

![]() Whitewater Ramble 02/11/10 With:Thankful Dirt |
![]() Winds of Plague 02/16/10 With:Despised Icon For Today Stray From The Path The World We Knew |
![]() Veil of Maya 02/18/10 With:Animals As Leaders Circle Of Contempt Periphery |
![]() Backyard Tire Fire 02/20/10 With:Brighton, MA |
![]() Headlights 02/23/10 With:Canby Hanwell |
![]() Charlie Hunter 02/28/10 |
![]() Misery Index 03/01/10 With:Magrudergrind The Curse of Hail Sender Receiver |
![]() A Sunny Day in Glasgow 03/04/10 With:Wolves In The Attic Asteroid Marian |
![]() Cornmeal 03/06/10 With:Snafu Panic Pixel |
![]() Electric Six 03/31/10 With:Tyborn Jig Squidboy wkndrcrds |
![]() Love is All 04/08/10 With:wkndrcrds |
![]() The Morning Benders 04/09/10 With:Miniature Tigers Cashes Rivers |
![]() Pnuma Trio 04/11/10 With:Big Gigantic |
![]() Dum Dum Girls 04/12/10 |
![]() Cattle Decapitation 04/20/10 With:Gaza Upon Deaths Arrival From Citizen To Soldier |
![]() Doug MacLeod 05/25/10 |
Born in the rumbling cab of a stone truck, raised in Old North Knoxville, and aged in the oak of Knoxville’s smoky night haunts, The Black Lillies have come to the forefront of the East Tennessee Americana scene in little more than a year. Founded by multi instrumentalist and vocalist Cruz Contreras, co-founder of Robinella and the CCstringband, and singer-guitarist Leah Gardner, the group has created its own unique brand of country, roots, rock and blues via Appalachia. The group, formed in 2008, includes bassist Jeff Woods, electric guitar and pedal steel whiz Tom Pryor, and drummer Jamie Cook. In April, The Black Lillies released Whiskey Angel, their debut recording. The album was recorded live in Cruz’s living room by Sparklehorse drummer Scott Minor, and features Billy Contreras on fiddle. The Black Lillies have developed their own style of Americana music in true East Tennessee fashion. They may not fit any industry norm, but where they’re from, that’s a good thing.