Texas-based singer-songwriter and Americana artist Elizabeth Wills has a voice that Dallas Morning News compared to “female singer/songwriter greats such as Carly Simon, Shawn Colvin, and Sarah McLachlan.” Her songs – real and riveting – keep listeners engaged start to finish.

 

In her latest studio project, Marigolds From Ashes, Wills is featured on lead vocalist, piano and guitar. Producer and close friend, renown musician Mike Daane helped Wills articulate her vision for the album and took her music and songs to new levels. Incredible musicians and friends collaborated with Wills and Daane on this collection of original songs, including Chris Holt, Richard Martin, Sam Swank, Alex Hahn, Jerry Saracini, Aaron Kelly, Michael Jerome, Ginny Mac, Andy Timmons, Mitch Marine, Brad Thompson, Rob Avsharian, Lloyd Maines, Danny O'Brien, Jeffery Barnes, John Bush, & Hilary Tipps,

 

“The culmination of every single thought, prayer, action, and word has the potential for so much power; light or dark. This project was a coming together of light, love, the highest intentions, and the greatest good. I was going through the death of my dad, my beloved dog, Joni, and the collective grief and anxieties of COVID. It really felt like it was time to put the songs and spirit out there, to remind us to look for the rising of beauty from the ashes; and I realized it didn't have to necessarily rise up.. I just needed to look in the remains of the days and see there was so much beauty and resilience in each of us. With Mike at my side bringing the songs to life and finding the perfect combinations of musicians and tones/feel, I think we created something special.”

 

Influenced by writer-artists Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and their contemporaries, Wills bases songs in honesty, goodness, and vulnerability. Fans relate, and the industry has taken notice as well. Wills is a past winner of the Dallas, Texas-based B.W. Stevenson Songwriting Competition and was a finalist in the New Folk Competition (Kerrville Folk Festival).

 

With her band and as a solo artist, Wills has played notable festivals like ACL, South by Southwest, Kerrville Folk Festival, Austin City Limits Festival, Southwest Regional Folk Alliance, The Backyard and more. She enjoys regular airplay on college radio stations across the country and NPR affiliates in Austin, Dallas, and Fort Worth, and she has guested on the nationally syndicated radio show "What D’ya Know."

 

Wills’ present touring band includes herself on keys, guitar, and Irish tin whistle; Mike Daane on bass; Sam Swank on guitar; Alex Hahn on drums; and Kristin DeWitt (backing vocals).