cultivated equally from jazz, folk and classical music traditions, likeness to lily is the acoustic quartet of composer, vocalist and founder susan oetgen, pianist tony melone, bassist ian m. riggs, and drummer evan pazner. sophisticated and versatile, likeness to lily performs repertoire from the great american songbook, pop and folk tunes from around the world, especially brazil and latin america, and their own original songs, which give voice to the perennial vagaries, intimacies and mysteries of the human heart. since the band’s start in 2003, likeness to lily has performed regularly in new york city’s downtown music venues, has been heard on A&E television’s prime-time reality show random 1, and has independently recorded and released their debut record, solitude’s dollhouse. in 2008, likeness to lily will be presented in residency at new york’s historic caffè vivaldi, on the ico music series at tribeca’s galerie icosahedron, and on the basement music series at the vermont arts exchange in n. bennington, vt. likeness to lily will also premiere an original song-cycle with brooklyn philharmonic chamber musicians as part of BP’s music off the walls series at the brooklyn museum. plans for recording their second independent full-length release are underway for january 2008.
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Hi Susan. Come by to the Lucky Cat tonight for some fun times, if you're not to busy. We're throwing a little party with The Sway Machinery. It would be great to see you again.
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