“Chance the Rapper and Kanye West may use gospel elements to give their music a reverent lilt, but the genre hasn’t had many crossover evangelists since Kirk Franklin’s hip-hop bombast brought it to the pop charts in the 1990s. Enter Ms. Vice, whose version of gospel is more rootsy than radio. She has a rich voice that fits easily into her groovy yet understated arrangements; the result recalls the gentle revival of artists like Leon Bridges. “ - The New York Times
“Liz Vice walks the stony road to redemption, delivering tunes that celebrate the victory over the illusions that hold us down while acknowledging the heavyweight of self-doubt and missed opportunities for loving others that we bear.” - No Depression
“Liz Vice is unpretentious and uncomplicated on Save Me, a gospel album that aims straight for the spirit. Vice’s faith-based music, influenced by legends Mavis Staples and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, is lifting.” - Bitch Magazine
“The mindfulness she brings to the stories she tells on Save Me proves essential, and powerful.” - NPR
“No matter what listeners’ relationship with faith, religion, or belief might be, Vice’s message is as old as time – and more necessary than ever.” - The Buegrass Situation
Gospel Chart-Topper Liz Vice has released A Soulful Holiday with Liz Vice out today on Oro Music . Vice not only performed on but handled the arrangements and co-produced the EP alongside Niji Adeleye who is currently on tour with Harry Styles’ playing keys in his band. The three-song EP features an all-star group of musicians that includes Leonn Meade on Drums (Richard Ashcroft, Tom Jones), Curtis Cumberbatch on Guitars (Ed Sheeran, Little Mix, Michelle Williams, Emma Bunton, Rebecca Ferguson, Eric Benét ), Arran Powell on Bass (Emeli Sandé). Liz's soulful take on these arrangements and performance breathes a new funk-filled life into these holiday classics. “You know, I told myself that I wouldn’t put out a Christmas EP,” says Vice.” But this team was an absolute dream. The cream de la cream. The cream of the crop. Nothing beats making music with your friend and then listening to the final project over and over and over again. Super thankful it all came together. Everyone did an amazing job.”
This EP follows Vice’s reinterpretation of the Woody Guthrie classic This Land is Your Land released earlier this year. NPR’s Folk Alley commented“ Vice’s minor chord version rings with a spaciousness that opens it poignantly into a lament: a lament for the unjust killings of black men and women and indigenous peoples by police brutality and unjust systemic racism.”
Vice who is originally from Portland, spent time living in New York and has now settled in Los Angeles is somewhat of an accidental artist. At age 19, Liz was put on hemodialysis due to failing health. Her life was saved by a kidney transplant she received in 2005. After college, Liz set out to pursue a career in film production, but when she joined up with a new church and began to sing with a worship team on Sundays, everything changed. She got the call, a call she knows was from God to share the gift of her voice with anyone who would listen. In college, Liz set out to pursue a career in film production, but when she joined up with a new church and began to sing with a worship team on Sundays, everything changed. She got the call, a call she knows was from God to share the gift of her voice with anyone who would listen.
Liz Vice’s sound is a fusion of Gospel and R&B, with dynamic and soulful vocals, and lyrics, deeply rooted in spirituality, that give her work a timeless feel. Her last full-length album, Save Me, debuted in the top 25 on the Billboard Gospel charts, was featured in NPR’s First Listen program, received praise from the New York Times, No Depression, American Songwriter, The Bluegrass Situation, Bitch Magazine and more. Vice’s music and live performances have put her on the map as an artist to watch. She has shared the stage with artists such as Lake Street Dive, Rodriguez, Joss Stone, The Wood Brothers, Lecrae, Blind Boys of Alabama and performed at Mavis Staples’ 80th Birthday at the Apollo alongside Mike Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger sharing the stage with such artist as David Byrne, Norah Jones, Jon Batiste, Warren Haynes and more.
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