Brian Lisik
Photo Credit Jason Chamberlain
Akron, Ohio-based singer-songwriter Brian Lisik has been recording and performing his brash,
garage-rock inspired music throughout the country since the mid-1990s. His latest single, “Why
I’m Here” was released last year on Cherokee Queen Records, and his most recent album,
Goodnight, Detroit came out in limited-edition vinyl form on Record Store Day 2025.
Described by WKSU-FM FolkAlley.com as “the epitome of coffee house cool,” the Seattle Post-
Intelligencer called his music “ a rough and tumble garage-y sound soaked deep in an ocean of
chunky guitars.”
Lisik’s Hotsy Totsy! Live and Nu Wreckard were each named among the top releases of 2022
by the Canton Repository. Nationally, American Songwriter placed the song “Monk,” from Hotsy
Totsy! in its Top 24 songs of the year list in 2022.
No Depression said Lisik creates “a winning formula of catchy phrasing, jangly guitar riffs and
great pop hooks,” while renowned pop music writer Lee Zimmerman heralded “Lisik writes
songs that resonate almost immediately…sharp, smart and full of edgy intensity…bold,
assertive and flush with full tilt rock ‘n’ roll.”
Lisik’s music has also been featured in publications including The Huffington Post, Billboard,
Elmore, Americana Highways, Goldmine, DittyTV, and the Bob Cesca Show, and he has shared
bills with acts including Tim Easton, Patrick Sweany, Waylon Payne, Wade Bowen, Ass Ponys,
Jesse Malin, Chris Knight, Tommy Womack, Nicole Atkins, Two Cow Garage, and Roger
McGuinn.
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