BILLBOARD MAGAZINE: Stan Lynch/Founding member of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Hayes is the perfect artist... She can sing and write songs, and she has a strong point of view, which is rare in this day and age. Not to mention that the girl can play when she steps foot onstage.

AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN: Joe Gross
"Rising Americana star Lisa Hayes asked the crowd if they were ready for some (expletive) kicking music before providing just that..."

Host of Americana Tonight!/Mark Wehner (Introducing Lisa for a live show in Nashville)
I know as musician's we think we know everything here in Nashville, and we pretty much do, but every now and then someone from Austin comes in and shows us how it's really done. She's about to do just that - here's Lisa Hayes.

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Quotes for Lisa Hayes CD Somewhere Deep in Texas.

103 WKDF Nashville/Billy Block
Lisa Hayes is the best new female artist to emerge from the Texas Music scene in years.

Sulphur Springs News Telegram/Terry Mathews
The CD is not an over-produced, over-orchestrated piece of fluff. Hayes is stronger than anything coming out of Nashville and country music these days. No lip-syncing for this girl. Just stand her up in front a crowd with a few solid musicians to back her up and watch her work some magic. It's been a long time since a girl singer had this much power and this much talent... Think Janis Joplin and K.D. Lang meet in a small, smoky bar and then decide to belt one out. She is the real thing.

Upstage & Elmore/Jim Hynes
Lisa Hayes has a big passionate voice and a knack for writing killer tunes. This one's a keeper."

Standard Net Live!/Linda East Brady
Though there are many women singers today in country, few have the combination of grit and vulnerability that Hayes shows here.

Film Director/Mary Lambert
She sounds like Marianne Faithfull if she was from Texas.

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Quotes for Lisa Hayes CD Sweet Forgiveness.

ROOTSTOWN
With Lisa Hayes, at last again, a woman’s voice that is worth listening to makes its entrance into alt.countryland.

FALLENANGELRADIO.COM/Clint Gauldin-Owner
Lisa Hayes has one of the most incredible voices you're likely to ever hear. There’s not a bad track on the CD. “Ghosts”, “Where Angels Fear To Go”, “Real Thang” and so many more songs that are right at home on the radio. Lisa’s story and the making of the album are really quite incredible. She’s one to look out for, and a personal favorite.

FUFKIN/Eric Sorenson
The songs sparkle with her strong voice and a strong studio supporting cast. What you appreciate most is Lisa's voice - akin, to say, Maria McKee and Kris McKay. A talented singer/songwriter who I hope has more to share with the public.

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Quotes for the Portland, Oregon based The Violets.

AMERICAN STATESMAN JOURNAL/Austin, TX (SXSW show)
The Violets performed on Saturday night to 800 people, eliciting a huge response from the ‘guitar-loving’ Austin crowd.  Lisa held them spellbound…the band was absolutely magical.

WILLIAMETTE WEEK/Portland, OR
Slide guitar and aggressive drums take the back seat to Lisa Hayes and her soul-searching brand of musical poetry.

THE SOURCE/Bend, OR
This Portland-based band serves up a compelling mix…clarified by the powerful voice of lead singer/guitarist Lisa Hayes. Hayes has a style and sound all her own, one that can be both melodic and tough at the same time. Her lyrics border on the poetic and are both gritty and soulful. They speak of love, longing, and hope fortified with a moving inner strength.

WEST END EXTRA/London, UK
A long way from home (Portland, Oregon), lead singer and guitarist Lisa settled well into the Castle.  The Violets threw off the rock dinosaur and lifted off to a wonderworld of guitar-charged songwriting, leaving us poncy British still wondering what shirt to wear.