Wonderland Drops September 23

Lissy Walker is a jazz singer, but she brings her own unique spin to the music by adding elements drawn from the worlds of folk, country, and 70s acoustic pop. Walker's burnished vocals and her virtuosic band slip effortlessly between genres to create their own soulfully sweet sound––dreamy and bittersweet, heartfelt and swinging––on her stunning new recording, Wonderland.
For most of us, the word wonderland conjures up images of Lewis Carroll's surrealistic fables, as well as a dizzying array of misty-eyed impressions gleaned from a lifetime of listening to popular songs and reading romantic novels. Lissy Walker shares some of the same impressions, but with more of an edge.

"This is an album of love songs," Walker says, "but the overall feel this time is darker. The romance is still there, with the hopes and dreams tempered by a touch of reality. I've always been fascinated with Alice in Wonderland and the themes of imagination, change, loneliness, curiosity, dreams, visions and the frustration of expectations the novel evokes. It can be risky when we act from our curiosity and desires and thrilling. I found myself drawn to songs that explored these ideas and this is where the songs on Wonderland live."
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