Voices on Grand with Sam Lewis

Voices on Grand is a monthly series hosted by Arts on Grand in Spencer, Iowa. We are excited to announce that we have Sam Lewis from Nashville joining us for an evening.
Donations of $20 is requested
Sam Lewis has collaborated with everyone from Leon Russell to The Wood Brothers.
Chris Stapleton dubbed him “
a modern Townes Van Zandt
”. He’s often labeled with
some form of the word ‘
soulful
’ (some have even compared his voice to molasses), Lewis’
style meets at a juncture of many different genres however he’s discovered what most
musicians spend lifetimes working for; the place where feel-good music meets vital
social commentary.
After spending a nomadic youth throughout the Southeast (USA), he began calling
Nashville home in 2009. Since then he’s been joined on his journey by some of music’s
most righteous and luminary figures. He has pressed the first few chapters in his
career’s studio anthology with the release of his self-titled debut (2012). His sophomore
release
WAITING ON YOU
(2015) features an impressive list of Nashville notables all
placing their stamp on this enduring expression of un-compromised songwriting.
Billboard announced the highly anticipated third studio release
third studio release
LOVERSITY
(2018)
and landed Lewis a spot on Rolling Stone’s “
10 New Artists to
Watch
” list, with writer Marissa Moss describing the album as, “...
seventies psychedelic
soul, with a storyteller’s eye, a swampy Southern groove and an emotional, political
punch.
”
SOLO
(
released
2020) is a solo-acoustic album recorded at Southern Ground
Studios in Nashville in front of a live audience that captures Lewis in his element
.
HARLEY KIMBRO LEWIS
(2022) is a trans-Atlantic collaboration with England’s own
Martin Harley and East Tennessee all-star Daniel Kimbro t
hat
features a collection of all
original material recorded in Nashville. The long-awaited new studio album
SUPERPOSITION
(
2024
) irresistibly fuses Americana undertones to hazy dream-like
melodies with psychedelic instrumental flourishes. Comprising eight atmospherically
captivating originals alongside a compellingly unique take on Dire Straits’ ‘Walk of Life’.
EVERYTHING’S FINE
(2026) is Lewis’s 7th studio album featuring a more sparse and
intimate approach filled with songs that live under an umbrella titled, ‘Everything’s
Fine’ which Lewis says,
“is kind of a blanket statement I have become obsessed with for
a while now...I love it’s duality and it’s usage whether it’s regarding the micro or
macro of life...maybe everything’s fine, maybe it’s not, maybe it’s ‘fine’ in the macro
sense but not at all in the micro sense or vice versa. I am definitely guilty of using it to
define situations that are in fact NOT ‘fine’. We all have different thresholds of what
may or may not be ‘fine’ but our unwillingness to accept discourse can lead to a further
sense of disconnection if not properly addressed. ‘Everything’s Fine‘ is the most
appropriate statement for the world I find myself living in at the moment.”
This impressive body of work has received critical acclaim and each session has grown
with the legendary family for which he has adopted to curate and share his musical
inner-vision with his listeners.
While each album has a distinct sound, they all circle back to one universal theme and
certainly something you will hear Lewis preach to his audience,
“we are all trying to get
somewhere — all running from something or toward something; we’re all in it
together, though.