zoe lewis

Bio:

ZOË LEWIS … Who Is She? A worldbeat-vaudeville extravaganza! ZOË LEWIS is a band in a body! She plays jazz, jump jive, latin grooves, swing, international folk, funk originals on anything from the piano to the spoons! Troubadour/vaudevillian/storyteller/singer-songwriter/piece of work! Her song SMALL IS TREMENDOUS can be heard on commercials for MINI PRINGLES and for TK MAXX in the U.K. She’s written the soundtrack for a new documentary on the VAGINA MONOLOGUES entiltled VENUS, PRIESTS and SUPERWOMEN and her song SHEEP was included on the PUTUMAYO "Folk Playground" compilation and became 1 in the Satellite radio children’s charts and remained in the top 20 for over 40 weeks. WINNER of the Colorado Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Troubadour Award in 2003, NEW FOLK WINNER 2002 at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas and 2001 Falconridge Folk Festival AUDIENCE FAVORITE she is now getting booked to play many of the main stages with virtuoso jazz recorder player ROXANNE LAYTON (from Mannheim Steamroller) and teaches songwriting and performance. ZOË has performed with a whole host of incredible musicians including JULIE WOLF (Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn), GAIL ANN DORSEY (David Bowie), PAUL PIERCY (Dixie Chicks), FREEBO (Bonnie Raitt) and has toured with JUDY COLLINS, NANCI GRIFFITH and RICHIE HAVENS. Originally from England, she now resides in Provincetown, MA, U.S.A. where she performs every summer to the Cape Cod tourists. Her music is upbeat, amusing and perfect for young and old alike. She has traveled all over the globe picking up worldbeat grooves and stories on the way; jumping box cars, riding on freight boats and has even played music with an elephant orchestra in Thailand. While at once setting listeners off balance with her quirky spin on things she sneaks in simple, potent messages, leaving audiences worn out and inspired. Zoe has toured all over the Unites States, England, Germany, Australia and aboard OLIVIA cruises. As well as continuing her solo career she is receiving much acclaim for her quartet ZOË LEWIS and her RUBBER BAND with Seattle bassist KATE WOLF, Quebec City percussionist SYLVIE RICHARD and ROXANNE LAYTON, on recorder. Performing upbeat and edgy tunes on a variety of weird instruments, telling traveling tales that will take you from England to New Orleans by way of Bangkok and Guatemala, they bend the notes and stretch your imagination! Zoe has 5 albums of original material available on www.zoelewis.com

Member Since:

March 16, 2008

Members:

Zoe and a random selection of musicians from around the world!

Influences:

World Music, gypsies and circus bands and french accordion players and black and white movies and tin cans and old pianos and spoons and things that grow on trees and cartoons and tango dancers and washtub basses and all ukulele players to name a few.....

Record Label:

Unsigned