ABOUT…..

“Melbourne’s LILITH  LANE is a musical chameleon with a fearless streak..crafting songs that cut deep.” Artsound FM

I feel so grateful that often when I come off stage an audience member comments on how my voice or a song has moved them. As a shy kid who would come to life under stage lights, I remember bringing  a tear to the eye of some parents when singing at dancing concerts. I found it pretty weird but loved collecting the winning trophies. I remember singing my heart out to Madonna with my head hanging out the window of my mum’s combi van.  Sitting with my head planted between the two speakers of a cassette boom box at the end of single bed listening to Kim Wilde. I thrashed Bonnie Raitt, Prince and Tori Amos as a teen and would dance around for hours in the lounge room with albums on repeat. I taught myself a few guitar chords on an old nylon string my uncle gave me. Music-making kind of found me. Noone played instruments in my working class household but playing music is in my blood. When I found my paternal family as an adult, it all started to make sense. Later I taught myself piano on an old upright in a sharehouse. I’ve loved getting lost in piano and writing songs ever since. Songwriting has been a meditation and comfort to me. A lot of my songs are for those who like a tug at their heartstrings.

I learnt audio production after a life change in my early twenties that meant I didn’t want to be in front of audiences. Retirement didn’t last long. Lured by the offer of touring in a band on keys and backing vocals, I’ve since played in numerous projects and still here making tunes. Weaving stories tall, wild and true that usually creep up when I’m playing piano or guitar. Sometimes when I’m feeling Baxter Avalon, I’ll make beats and synth swells for a retro pop dance around the kitchen.

BIO

Lilith Lane Geelong/Wathaurang born, Australian songwriter and performer. Has toured internationally with solo and band projects (Black Pony Express, Cliffy Davis Goodtime Band, Angie Hart, Horse Stories); appeared as a guest on national television show RocKwiz duetting with Tim Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House); played solo supports for Australian songwriting royalty Robert Forster (Go Betweens) & Stephen Cummings (Sports) was nominated for Best Female Artist in the Age EG awards; and contributed to a number of projects as a session player.

She has released four independent albums. Her most recent, ‘Trickery’, is an album of solo acoustic piano and guitar recordings. A departure from the jangling guitars and full-band sound of her previous album, ‘Pilgrim’, where she collaborated with the Spanish blues outfit Guadaluype Plata as her session band and released with Beast Records (Renne, France). Her album ‘Gold Diamond‘ played homage to strings and piano and her debut self-titled record is a roots, folk album considered “an impressive solo debut” (The Age). Side-project and alter-ego Baxter Avalon is a synth-pop retro wave high energy performance and recording project.

Raised in regional Victoria and immersed in the Melbourne/Naarm music scene since moving to the capital as a late-teen. Her first recording experience was at ABC studios Southbank as a teen lead vocalist in a Triple J unearthed band.