Liz Longley

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Best known for her stop-you-in-your-tracks voice, Liz Longley is an accomplished singer-songwriter based out of Nashville, TN. With her deeply emotional music, Longley has earned accolades from some of the most prestigious songwriting competitions in the country, including the BMI John Lennon Songwriting Scholarship Competition.

Longley studied under Livingston Taylor at Berklee College of Music, and the beloved folkie was proud enough of his star pupil’s talents that he invited her on stage during his performance at our very own Shalin Liu Performance Center. It’s not just Taylor who has noticed Longley’s impressive songwriting ability. NPR Music recorded her set at the Newport Folk Festival, and posted it online as an artist to watch. She has been singled out by SiriusXM Radio and invited to play in their studio, and was named one of their Coffee House Discoveries of 2011.

Longley worked alongside 5-time Grammy-nominated producer Paul Moak on her much awaited sixth album, Funeral For my Past. The journey of her self-release made music industry headlines when her devoted fanbase raised over $150,000 to help her purchase the rights to and independently release the album. Longley became the #4 most funded solo female musician in Kickstarter history – a story covered by Billboard Magazine.