing champion from Colorado, Boni Macintyre. Lisa
and Boni will be singing the Arms for Glen Noe at tomorrow evening's
banquet in Oban, Scotland.
Tonight (7/17) Lisa translated and performed
the Skye Boat song, a traditional Scottish
ballad in Japanese. She also
performed her new original song that she wrote for the Macintyres as well
as the Lizard and the Turtle. Last night's performance of "Pearl Diver" was
not only an ode to the Ama divers of Japan, but an ode to the
Macintyre motto "Per Ardua." Lisa really enjoyed hearing all of the
talented local and visiting singers, fiddlers, harpists, pianists, pipers, and
accordian players. She even got coerced into dancing a few jigs. Each night the
Ceilidhs ended with a beautiful tradition where the audience joined hands and
sang Auld Lang Syne.
Lisa had a great time at Anime Supercon
in Ft. lauderdale this past weekend. She enjoyed
performing two concerts and meeting new fans
and old friends. Lisa performed her translation
of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force theme song in
Japanese for the Aqua Teen crew.
Lisa will be back in Florida for Anime South
on December 28th. Stay tuned for new picture
updates.
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Lisa was interviewed recently by a
reporter from
"
Anime Secrets" at
Mechacon.
To read the interview, you can go
here. |
Lisa performed at her second appearance at
Mechacon in Lafayette Louisiana last Saturday
to a packed convention audience. In addition
to anime theme songs and originals, she surprised
Louisiana fans with a Japanese translation
of a Louisiana favorite, "Iko Iko."
August 24-26, Lisa will be returning to Realmscon to perform for fans in Corpus Christi, TX.
 Lisa
was the featured entertainment recently on
July 21st at the Who's Who in Asian
American Communities Gala held at
the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, GA. Organized
by former CNN news
anchor, Sachi
Koto, this awards ceremony was
an amazing event recognizing Asian American
professionals in various professions all
across the southeast. It was a huge honor
for Lisa
to have the opportunity to perform her translation
of Georgia On My Mind in Japanese as well
as original songs. Lisa performed "Pearl
Diver" while watching the whales swimming
gracefully along the backdrop of the ballroom.
For pictures of the event, take a look HERE.
For more information about the event and Sachi
Koto's work in the Asian American community,
see http://www.sachikoto.com
Interview on WMTS 88.3
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Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Lisa did a radio interview on
WMTS
88.3 out of
Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The interview is available in MP3 format here.
The MP3 of the interview is about
31 MB, so it shouldn't be too big for most
people. Enjoy!
Lisa had a great time performing
2 concerts for anime fans again in Idaho last
weekend at Anime Oasis. In addition to many
theme songs and originals, Lisa guest performed
the Hikaru No Go theme song with dance troupe
Kageshien.
Lisa will be performing at the National Cherry
Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. on April
9th at the Jefferson Memorial stage. Then she
will be in Nashville April 13-15 again performing
originals and many robot themed songs at the
Middle Tennessee Anime Convention. Then off
to Wisconsin for No Brand Con. Not sure when
you can catch Lisa in your area next? Sign
on to the newslist and stay up to date on when
she will be performing in your area.
You can also connect to Lisa on myspace. Check
out the official Lisa Furukawa myspace site
at http://www.myspace.com/lisafurukawa
Lisa enjoyed her appearances
at SAC Anime and Ikkicon. 2007 is off to
a
great start, and she is looking forward to
performing at more events this
year. Stay tuned for updates to the picture
gallery."
Lisa's song "Ikiru" from
her recent album, "Reaching the Dragon," will
be
featured on "Radio Marabu" in
January, one of Europe's leading alternative
broadcasters. Check them out at http://www.radiomarabu.de.
You can already
hear it featured on the podcast at http://doncampau.podomatic.com/
Lisa enjoyed performing
at Northern
Anime Festival in Canada, Otakon, Mechacon,
Dragon Con, JapanFest , Realms
Con , NanDesuKan, and Tsubasacon!
It's been a busy summer and fall! Thank you
to all of the fans for
being so supportive. Photos from these events
have been added to the
gallery
here.
Lisa
will
be gearing
up for local shows such as the "Night of
Dreams" concert at the BTI center
in Raleigh, NC on November 10th, and will
be directing
the Tori
Amos Tribute Show/RAINN Benefit which will be held in Durham, NC on November
4th.
Lisa had a Cool Experience
at Port Con Maine!
 It was a pleasantly
cool trip, and the pirate themed convention was
a great new experience. Lisa gave a concert
on Friday evening, taught a
Japanese panel on Saturday, and then performed
again prior to judging
the main cosplay event. She had so much fun
meeting voice actress Luci Christian, and
all of the guests and attendees. She even had
a
little time to visit the ocean, collect some
rocks, and soak in some beautiful scenic
views. Click here for photos.
Lisa Had A Wonderful Time At
Persacon!
 She enjoyed seeing old friends
Vic Mignogna, the Para Mahou group, Stephanie
Cote, and Michael Coleman. She also had fun
meeting Patrick
Seitz
and Stephanie Chateau. Lisa dedicated her
Japanese rendition of "Sweet Home Alabama" to
the mayor of Madison and state
residents attending the con. She also enjoyed
teaching
Japanese, singing songs from her new album,
and performing many anime theme songs.
Thank you to all of the supportive fans in
Alabama
for being so receptive and sweet!! She
is excited about going back to Alabama in
December
for East
Meets South. Click
here for photos.
THE NEW CD - "REACHING
THE DRAGON" - SHIPPING NOW
 This
site is now shipping Lisa's
new CD, "Reaching
the Dragon". Get a preview
of the CD by clicking on the "Featured
MP3" link. Kabuki is track ten from
the new CD.
"Reaching" is the third
CD on Lisa's YUME label. It was recorded at Coffeehouse
Recordings in Atlanta, Ga. - engineering
and mastering by Brian Thompson. Lisa composed,
performed and produced the CD.
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