The Connection Between Gospel and 60s Soul
“I didn’t think I was going to live past 20 years old,” recounts Liz Vice.
It’s a surprising revelation considering the vitality and energy she exudes onstage, but it brings context to the utter joy and gratefulness and humility and magic that imbues her soulful voice throughout There’s A Light, her debut album.
Vice is an unlikely breakout artist—she’ll be the first to tell you that she never intended to share her singing voice with anyone—but she’s overcome the odds with a survivor’s spirit, discovering that sometimes we have to travel dark roads and long nights before the sun can illuminate our true path.
There is indeed a light shining over Liz Vice. It saved her all those years ago just when she thought her life was ending, and it shone down upon a new calling, one in which she gets up onstage every night and shares that light with the world. Come what may, Liz Vice is gonna let it shine.
The connection between gospel and 60s soul is reaffirmed on There’s A Light. ~ The New York Times
“If you took a little of the jazzy traits of Nina Simone mixed with the depth in tone and effortless delivery of an Aretha Franklin, this might be the result.” ~ My Old Kentucky Blog
Liz Vice performs on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave., Asheville. Call (828) 232-5800 or visit www.thegreyeagle.com
