Lily Vakili

Americana Highways says about Lily's latest project - the EP LIVE WIRE: “…‘Anybody Knows,’ a crawling, dirty blues song that underlines Vakili’s smoldering, femme fatale vocals…‘Heart’s Afire’ drifts and oozes on Hart’s fat, round bassline as Vakili’s drawling, breathy vocals imbue the lyrics with simmering passion…this track summons suggestions of Springsteen’s ‘I’m On Fire.’ Both are enormously sensual and unapologetic. Tangs of swampy blues textures give ‘I’ve Been Hiding’ an ooey gooey flow, while at the same time providing a nasty, bluesy matrix for Vakili’s deliciously howling voice”. Born in Honduras to a family of six, Lily Vakili was raised across Honduras, Florida, Thailand, Puerto Rico, and Iowa absorbing pieces of each place, each culture, along the way. This shaped her voice, her worldview, and her lifelong search for connection. Before she found her footing in music, Vakili built a life as a dancer, an actor, a lawyer, and a mother. She was drawn to songwriting not by ambition or industry, but by a deep, undeniable need to give voice to the world around her and the one within. The past decade has seen her channel that force through 6 studio albums released both as a solo artist and with Vakili Band each one experimenting with the wide, untamed possibilities of rock. "I love the serendipitous nature of art, Vakili says. Its disruptive, its intentional, its an exertion of will."