Lydia Luce Explained

Lydia Luce
Birth Name:	Lydia Luce
Birth Place:	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Associated Acts:	Sam Outlaw

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 before moving to Nashville.

Career

In 2015, Luce released her first EP The Tides. In 2016, she finished as a finalist at the Rocky Mountain Folk Fest songwriting competition and toured with Sam Outlaw as a fiddle player. In 2017, Luce performed at Merlefest and AmericanaFest, and also toured as an opening artist for Peter Bradley Adams. 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.

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

• List of singer-songwriters

Further reading

• 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

• Official website
• Lydia Luce on Musicbrainz

Notes and References

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