About
The children of ministers are known to fall into two categories: the angels and the troublemakers. Jana Fisher is a good girl everywhere but the piano. "Music is my rebellion," she says. "At least it's better than setting things on fire and getting arrested."
Jana's music career began with performing at churches and corn festivals in rural Ohio, ministering by singing other people's music. When the family business uprooted her to Florida, she self-medicated by confessing her teenage angst to the piano. While scrambling to finish college and escape the Sunshine State, Jana wrote, produced, recorded, and self-released her first album, A History of Sleepwalking, just in time to pack up the family car and be uprooted again— this time by choice, to complete her evolution from naive choir girl to self-aware and articulate artist in New York City.
In October 2012, Jana released her first EP since the transformation. Ideals & Deals is an intimate yet lively set of tracks constructed around piano, guitar, and light percussion, recorded over three hot summer days in Brooklyn.
The songs traverse diverse emotional landscapes in pinpointed detail. From obsessing over the "30k" that makes or breaks a big city transplant, to purposely undermining a relationship in "You Deserve Better," to recording new open-hearted love for a woman in "If I Ever Break Your Heart"— all three spin tales of what we'll do for our ideals, the shocking compromises of survival and the rewards reaped from a life richly lived.
Press
"memorable pop hooks and an angelic voice" — Autostraddle
"You don't want to miss the sweet, angelic voice of this self-described 'lyrical folky piano pop' artist." — SheWired"She has a beautiful voice and her lyrics are full of emotion and integrity... high spirited, good energy music." — LezGetReal
"Jana Fisher is one of those musicians that could never be caught in just one genre. '30K' is a testament to the exploratory ins and outs of hopping off the bus in New York City, and hoping against any odds that you'll make it there." — Curve Magazine
"Fisher's voice sounds like Amy Correia and Tori Amos, especially during the piano rocker 'You Deserve Better,' a warning for her lover that the pretty girl he is so fond of is packing a knife." — Here Comes The Flood"Jana is an amazing storyteller" — Teeco71
"'30k' ... is spunky, upbeat and good to foot tap to." — Higher Plain Music
"great voice" — My So Called Gay Life
Autostraddle - April 24, 2013
Teeco71 - April 3, 2013
Homoground - March 20, 2013
Soundtrack To My Day - February 28, 2013
OutRadio Best of 2012 - December 31, 2012
Your New Favorite Song - December 18, 2012
Gay As Us (Norway) - December 4, 2012
OutRadio - November 28, 2012
LezGetReal - November 17, 2012
Comp 175 Benefit Record - November 2, 2012
HigherPlainMusiCast - October 25, 2012
Here Comes The Flood - October 4, 2012
SheWired - October 1, 2012
12 Questions - October 1, 2012
Higher Plain Music - September 26, 2012
Curve Magazine - September 25, 2012
Mad Mackerel - September 25, 2012
Gay Qube - September 20, 2012
My So-Called Gay Life - September 20, 2012
Kings of A&R - September 20, 2012
DIGA @ Stetson - September 17, 2012
Skope - September 17, 2012
FunMX - August 14, 2012
On The Reel - June 27, 2011
GigMaven - April 15, 2011