Biography
Liz Longley recently released her latest collection of songs, “Somewhere In The Middle,” featuring songs that have won her recognition as one of the finest talents writing songs today. She will graduate from Berklee College of Music in 2010 having been awarded their highest honor for songwriting, the Scott Benson Scholarship. Her song "Rush" was chosen as the No. 1 song in Berklee's 2009 Songwriting Competition, and “Whatever Goes Up” was the No. 2 song in the contest a year ago. Additionally, Liz was the student selected by Berklee College of Music to represent the school in the 2009 Kennedy Center Conservatory Project in Washington, DC.
Her prowess in music is not strictly academic. Recent songs won Liz recognition in the Big Four of singer/songwriting competitions of the acoustic scene for 2009: New Folk finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival, Emerging Artist at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, 2009 Co-Winner of the Mountain Stage New Song Contest, and Grand Prize Winner of the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival’s Songwriter Showcase.
‘The Telegraph’ of New Hampshire says, "Longley’s songs swell with honesty and genuine emotion that most of us are unable to admit to but recognize all the same.” Pop icon John Mayer broke into an impromptu rendition of Liz’s song ‘Queen’ during a visit to Berklee and has described her music as “gorgeous.” The Washington Post agrees and adds, “This voice won’t stay small long… singer-songwriter Liz Longley seems destined for a bigger audience.”
In addition to regularly sharing the stage with Livingston Taylor, Liz has opened for acclaimed acts such as Colin Hay, Nanci Griffith, Jesse Colin Young, Kenny Rankin and Jonathan Edwards. An engaging performer, Liz recently shattered the CD sales record as an opening act at Tupelo Hall.
Instrumentation
*Liz Longley: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar & Piano
Sometimes Accompanied by:
*Sarah Zimmermann: Background Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
OR
*Johnny Duke: Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocals, Dobro
Band Line-up:
Johnny Duke: Electric Guitar, Dobro, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocals
Jake Cohen: Drums
Derek McWilliams: Bass
Discography
"Somewhere in the Middle" - 13 song CD produced by Grammy Award winner Glenn Barratt at Morningstar Studios. June 2009
"Take You Down" - 12 song CD. Produced, engineered and mixed by MorningStar Studio's Grammy Award winning Glenn Barratt. June 2007.
"Naked Trees" - 5 song EP. Not available online.
Links
| http://www.myspace.com/lizlongley |
| www.LizLongley.com |
| Myspace |
| Facebook Fan Page |