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The latest 5/7/08 ~ FREE LIVE DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE ON THE HOME PAGE FROM THE "SOURCERER" CD RELEASE PARTY!

Most recently Lisa was featured on
www.acousticfuel.com
radio and book
club.
Please hear her interview from 12/2/07 beginning at 34 min. into the Talk
Show box program. She is also featured on their Wonder Women Mix "Tape" CD which you can purchase on their site!
Click here to have the option to purchase...

Lisa wants to thank all of her old and new fans for their continued support! There have been a lot of requests for an original show. Good news... that will be coming soon!

Also, LIVE VIDEO from the Stephen Talkhouse gig only a week away!!! :) STAY TUNED! :)

10/4/07 ~ THE LATEST

LISA'S MUSIC SELECTED FOR TWO MAJOR INTERNET RADIO STATIONS! CHECK IT OUT... WWW.ACOUSTICFUEL.COM AND http://mvyradio.com/local_musicafe/

CLICK ON THE MERCHANDISE PAGE TO GET ALL CDs & T-SHIRTS (coming soon!) Available through PAY PAL!
A GREAT BIG THANX TO ALL THOSE WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT ME AT MY CD RELEASE PARTY! IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS! ALL CDs ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE MERCHANDISE PAGE! SOLSTAR HAS BEEN REMASTERED AND HAS BONUS TRACKS ON IT. NATURE OF THE SOL IS ALSO REMASTERED. SOURCERER IS NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. PAYPAL AVAILABLE AND SOON YOU WILL BE ABLE TO USE ANY MAJOR CREDIT CARD TO ORDER ANY MERCHANDISE. ALL CDs & T-SHIRTS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE VIA YOUR CELL PHONE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS! MORE INFO TO COME SHORTLY!!!

Have a safe & Happy 4th!
Peace & Love ~ Lisa

P.S. - If you haven't come down to Lisa's acoustic restaurant and bar venues, you truly must. She has sampled the food , drink and atmosphere and chosen them for your entertainment pleasure. Please check the calendar page for gig schedules. These venues are accesible to all ages, too, so bring the fam. Please see the Acoustic Sol page for private party information. See you
soon!

Thanx always for all your continuted support!
Peace & Love ~ Lisa & *Solstar*


NOTEWORTHY: Lisa Itts ~ finalist for 12/05 in the VH1 International Song of the Year Contest!
www.songoftheyear.com

1/21/07 ~ THE LATEST...
ISC (International Songwriting Competition) results in for the first round... 7 of 11 of Lisa's songs entered to go to the semi-final round. Over 14,000 entrants this year! More results February 1st! STAY TUNED! check out www.songwritingcompetition.com

*Solstar* is looking forward to playing Vintage Lounge Sat., February 16th! Please mark your calendars as the band is only scheduled to play every few months.

If you haven't come down to Lisa's acoustic restaurant and bar venues, you truly must. She has sampled the food , drink and atmosphere and chosen them for your entertainment pleasure. Please check the calendar page for gig schedules. These venues are accesible to all ages, too, so bring the fam.

Please see the Book Me page for private party information. See you soon... Thanx always for your continued support!

7/14/06 ~ THE LATEST... "Butterfly" chosen AGAIN as a top 5 finalist for 12/05 in the VH1 International Song of the Year Contest!http://www.songoftheyear.com/webawards/l/lisaitts.htmwww.songoftheyear.com Lisa's songs "Illusion" (New Sounds CD), One Heart (unreleased), I Have Now (Nashville single/bonus track on Lisa's upcoming acoustic/eclectic CD), and "I Don't Owe You (Anything)" (Solstar CD), all advanced to the second round of the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) out of 15,000 entrants! check out www.songwritingcompetition.com*Solstar* is looking forward to playing Vintage Lounge sometime in September. We know it's been a while, but the new acoustic CD will be worth the postponement of our gigs for now. Promise! :-)If you haven't come down to Lisa's acoustic restaurant and bar venues, you truly must. She has sampled the food , drink and atmosphere and chosen them for your entertainment pleasure. Please check the calendar page for gig schedules. These venues are accesible to all ages, too, so bring the fam.Please see the Acoustic Sol page for private party information. See you soon...

