Lilli Lewis
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| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
Lilli Lewis is an American folk and Americana singer, songwriter, and pianist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is sometimes known as the "Folk Rock Diva".[1]
Musical career
[edit | edit source]Lewis is originally from Athens, Georgia. She released her first album Out from Yonder in 2008.[2] She was first known as the "Folk Rock Diva" in the folk rock band The Shiz, which she founded with her wife Liz Hogan in 2009.[3] She has also released records backed by a big band containing several notable New Orleans musicians, known as the Lilli Lewis Project.[4] Their album We Belong received positive reviews from the jazz press in 2019.[5] The album My American Heart received media attention in 2020[6][3] with one reviewer comparing Lewis to opera singer Jessye Norman.[7]
In 2020, Lewis co-wrote and co-produced "Mask Up! COVID Down!" as part of Louisiana Red Hot Records' efforts for public health in the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] She also contributed a set of twelve arias for a cycle entitled Cura Personalis, commissioned by the Opera Workshop at Loyola University.[9]
In 2021, Lewis released her album Americana on Louisiana Red Hot Records. NPR Music[10] chose it as a Top 10 Album of the week. NPR Morning Edition[11] also interviewed her in a segment on black musicians and activists forging a new path.
Lewis' album Americana was pulled from streaming service Spotify after the track "A Healing Inside" featuring the original Lady A was flagged by the band formerly known as Lady Antebellum, and was restored to the service after days.[12] Rolling Stone noted the controversy, and reviewed Lewis' "Copper John" as one of its Songs You Need to Know.
Activism
[edit | edit source]Lewis has spoken out on racial, gender, and LGBTQ equity in Americana music in her role as Vice President and head of A&R at Louisiana Red Hot Records, with panels covered by Rolling Stone[13] and American Songwriter.[14] She told Nashville Scene: "Country and Americana share space with the profound legacies of entrepreneurial female artists like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith."[15]
Albums
[edit | edit source]- Out from Yonder (2008)
- Very Small Things (2009)
- The Promised Lands: Songs of the Sacred South (2011)
- Orange Music (2017)
- The Henderson Sessions (2018 - Louisiana Red Hot Records)
- We Belong (The Lilli Lewis Project, 2019 - Louisiana Red Hot Records)[16]
- My American Heart + The Blue EP (2020 - Louisiana Red Hot Records)[6]
- Americana (2021 - Louisiana Red Hot Records)[17]
- All Is Forgiven (2023 - Righteous Babe Records) [18]
References
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