Lydia Luce
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Lydia Luce is a folk/americana singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Brought up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Luce learned how to play viola and guitar from her mother, who conducted her own symphony orchestra.[1] Her mother was also an organ and a piano player, and her brother, a cellist.[2] By age 13, Luce was performing with her mother's orchestra Ars Flores.[3]
Luce is a Berklee College of Music graduate, who after graduation moved to Washington D.C. to work at The Smithsonian and Folkways Records.[4] She then left for Los Angeles where she received a master's degree from UCLA in viola performance[4] before moving to Nashville.
Career
[edit | edit source]In 2015, Luce released her first EP The Tides.[1] In 2016, she finished as a finalist at the Rocky Mountain Folk Fest songwriting competition and toured with Sam Outlaw as a fiddle player.[2] In 2017, Luce performed at Merlefest and AmericanaFest, and also toured as an opening artist for Peter Bradley Adams.[2] Her debut album Azalea, released in 2018, was produced by Jordan Lehning and Skylar Wilson.[5]
Luce has also recorded with Joe Pisapia, Joshua Hedley, Eminem, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson.[4]
Discography
[edit | edit source]Albums/EPs
[edit | edit source]- The Tides EP (2015)
- Azalea (2018)
- Azalea Strings EP (2019)
- Dark River (2021)
Singles
[edit | edit source]- "Sausalito" (2018)
- "Helen" (2018)
- "Azalea" (2018)
- "Like You Do" (2018)
- "Golden Days" (2019)
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Frahm, Jonathan. (March 28, 2018). Lydia Luce Looks Back on Life in "Sausalito" (premiere). PopMatters.
- Pettican, Luke. (June 29, 2018). Premiere: Lydia Luce's "Helen" Depicts Love in an Intoxicating Way. Atwood Magazine.
- McKenna, Brittney. (July 12, 2018). Lydia Luce Heads To The Mojave Desert In Video For "Azalea." American Songwriter.
- McHugh, Sean. (September 25, 2018). Now/It's: Something to Listen to - 'Azalea' by Lydia Luce. Now/Its.
- Carroll, Brian. (April 2, 2019). Fresh Track: Lydia Luce "My Heart in Mind" (String Sessions). Red Line Roots.
External links
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