2/11/06 ~ THE LATEST... "Butterfly" chosen AGAIN as a top 5 finalist for 12/05 in the VH1 International Song of the Year Contest!http://www.songoftheyear.com/webawards/l/lisaitts.htmwww.songoftheyear.com Lisa is officially goin' to play in Nashville. Nothing major yet, but it could mean major exposure. Let's keep our fingers crossed. *Solstar* is looking forward to playing Vintage Lounge again March 24th! (special line-up to be announced) Lisa had a great acoustic show there the other night and a big thanx to all who came out! It was defiinitely a fun night. (especially Shana dancing to the Ska band, The Penguin Revolution that followed Lisa's set!) :-) If you haven't come down to Lisa's new acoustic covers and originals spot, Jessie's Lipsmackin' Roadhouse, you gotta check it out. It's a restaurant and bar, and all ages are welcome. And by the way, the food is awesome! See you soon...

12/21/05 ~ THE LATEST... "I HAVE NOW" moves up to the runner-up list in the country category (10/05) for VH1's International Song of the Year contest! "One Heart" comes in as honorable mention in the country category for November '05! www.songoftheyear.com Now we wait to hear from Nashville! On the *Solstar* front.... Thanx to all who came down to Live Trax. It was a great show and I'm sure you'll see us play with our opening band Deep Rising again. They were great! Looks like our next gig will be in February or March at the new Munchaba Lounge, now called Vintage... Stay tuned! Look forward to being back at Coffee Labs Roasters. If you haven't been to Tarrytown, it's great! Only an hour from most of Nassau County. They have great restaurants and shops there, too, so come early, then head over to Coffee Labs Roasters for dessert and music with Lisa. Happy, Healthy Holidays to all... and to all good night! :-) As always... Thanx for all your support!

11/14/05 ~ THE LATEST... "I HAVE NOW" moves up to the runner-up list in the country category (10/05) for VH1's International Song of the Year contest! "One Heart" comes in as honorable mention in the country category for November '05! www.songoftheyear.com Now we wait to hear from Nashville! On the *Solstar* front.... Waiting for a *Solstar* show on Long Island? Are there ANY original music showcases left!?! YES, we're in luck! Look for us coming to Live Trax www.livetrax.com in December! If you've never seen our "holiday" show, you truly must! We'll keep you posted! Thanx to all who came to Caffe Vivaldi for my last acoustic show. It was a great night! Lastly, Lisa will be adding larger acoustic venues to her repertoire! See you at the show! As always... Thanx for all your support!

10/19/05 ~ THE LATEST... "I HAVE NOW" moves up to the runner-up list in the country category for VH1's international song of the year contest! www.songoftheyear.com Now we wait to hear from Nashville! On the *Solstar* front.... Waiting for a *Solstar* show on Long Island? Are there ANY original music showcases left!?! YES, we're in luck! Look for us coming to Live Trax www.livetrax.com in December! If you've never seen our "holiday" show, you truly must! We'll keep you posted! Lastly, Lisa will be adding larger acoustic venues to her repertoire! See you at the show! As always... Thanx for all your support!

8/11/05 ~ THE LATEST... Song number two just charted in the VH1 international song of the year contest! I just entered "I Have Now" (full length download on the sounds page) in the contest in June and it got an honorable mention in the "pop" category! www.songoftheyear.com Let us pray and keep our fingers crossed because I'm going to enter the same song into the country category this month! It's also on it's way down to the Nashville "big-wigs" so please wish me luck! Another bit of news... Our own guitarist Steve Booke www.stevebooke.com WON the category for instrumental artist for June! If you haven't checked out his website you really must! Pretty cool to be in the same band, much less part of the globe, and chart on an international contest together; Then you see people from, like, Australia on the same chart with you! Very exciting! Lastly, we (Mike, thank you) just added a full length updated version of "Butterfly" to the songs page. Feel free to download it! Well, that's about it for now. See ya at the next show! As always... Thanx for all your support!

7/24/05 ~ THE LATEST...WOW! What a gig! A big THANX to all who came out to support *Solstar* at THE DOWNTOWN last night! What a great show! Lid opened (an amazing rock cover band) then *Solstar*, then platinum zep-style artists ZEBRA featuring Randy Jackson. What a night! The Downtown has an amazing sound system and is by far the nicest venue on Long Island. (not to mention the chips & salsa in the green room were fabulous! The Miller Light, eh!) Anyway, it was a great night is what I'm tryin' to say. If you missed it, please don't miss the next one. We try to give you a really powerful live show and take the CD to another level. Besides, Chris always has a new solo up his sleeve that you don't want to miss! On another note (I'm just full of puns today), I want to extend another Thank You to all the people who consistently show up at the acoustic Coffee Labs Roasters show in Tarrytown. It's a faithful and intimate crowd with new people all the time (not to mention great coffee and desserts...that always helps!) Well, I think that's all for now. See you at the next show!

