Lila Nelson

Born in Ann Arbor, MI, Lila Nelson began her prolific musical life in the Santa Margarita River
Valley of Southern CA with stints in WA, ID, and Santa Cruz, CA and years in beautiful and remote
Arcata, CA where she honed her skills as a performer and worked between tour dates as a beloved
DJ on the award winning station, KHUM.
What began as knack for lyricism and harmony blossomed into enviable song crafts-womanship, stage
savvy and musicianship. With her guitar and piano based songs somewhere between the stark, often
wry first person of Loudon
Wainwright III and her own rich elliptical song-scapes,
Nelson's sound is both seasoned and fresh. Loudon remarks on her 2004 debut: "Great
songs.poetic tendrils that cling." In 2005 she was featured on the front page of Neil Young's
website with her song "Fresh
Paint." She was also named semi-finalist in the International
Songwriting Competition for "Hold
it in Your Hand" and she played with the celebrated Richie
Havens.
Her work has been featured in numerous stage productions including Arts United of Washington
D.C.'s "The Scenic Route." She has sung and acted with the internationally acclaimed Dell' Arte School of
Physical Theater.
Her recent recording endeavors found her working in Santa Monica, CA with F
reddy Koella (Bob
Dylan, k.d. lang, Carla Bruni) and touring with Kenny
Edwards (Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris).
"Lette
r Home" features Koella, Edwards, Don Heffington (Jayhawks) and Stewart Cole (Sara
McLachlan, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros). Upon moving to Oakland, CA in 2009 Nelson
opened for Ben Folds
at the premiere Bay Area venue, The Fox Theater
and toured east playing
shows with Russell Chudnofsky (Lori Mckenna, Sara Borges) and John Sands (Aimee Mann, Liz Phair).
Her 5 independent releases
receive airplay all over the world.
In a razor sharp world that favors the soundbite, Nelson maintains a rich inner life, an
irrepressible sense of humor, and a profound facility for poetry--all delivered in a sizzlingly
charismatic package.
".Something rare: the ability to live passionately in the world while at
the same time sharply observing it.She’s a poet." KOOP, Austin Texas
“Fans of the soul-searching poetry of Leonard Cohen or Kate Wolf will love Lila Nelson.”
-Performing Songwriter Magazine
“Lila’s heartfelt emotion delivers. We are hers, we are here, we listen and smile; her comfort is
contagious.”
- Times-Standard
Nelson's latest release is a three song audio postcard titled "We Never Came" featuring the
production work of Mike Dronkers. She is currently in the studio with Sebastian Rogers.



Listen to Lila's audio-biography here:



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Buy the newest CD"We Never Came"



Label:
Madeline Music
Booking:
Allison Austin Productions
AllisonAustinProductions@gmail.com
818.395.7091
Distribution:
Burnside Distribution Corporation
503.231.0876
Radio:
Brad Hunt - WNS Group
bhsabres@aol.com
845.358.3003
Press:
Shytown T. Baker
promo@lilanelson.org
831.345.0818