For vocal technique, I try to draw on whatever I find beautiful. This includes many traditional singers such as Nina Matvienko, Fairouz, Marta Sebestyen, Amalia Rodrigues, Khaled, Huun-Huur-Tu, Stefka Sabotinova, Urna Chahar-Tugchi, Parissa, Hronis Aidonidis, and Hamlet Gonashvili. I am also inspired by the singing of Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Charley Patton, Hank Williams and Patsy Cline. Likewise the instrumental accompaniments combine a raw traditional sound with an American perspective and aesthetic.
Other favorites, in no particular order: Kalyi Jag, Rodolphe Burger, Gabriel Yacoub, Jean Redpath, Dolores Keane, John Renbourn, Luciana Galeazzi, Men's Choir of Sartène, Rita Sahai, Suchitra Mitra, Lakshmi Shankar, Jagjit Singh, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Kirsten Bråten Berg, Jean Ritchie, Roscoe Holcomb, Dar Williams, Ali Farka Toure, Leonard Cohen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Country Joe McDonald, Phil Ochs, Boubacar Traore, Carlos Parades, Dona Rosa, Ercìlia Costa, Travadinha, Éva Kanalas, Irén Lovász, Éva Fabian, Kremena Stancheva, Vulkana Stojanova, Verka Siderova, Sonja Kancheva, Zuzana Homolová, Iva Bittova, Turgun Alimatov, Astor Piazzolla, Cesaria Evora, Ivan Kupala, Merita Halili, Ensemble of Gjirokastër, Lela family of Përmet, Mariana Sadovska, Blind Willie Johnson, Erik Darling, Monteverdi, Bach, Chopin, Djur Djura, Eleni Vitali, Belkis Akkale, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Chirgilchin, Emina Zecaj, Burl Ives, Marika Papagika, Rita Abadzi, Roza Eskenazi, Katerina Liakou Bonia, Manu Chao, Mercedes Sosa, Lela Tataraidze, Kelsang Chukie Tethong, Julian Kytasty, Taraf de Haïdouks, Muzsikás, Mannik Grigorian, Hayrik Mouradian, Djivan Gasparian, Gevorg Dabaghian, Kardes Türküler, Sima Bina, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Shahram Nazeri, Kayhan Kalhor, Salamatkan Sadïkova, Matlubeh, Farida, Romica Puceanu, Saban Bajramovic, Petro-Loukas Chalkias, Nuur Jehan, Salim Halali, Yoshikazu Iwamoto, William Horncloud, Suntree Vachanon, Beatriz Pichi Malén, Eilís Ní Shúilleabháin, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Lorcan Mac Mathuna, Mari Boine, Joanna Newsom, Marianne Faithfull, LoJo, Daniel Lanois, the Beatles, REM, Loren Mazzacane Connors, and many, many anonymous voices from field recordings. And so much more to discover, I'm sure...
Sounds Like
(some more vaguely than others...) Marta Sebestyen, Kitka, Loreena McKennitt, Savina Yannatou, Mariana Sadovska, Warsaw Village Band, Bulgarian women's choir
Lily Storm is an American singer specializing in traditional world music who combines centuries-old vocal technique with an atmospheric, modern aesthetic. She performs songs handed down by oral tradition, with haunting melodies and raw emotions transported from a time long past.
Lily has studied with some of the greatest living masters of Eastern European styles (Kremena Stancheva, Merita Halili, Radostina Kaneva, Mariana Sadovska, Christos Govetas, Carl Linich, Tsvetanka Varimezova, Donka Koleva, Tatiana Sarbinska), and has traveled extensively, living for some months in Hungary and Greece and visiting Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro, Croatia and India. She also makes use of archival recordings to study ancient styles preserved into the early 20th century.
She performs with musicians and ensembles including Ryan Francesconi, Dan Cantrell, Aya Davidson, Greg Jenkins, Diana Rowan, Peter Maund, Kane Mathis, Bill Cope, Shira Kammen, Tim Rayborn, Dråm, Shea Comfort, Leslie Bonnett, Dan Ziagos, and Lucia Comnes.
Previously she sang with the Bay Area vocal ensemble Kitka for 5 years. As part of Kitka, she recorded as a soloist (The Vine, Wintersongs), collaborated in concert with ensembles including Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Ziyia, Ensemble Alcatraz, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, Davka, and Mariana Sadovska, and appeared on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion and NPR's Performance Today.
A solo cd will be out soon!Sign the mailing list to be notified of its release and upcoming concerts.
Hi Lily! I'm going to order your new cd very soon! :) I was listening few samples recently and wasn't sure are you singing in ukrainian and russian launguage in a few songs? Are you?:) Can't wait to have your cd in my player! Best regards, Leo
I am honored to receive your music, enchanted, touched, and inspired by the genuine sound of your voice and the instruments. And the lyrics are pure poetry...
Thank you so much Lily.
I will spread it to people that I know will appreciate it. And there are many.
Hi Lily! Thank you for your friendship, which I hope we can grow. Congratulations for your great talent and we wish you to success. A hug and a kiss from Mexico.
Just stopping by to say how wonderful your new CD is. So much beauty and attention to detail. I would expect nothing less from you. Congratulations - I am very happy it is finally out!
Hello Lily. Thanks a lot for adding me. You've got a marvellous voice, and the music is absolutely nice. Great talent. Best regards from Barcelona. Antonio
She performs with musicians and ensembles including Ryan Francesconi, Dan Cantrell, Aya Davidson, Greg Jenkins, Diana Rowan, Peter Maund, Kane Mathis, Bill Cope, Shira Kammen, Tim Rayborn, Dråm, Shea Comfort, Leslie Bonnett, Dan Ziagos, and Lucia Comnes.
Previously she sang with the Bay Area vocal ensemble Kitka for 5 years. As part of Kitka, she recorded as a soloist (The Vine, Wintersongs), collaborated in concert with ensembles including Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Ziyia, Ensemble Alcatraz, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, Davka, and Mariana Sadovska, and appeared on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion and NPR's Performance Today.