6/12/05 ~ Well, it's finally finished! My Nashville crossover tune "I Have Now" is available for publishing, buying, etc. There will be a clip of it posted on the sounds page shortly and the lyrics will be posted on the lyrics page. Please, I'd love to hear your feedback. Email me...Cross your fingers, pray or whatever you do to cheer a girl on. Let's see it as the next #1 crossover country/pop hit on the charts! If you haven't checked the news in a while or you're new to the site, here's some exciting news... "Butterfly" was chosen in the top five in September '04's selections for song of the year (pop catagory) from VH1's Worldwide Song of The Year contest. www.songoftheyear.com/songwriting/winners0904.htm VERY exciting! Wish me luck! OH! I was at a speaking engagement for Dr. Wayne Dyer at Westbury Music Fair and got asked to get up and sing in front of 1,300 people unexpectedly accapella! What a thrill! I'm also starting to record again. Well, that's about it for now... More to come...

3/25/05 ~ Just a big thank you to all that came to see us and were so supportive at Body Awareness Yoga Studio in Lindenhurst New York. I must say the atmosphere was so cool and down to earth... candles and great energy ~ What more could you ask for!?! (Dave & Patti ~ You're the best!) :-) Also in the news, I'm almost done recording a track for Nashville et al. Cross your fingers, pray or whatever you do to cheer a girl on. Let's see it as the next #1 crossover country/pop hit on the charts! If you haven't checked the news in a while, here's some exciting news... recently found out "Butterfly" was chosen in the top five in September's selections for song of the year (pop catagory) from VH1's Worldwide Song of The Year contest. www.songoftheyear.com/songwriting/winners0904.htm VERY exciting! Wish me luck! OH! I was at a speaking engagement for Dr. Wayne Dyer at Westbury Music Fair and got asked to get up and sing in front of 1,300 people unexpectedly accapella! What a thrill! I'm also starting to record again. Well, that's about it for now... More to come...

7/22/04 Hey kids! Sorry it's been a while, but soooo many changes. Thanx for visiting the site and supporting both the acoustic and electric versions of *Solstar*. As you can see we have finally updated the site and hope you will check in with us both here and at the gigs of course! There will be some songwriters showcases coming up for me (Lisa) accompanied by Joe on guitar (yes, he plays that, too). For those of you who haven't seen the acoustic version of *Solstar*, please do check us out. It's more intimate, we throw in some eclectic versions of some interesting cover songs, and it still rocks! The band (Currently ~ Joe on drums & backing vocals, me (Lisa) on lead vocals & acoustic 12-string guitar, Steve Booke on lead guitar... Check out his site ~ www.stevebooke.com, & surprise guest bassist until we get a permanent one) will still play every 3-4 months. We'll keep you posted. Thanx again for stoppin' by.

3/7/05 ~ Thanx to all who came down to see us at MUNCHABA LOUNGE. It was a rockin' show and lots of fun to pay tribute to George Harrison. Thanx also to those who often attend the Coffee Labs Roasters gig in Tarrytown, N.Y. We really love the atmosphere and thank you for joining us. If you haven't checked the news in a while, here's some exciting news... recently found out "Butterfly" was chosen in the top five in September's selections for song of the year (pop catagory) from VH1's Worldwide Song of The Year contest. www.songoftheyear.com/songwriting/winners0904.htm VERY exciting! Wish me luck! OH! I was at a speaking engagement for Dr. Wayne Dyer at Westbury Music Fair and got asked to get up and sing in front of 1,300 people unexpectedly accapella! What a thrill! I'm also starting to record again. Well, that's about it for now... More to come...

12/21/04 ~ Thanx to all who came down to see us at Purple Haze. It was a rockin' holiday show and great to be back at John McFeely's place. If you haven't checked the news in a while, here's some exciting news... recently found out "Butterfly" was chosen in the top five in September's selections for song of the year (pop catagory) from VH1's Worldwide Song of The Year contest. www.songoftheyear.com/songwriting/winners0904.htm VERY exciting! Wish me luck! OH! I was at a speaking engagement for Dr. Wayne Dyer at Westbury Music Fair and got asked to get up and sing in front of 1,300 people unexpectedly accapella! What a thrill! I'm also starting to record again. Well, that's about it for now... More to come...

