PRESS RELEASES

THE SHIZ: “MEET YOU IN THE MORNING” OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
1/4/2014

Marriage Equality may not have reached the “bon temps” state of Louisiana, but that hasn’t stopped Liz Hogan and Lilli Lewis from joining in music and matrimony.

A quick youtube search on the Lilli Lewis moniker will reveal plenty of earnest little understated morsels from the artist, and comments like “Most slept on black folk singer. I listen to her when I want to be high on my soul,” followed by the inevitable “why haven’t I heard of you before?” That could be because for the last 5 years, the deceptively shy soul/folk songstress from Athens, GA has been living in Louisiana, making “hallelujah and shake your booty” music with The Shiz, an original roots rock and soul band said to have “enough energy to power a large city.” (indie-music.com) [read more]


THE SHIZ: “MEET YOU IN THE MORNING” ALBUM REVIEW
12/17/13

The Shiz is an up-and-coming folk rock band from New Orleans, and their sophomore album Meet You in the Morning, should set the bar for 2014. Running nearly 80 minutes, it is a journey through emotions that span a lifetime, spread over three movements. If you’re in need of a booty-shakin’ good time that will also jog the far recesses of your mind, look no further. The joy and the sorrow; the battle scars and victory cries — it’s all there. [read more]


THE SHIZ: BIO (2014)

“Most slept on black folk singer. I listen to her when I want to be high on my soul.” A quick youtube search on the Lilli Lewis moniker will reveal plenty of earnest little morsels from the artist, and comments like this one followed up with the inevitable “Why haven’t I heard of you before?”

It could be because for the last 5 years, the deceptively shy soul/folk songstress from Athens, GA has been living in Louisiana, making “hallelujah and shake your booty” music with The Shiz, an original roots rock and soul band said to have “enough energy to power a large city.” (indie-music.com)

Lilli formed The Shiz with her wife, Liz Hogan in January of 2009 when they moved to Liz’s hometown of Hammond, LA after spending one and a half years working at a Buddhist retreat center in Northern Colorado. Hogan, herself a folk artist to the bone, with a penchant for silt rivers and old songs in minor keys, says they found their indie rock alter-ego because “being an artist and being gay in small town Louisiana makes people want to be loud sometimes.”
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