Friendship, Lomelda, Lily Talmers
About This Event
Friendship, Lomelda and Lily Talmers share a bill at Elsewhere, bringing three distinct approaches to songcraft rooted in rock, pop and alt-country. Friendship foregrounds alt-country songwriting and a direct stage presence; Lomelda (Hannah Read) emphasizes economy and careful dynamics; Lily Talmers offers spiritually inflected Midwestern lyrics often captured in live, single-take recordings and has received notice from NPR, No Depression and Under the Radar.
About the Artists
Friendship
Friendship is an individual artist working at the edge of rock and pop, with an alt-country strain in the songwriting. In New York City, the project has appeared at Elsewhere, sharing bills with artists like Lomelda and Lily Talmers under the straightforward event listing “Friendship, Lomelda, Lily Talmers.
Lomelda
Lomelda is the performance name of musician Hannah Read, who works in the rock and pop register with an emphasis on songwriting. She has described the name as an invented word, chosen more for its sound and image than for literal meaning.
Lily Talmers
Lily Talmers writes of the innate divinity in humanity from a palpably Midwestern vantage. Her lyrics are spiritual and strange—vivid images that range from sludge-covered and dismal to childlike and wondrous.