Lydia Luce
American singer-songwriter
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Lydia Luce is a folk/americana singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Singer-songwriter
- musician
- Vocals
- viola
- guitar
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| Born | Lydia Luce Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
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| Website | lydialuce |
Early life and education
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)