She is Lana Del Rey and Joni Mitchell, Mazzy Star and Amy Winehouse. While country music and Americana inarguably have a place in her sound, Meola’s sweet spot lies somewhere in the intersection of dreampop and soulful folk. On her upcoming EP Daydream, she tosses those assumptions to the wind. But Nelson’s imprimatur was a mixed blessing, setting expectations that Meola was a dyed-in-the-wool country singer. The country music legend had given Meola, then only 20, his stamp of approval and recorded a duet with her for his album To All the Girls…. When people began hearing Lily Meola’s name mentioned alongside that of Willie Nelson back in 2013, they were rightly impressed.
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