Lydia Luce
Birth nameLydia Luce
BornFort Lauderdale, Florida
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • viola
  • guitar
Websitelydialuce.com

Lydia Luce is a folk/americana singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Nashville, Tennessee. 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

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

Albums/EPs

  • The Tides EP (2015)
  • Azalea (2018)
  • Azalea Strings EP (2019)
  • Dark River (2021)

Singles

  • Sausalito (2018)
  • Helen (2018)
  • Azalea (2018)
  • Like You Do (2018)
  • Golden Days (2019)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Liebig, Lorie (2018-07-19). "Song Premiere: Lydia Luce Examines the Beauty of Letting Go in 'Like You Do'". Wide Open Country. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lydia Luce to Release Full-Length Album "Azalea" – The Entertainment Magazine". www.emol.org. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  3. ↑ folkradiouk (2018-05-11). "Premiere: Lydia Luce - Helen | Folk Radio". Folk Radio UK - Folk Music Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  4. 1 2 3 "11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Lydia Luce". Music City Mike. 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  5. ↑ "Lydia Luce To Release Debut Full-Length Album". 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2019-11-05.

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