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Birth name | Lydia Luce |
Born | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
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Website | lydialuce |
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.
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]
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