Passionate Folk
Tamara Lewis, singer/songwriter out of Seattle, WA, delivers a mix of contemporary songs that blend folk, country, and blues. She has been most influenced by the likes of Alison Kraus, Nanci Griffith and Patsy Cline. She delivers her poetic lyrics and pure sound in a way that can best be described as passionate folk.
To quote Jennifer Layton of Indie-music.com, "Her voice is flawless, crystalline and heavenly." And "She could sing the directions off of a box of Pop Tarts and I'd download it."
Tamara's songwriting is inspired by conversations with friends, life's experiences and her 20-year career as a psychotherapist and from a surprisingly rich source: her survival of over a decade-long illness. She mines these deep shafts and writes beautifully and bravely about some of life's most painful truths and delivers them with heartrending vulnerability. Then she brings listeners back to safety with songs that are deeply comforting or delightfully clever and with a stage presence that is incandescent, engaging and funny.
Tamara wants people to feel like she is singing their life stories and helping them to know that they are not alone. And if there is only one person in the audience who didn't laugh, she will obsess about it for days.
Tamara started playing guitar and songwriting in her mid-40's and released her first CD, Long Time, No See when she was 48. Now at age 50, she has just released her second: Living Down River. She loves being told she is an inspiration to others contemplating following a dream later in life and enjoys being a "late bloomer."