Artist description Alternately quirky and profound, or sinful and divine, or cosmic and calculating but always heartfelt and intense. Lygia Ferra is a captivating new talent with great songs that beg to be heard over and again. Her moody,expressive, wide-ranging voice inhabits diverse worlds, flowing in "dreamy mysterious volition" over a fresh weave of musical styles. The result is an organic and deeply grooving mix with a timeless yet modern edge.

Music Style Pop/Rock

Musical Influences Ricky Lee Jones, Billie Holliday, The Beatles, Motown, Elton John, Suzanne Vega, Anita Baker, Parliament, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Joan Armatrading

Similar Artists Tori Amos, Natalie Merchant, Edie Brickell, Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, PaulaCole, Ani Difranco, Jill Sobule

Artist History Lygia has been writing music since age twelve. Her early musical sensibilities were shaped by her parents' collection of Persian music and Billie Holliday records. Notable gigs have included a duet with Jerry Garcia; recordings with Santana, Bernie Worell, and Paris; numerous children's music tracks for Music for Little People; and a variety of commercial-radio and movie soundtrack productions, including vocalese and singing in five different languages. Lygia was one of 20 finalists (out of 800 submissions) at the 1999 San Francisco Lilith Fair Talent Search contest

Group Members Strange Peculiar is a grass-roots project involving more than 25 musicians, both well-known and unknown, including Micheal Manring (Micheal Hedges,Primus), Micheal Masley (Garbage, Ry Cooder, Tom Waits), Eric Bebow (SwitchBlade Symphony, Paula Cole), Cameron Stowe (Poe, Donna Dolorean), Van Sprogins (Paula Cole, Missing Persons), Quique Cruz (Jackson Browne, Sting),and Gigi Gonawi (Mariah Carey).

Instruments The songs on Strange Peculiar boast a wide-ranging, eclectic blend of instruments, from the usual bass, drums, and guitar to the more unusual,such as cymbalom, bass kalimba, dobro, cello, viola, ukelele, Hammond B3 organ, and gobek.

Albums Strange Peculiar is Lygia's first release.

Location Santa Monica, CA - USA

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