7/19/03 ~ Just wanted to thank everyone who came to last night's benefit show for World Hunger Year at Munchaba Lounge. Early reports are that it was a tremendous success. Kudos to Frank Walker of Spoonwalk and Rich Hughes of the Long Island Music Coalition for putting it all together. It you attended the show you got to see us unveil our new secret weapon. SOLSTAR's newest member is vocalist Alice Joy who performed with us for the first time last night. I gotta tell ya the harmonies were just superb. Alice welcome to the band! Look for an update to our Bio page soon with some more info and pictures of Ms. Joy. Next Saturday, July 26th, we open for southern rockers, The High Tydes Band, at the Village Pub South in Amityville. We'll definitely be doing some Zepellin covers for this show. Hope to see you all there and thanks again for your support.

7/9/03 ~ Founded in 1975 by radio talk show host and present Executive Director Bill Ayres and the late singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, World Hunger Year (WHY) is a leader in the fight against hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. On Friday, July 18th, SOLSTAR is proud to be performing in a benefit show for WHY at Munchaba Lounge in Levittown, NY. Harry Chapin's daughter, Jenn Chapin will be performing with her band along with some of the best original artists on Long Island. Please see our Calendar page for the full line-up and scheduled performance times. SOLSTAR is slated to go on from 9:00-9:45 p.m. Your $10 donation gets you $5 worth of raffle tickets and all proceeds from this event go to the cause. Please come experience an evening of great music and support this most worthy organization. For more information, visit the WHY website at: www.worldhungeryear.org Peace and low notes.

6/25/03 ~ This Friday night (6/27) SOLSTAR shares the stage with FOREVER FALLING at the Pisces Cafe in Babylon Village. FOREVER FALLING is Rob Upham, a talented songwriter and performer. Check out his web site at: www.foreverfallng.net This is an acoustic show and the music starts at about 8 p.m. Pisces serves great coffee and desserts in a friendly, casual atmosphere. You just know it's gonna be raining on Friday, so pretend you're in Seattle and come out for some java and tunes.

6/19/03 ~ A Solstar Yahoo newsgroup has been formed! To join the group please go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SOLSTAR/ This is a great way to keep in touch with other fans of the band and find out about the latest band events. As the list grows and attracts more members there may even be some special deals offered to list members on Solstar recordings and merchandise. Let's try and build an online community of fans to spread the word! Peace out.

6/13/03 ~ Nashville Newsflash!! ~ Lisa Itts of Solstar has been invited to perform at the first annual songwriters festival to be held at Loretta Lynn's ranch in Hurricane Mills, TN. She was recommended by John and Steve Taylor of the famed Tootsies Orchid Lounge in Nashville, TN. (www.tootsies.net). This event will be held from June 20th - 22nd and is a festival open to the public featuring guest performances from songwriters throughout the country. There will be talent scouts, management, popular signed artists looking for new music etc. To hear her acoustic versions of some songs she'll be performing at the festival, please click the sounds "button" on the home page of our site. For more information on the festival please click on the link at: www.songwritersfestival.com

5/10/03 ~ Thanks to all who attended the Beltaine Celebration in Wantagh State Park last weekend. You were a great audience to play for and you were kind enough to purchase lots of CDs (always a good thing and, for that, we doubly thank you). The Beltaine ceremonies were quite impressive to behold and there was a real positive vibe going on throughout the day. Today, SOLSTAR travels to New Hope, PA for a show at the newest Triumph Brewing Company. We were recently booked back at The Baggot Inn in Greenwich Village for an early show on Friday, May 30th. As always, check our Calendar page for the latest details on our upcoming live performances. And thank you for your continued support of live music!

4/14/03 ~ A 3-set show at Who-Ville in Bethpage this past Saturday gave the band a chance to really stretch out and jam on a few songs. It was a night of SOLSTAR originals and some of our favorite cover tunes, including The Police's "Message In A Bottle", Foo Fighters' "Learn To Fly" and Led Zep's "What Is And What Should Never Be". We return to Who-Ville on June 14th and hope to see another good turnout. New Jersey and Pennsylvania fans take note! On Saturday, May 10th, SOLSTAR travels to New Hope, PA to perforn at the newest Triumph Brewing Company restaurant. This is a huge 12,000 square foot, 2-level facility with food and drink worth driving for. Great microbrewed beer! We'll be playing two long sets starting at 10:15 p.m.

