![]() ![]() I got turned on to Lacy by local outsider-pop genius Rollin Hunt, and at one point (before a terminal computer mishap) I had at least a half dozen of her albums. ![]() Her latest, The Country Singer, showcases one of the few relatively consistent elements in her work: her big, gorgeous voice, which is totally distinctive despite being perfectly plain. She’s done cover albums devoted to Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Jeffrey Lewis her 2009 LP Myriad is all electroacoustic guitar improvisations, edited down from 45 hours of live recordings made in the Machine Project’s storefront gallery and in 2008 she released an album of more or less straightforward romantic folk called I’m Here Babe. Like many visual artists, she goes through periods of intense focus on a particular technique or motif to get a sense for the whole of her, you have to take a long view. The way Lacy approaches her career makes her a natural fit for the art world-she’s unconcerned with publicity, indifferent to moving product, and prefers reinventing herself between projects to establishing an easily packaged identity. Lacy has performed at MoMA PS1, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Hammer Museum, and this winter she joined her comrades from LA collective the Machine Project for part of a seven-week residency at a Cleveland gallery called Spaces as well as two days of short performances in an igloo outside the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. When she tours, she rarely plays clubs-it’s either house shows or museums these days, with little in between. She’s prolific, with 15 albums to her name since she started releasing music in 2005, but she puts out records at her own whim, via her website, with no fanfare. Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Emily Lacy is as talented as she is obscure. Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation.Best of Chicago 2022: Music & Nightlife. ![]() Get your Best of Chicago tickets! Line-Up Announced > Close ![]()
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