Lisa Bouchelle is an American singer-songwriter/Americana artist. Her music encompasses acoustic rock, pop, country, and rock. She is the host of the syndicated TV show Rock Star Kitchen.
Early career
Bouchelle began singing in numerous open mic nights around her hometown of Trenton, NJ, and started writing and recording her own songs. She also sang with the progressive rock band Mastermind, which was very successful in Japan and enabled her to be voted one of the top 40 vocalists in the world in a Burrn! Magazine poll.
Lisa also sang the role of Mona Lisa on the album "Leonardo: The Absolute Man," in a duet with James LaBrie of Dream Theater.
Her performances at the Jersey shore led her to be a part of charity events where she dueted with Jon Bon Jovi and sang backup for Bruce Springsteen.
Recording career
Lisa recorded three CDs, October Baby, Tricks With Pretty Words, and Passion Makes Perfect, which she pressed herself and sold at her local gigs. Her fourth CD, Paint Your Dreams was picked up by Cement Shoes Records, which was distributed by the Universal Music Group and released in 2007. The CD contained contributions from Southside Johnny, Gary U.S. Bonds, Bobby Bandiera, and Shawn Pelton, and reached No. 1 on two independent music charts, and No. 4 on the college charts. It was also selected to be part of the Starbucks Hear Music download kiosk program. Lisa supported the release with a national tour opening for Blues Traveler.
Her next CD, Bleu Room with a Red Vase, was released in 2010 on Varese Sarabande Records, which is also distributed in the US through the Universal Music Group. The CD contained a duet with John Popper, and contributions from Glen Burtnik, John Eddie, Bobby Bandiera, Rob Hyman of the Hooters, David Bromberg, Erin Hill, and Japanese guitarist Kyogi Yamamoto. To support the release, Lisa did national tours with Meat Loaf, John Popper, and Ted Nugent.
In 2013 Lisa recorded a live CD at Lakehouse Studios in Asbury Park, NJ, featuring a studio audience of fan club members. The resulting album was released locally on Trash Can Dreams Records.
Lisa also co-wrote the song "Restore The Shore" with Bill Frankel, and recorded the song with an all-star cast of New Jersey musicians, including Garry Tallent, Jerry Gaskill, Bobby Bandiera, Lorenza Ponce, John Popper, Southside Johnny, Gary US Bonds, Glen Burtnik, Winston Roye, Fiona Flanagan, John Easdale, Jay Sielgel, Steve Forbert, Christine Martucci, Ernie White, Lisa Sherman, Pat Guadagno, Corey Wager, Keith Roth, Lee Mrowicki, Scott Rednor, Stephen DeAcutis, and Hal B. Selzer. The song was mixed by Michael Barbiero, and the proceeds from the sale of the song went to Hurricane Sandy relief.
In 2016 Lisa released "Whole Lotta Highway," a fan-club only CD. The album included a remixed version of "Only The Tequila Talkin’," which was previously released on the "Bleu Room with a Red Vase" album, along with five tracks produced or co-produced in Los Angeles by Jeff Trott. The remaining tracks were produced by Stephen DeAcutis at the Sound Spa in Edison, NJ.
In 2017, three of the songs from the album, "Only The Tequila Talkin’," “Heart vs Mind," and "If You Could Read My Mind," were released on "Lipstick Tomboy," a digital only EP, along with a "Tropical Party Remix" of "Luv Is Supposed To Be Fun." The EP has garnered over two million streams on Spotify. A video for "Only The Tequila Talkin," has received over 148,000 views on YouTube. Her latest video for the Gordon Lightfoot penned cover of, 'If You Could Read My Mind,' has garnered over 121,000 views.
To support the EP release, Lisa embarked on a 2018 Summer/Fall Tour which included shows with artists such as Shooter Jennings, Donavon Frankenreiter, Sam Lewis, David Luning, Benjamin Jaffe, John Popper, Don Felder of The Eagles, Steve Forbert, and Kinderhook.
In 2020, Lisa signed a deal with Sony Music's The Orchard, through Bob Frank Entertainment, for a new album, "Jump In!," which was released in the fall of 2021. The album includes guest appearances by G Love (2020 Grammy nominee), Mike Schmid (The Chainsmokers, Miley Cyrus), Tommy Kessler (Blondie), Rob Hyman (The Hooters), Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake, Cher, TSO), Constantine Maroulis (American Idol), Hal B. Selzer (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts), Peter Mayer (Jimmy Buffett), Doyle Grisham (Kenny Rogers, George Jones, Jimmy Buffett), and Bobby Bandiera (Bon Jovi).