Society Hall is thrilled to host one of the most powerful voices (literally and figuratively) in folk music today in Lilli Lewis, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 30. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the show are available online at www.societyhall.org or in person at the Green Spot in Alamosa and are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. The concert will also stream on the Society Hall Facebook page and You-Tube channel. Lewis will perform as a duo.

Athens, Ga., native turned “New Orleans Folk Rock Diva,” Lewis is a powerhouse composer and performing artist with “storytelling with transformative empathy and classically trained poise” (Jewly Hight, NPR.org). Lewis is a voice for the voiceless in “Americana,” her third full album for Louisiana Red Hot Records, lauded by NPR, Rolling Stone, Offbeat Magazine and the New Orleans Times-Picayune. “One of the most powerful records of 2021, Lilli Lewis' ‘Americana’ offers up 13 tracks of raw, unfiltered talent…jaw-dropping vocal stylings, sharp lyricism, irresistible hooks and a needed perspective that's often overlooked,” stated Lorie Leibig, TheBoot.com.

Trained as an opera singer and classical pianist, singer-songwriter Lewis has been a composer, producer and performing artist for over two decades. She has been known as the Folk Rock Diva since performing in the Folk Rock band The Shiz, founded with her wife Liz Hogan.

During the shutdown, Lewis performed a powerful set for the Kennedy Center’s Arts Across America series, sang “My American Heart” for a voters’ rights benefit (where Broadway star Mandy Patinkin compared her voice to “the color of light”), and performed for WWOZ-FM's Piano Night benefit alongside celebrated artists like Jon Batiste and Ivan Neville.

As the live music scene started to rev up again, Lewis started 2022 with a live set for The Kennedy Center, followed by performances at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, and Mountain Stage to name a few. Lewis also received a “Spirit of Folk” award from Folk Alliance International for her efforts with a New Orleans based public health campaign, and her work in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Folk, Americana, and Country music.

Her full ensemble, known as the Lilli Lewis Project, is a “pan-generational cult of radical decency” willing to traverse any musical terrain, bearing the spirit of days when everyone still seemed to believe music could change the world. She hopes her audiences leave her performances knowing two things: that they are brilliant as they are, and that they have the ability to use their own brilliance to make a better world.