3/7/03 ~ The Village Voice said "....the Baggot Inn is one of the best small listening rooms I've stumbled on in a long time: dark, intimate, with low ceilings, great acoustics-- even a decent house Merlot." On Friday, March 14th, SOLSTAR makes a rare visit to the big city as we travel to the heart of historic Greenwich Village to perform an early set (8-9 pm) at The Baggot Inn. Now, we haven't played in full electric format for quite some time so we are ready to rock boys and girls!! Expect an energy charged, ballad-free set. Hope to see a lot of the regulars and some new faces in da house! Peace out

3/1/03 ~ Thank God February 2003 is history. And thank God for music and the company of friends to get us through these cold ass nights. March brings a couple of shows and another appearance on the radio! First, on Thursday, March 6th, SOLSTAR will perform acoustic with Austin Kuebler at The Fin Bar & Grill in East Atlantic Beach. Next, on Friday March 14th, a rare visit to the big city. We'll be playing an early set (8-9 p.m.) at The Baggot Inn located right in the heart of Greenwich Villlage. Check out the Calendar page for more information and links to each of the venues web sites. Then, on Saturday March 15th, SOLSTAR will be guests on the Long Island Music Zone radio show broadcast on WGBB AM-1240 from 8-9 p.m. We think it's cool that this website has now received over 4,000 hits in just over a year. After two months, we were finally able to transfer the www.solstar.net domain name to this site. We are now working on transfering the www.lisaitts.com domain name here as well. Thank you for your patience and kind support over the past year. Also, check out the redesigned and much more user-friendly Lyrics page. Peace!

2/2/03 ~ From the "This Just In" department: On Saturday morning, February 8th, SOLSTAR will be the in-studio guest artists on Mike Ferrari's Aural Fix Transmission Radio Show. The show is web broadcast from C.W. Post University on Web Radio WCWP. To listen to the show , go to our Calendar page, and click on the link shown in the listing. You will need the RealONE Media Player on your computer to listen to the broadcast. SOLSTAR is scheduled during the second hour of the show probably from 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. However, we definitely recommend that you listen to all of Mike's show which is broadcast over the web each Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It's one of the best places to hear great original music being created right here on Long Island.

1/27/03 ~ Whew, baby it's cold outside! We know it's been a little quiet around here lately, but we've started to add some bookings to our 2003 calendar. Check our Calendar page for the latest info. Backstreet Blues, one of our favorite venues, has been sold and is closed for renovations probably until the end of February. We hope to get back on their stage shortly after they reopen in March. Other news: The Zen Den in Babylon Village has been sold and will be closed for a few weeks. Right now, we're not sure what the live music situation is going to be under the new ownership. The Fin Bar & Grill in East Atlantic Beach has not been sold and remains open and our good friend Austin Kuebler runs a great live music program there on Thursday nights. Come on out to The Fin on February 6th, and catch us in acoustic format, along with Connecticcut artist, Jen Taylor and Austin, the man, himself. Meanwhile, stay warm and be careful out there people!

12/31/02 ~ Well, here we are on New Year's Eve and, first off, we want to apologize to those who have been having trouble getting to this site. Technical problems occurred in connection with a switch to a new server. These problems should be cleared up in the next few days. On top of that, Lisa's home computer died and we lost a good portion of our email mailing list. So we are asking all visitors to either sign our guestbook or send us an email with your email address and we will rebuild our list. That said, come on down to the ZEN DEN in Babylon Village on Saturday night (January 4th) for evening of *SOLSTAR* acoustic music. And we wish all a most happy and healthy New Year! Go JETS!!!

12/4/02 ~ *SOLSTAR* makes a guest appearance at our good friend Austin Kuebler's CD release party at The Fin Bar & Grill in East Atlantic Beach on Thursday, December 5th. We go on about 9 p.m. Come down and help us celebrate the release of Austin's new music. Should be a lot of fun. Also, fans of The Doors should seriously check out our next show at Backstreet Blues in Rockville Centre. World famous Doors tribute band, THE SOFT PARADE, will be headlining the show on Saturday, December 14th. Check out their website at www.thesoftparade.com. *SOLSTAR* will be rolling out a Xmas tune and a new cover tune. We go on at 9 p.m. and SOFT PARADE goes on at 10:30 p.m. That's it for now. Hope to see you at a show soon. Happy Holidays to all.

10/31/02 ~ Happy Halloween *SOLSTAR* fans! Thanks to all who came down to Backstreet Blues on 10/19. A big crowd showed up as new drummer Joe O'Connell made his performing debut with the band. A big thanks to the extended O'Connell clan for all their support! *SOLSTAR* played a long set of favorite originals along with a couple of cool covers. Chumslick Nick & The Sharks followed and treated the crowd to their own special brand of rockin' blues originals and covers. These guys are great musicians and a lot of fun to watch. Be sure and mark your calendars for Saturday, November 23rd, a very special evening, when *SOLSTAR* returns to Backsteet Blues to open up for the legendary Little Buster & The Soul Brothers!