biography

Lawzie doesn't so much sing songs as conjure them. Part Madeiran fado, part heartbreak Nashville, part grunge séance, her sound draws as easily from Patsy Cline as it does from Alice in Chains and Jeff Buckley, with a folkloric streak that owes more to Brigid and old woodland witches than to any Music Row songbook.

The result is a strange and beautiful contradiction: gorgeous, aching melodies wrapped around lyrics that are dark, personal, and often unflinchingly abrasive. Nothing about a Lawzie song is decorative - every line earns its place.

Her debut album, Take It Ma, was recorded in local legend John Cox's bedroom studio, and it shows: raw, intimate, and haunting, it plays less like a record and more like a documentary of a life being lived in real time.

Live, Lawzie commands devotion rather than just attention. Backed by her band of minstrels, a platform of harmony and instrumentation she builds her musical throne upon, she treats her audience less like fans and more like a congregation, rewarding them each time with something honest and unrepeatable.

She's a regular on BBC Introducing, and has shared stages and duetted with national touring artists. Never boring, always poetic, always true - Lawzie is bringing songs from her confessional hymnal to venues across the region, one haunted song at a time.