This weekend there's a BRAND NEW music festival comin to LAWRENCE KS -- Looking forward to the Inaugural Kaw River Roots Festival!!! Limited 2 Day, Single Day, and Late Night tickets remain at https://kawriverroots.com/ Friday at 7pm you can catch the Lily B Moonflower Band LIVE on the Lot Stage at Kaw River Roots Festival See you there, music lovers! https://kawriverroots.com/ -- https://lilybmoonflower.com/

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Lily B Moonflower will be dropping 3rd single "Wild N Free" off debut album Moonflower on Friday Feb 29th! The world premiere of the song will happen Wednesday Jan 27th on 90.1 FM on Midday Medley with host Mark Manning! Tune in for your first listen! The song is a taste of whats to come from Lily's unreleased debut album Moonflower! Wild N Free is a meditation for the mind, a sonic tapestry created to align you with your sovereignty & freedom! Lily was inspired by a mysterious breeze in the air, to write the song & it became a staple in their live performance. You can hear the influence of folk legends & rock n roll stars in the song, melding together & creating what Lily calls Folk N Roll with a TWANG! PRE-SAVE LINK  https://show.co/xFFeBfP

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Moonflower surprises, but only those who didn’t already know Lily B. Moonflower 
by Max Paley 

Things that are NOT refreshing: taking a sip of the wrong can of beer that’s been sitting out too long, melting in a festival campground tent at sun’s first light and listening to ho-hum music that sounds recycled and too familiar. 

Things that ARE refreshing: iced tea or a dip in the lake on a hot summer day, driving a convertible with the top down and a new woman on the country music scene with true talent and ability.  

Enter: Lily B. Moonflower. Her debut album, Moonflower, is set for release February 12, 2021 and couldn’t come at a better moment in her musical journey. The daughter of a musician specializing in classical guitar and trombone, Lily grew up listening to classic Country gentlemen like Bob Wills and shuttling between her hometown and her grandparents’ place in Texas.  

In other words, she was born a country girl and her slide into country music is welcome to our ears! Twang indeed runs through her veins and as we slowly emerge from the pandemic we need a solid soundtrack. Fortunately, Moonflower delivers! 

In “Broke Bitch Blues” Lily shows off strong songwriting and storytelling abilities, including the most important one of all: relatability. While not everyone can relate to needing a six-shooter to protect themselves we’ve all had financial ups and downs and have at least felt broke even if we are able to stay fed and housed.  

In the same song she talks about having “nothing to prove.” Well, all musicians actually have a lot to prove, most of all to themselves. The difference with Lily is that she’s already proven herself even at such a young age, from the festival stages of Colorado to the 4 AM campfire jams at the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield, KS.  

Lily has some advantages over your average country singer. First, her musical heritage is not hurting anything. But, more importantly, she has surrounded herself with the right people, particularly her life partner Jake Keegan (of the nationally touring bluegrass act Grassfed) and the good people at Lost Cowgirl Records. The new album sounds straight out of Nashville in terms of quality.  

This is due mostly to the musical mind of Martin Farrell, Jr. Farrell retains his heavyweight Kansas Country producer belt that he acquired with 2018’s Cosmic Western Duos, defended with 2020’s Coffee & Laundry and more than holds on to with Moonflower. Farrell demands authenticity from his artists, performing very little post-production work on the album and absolutely no auto-tuning. This means that Lily is actually as good as she sounds on these recordings 

Moonflower makes for such an exciting listen because it solidifies both Lily B. Moonflower as a true Country singer-songwriter and and the Eastern Kansas Country scene as a legitimate one worth paying attention to. It is so refreshing to hear a woman telling her stories in such a digestible way and accompanied by an amazing slate of backing musicians. Plans are already in motion for a new duo album with Lily and Keegan and even a second solo album and we cannot wait! 

Is there a Kansas Country wave coming? If Moonflower and Farrell have anything to do with it then emphatically yes.

The first Bridge video premiere of 2021 is a “quintessential Midwestern celebration of love, celebration and music,” from singer-songwriter Lily B Moonflower.  

“Midnight Song” feels just like going home again. 

As she reminisces about “late nights dancing barefoot on the honky-tonk floor” — her inspiration for the tune — Moonflower’s voice shimmers over a wistful fiddle and a dusky resonator guitar. It calls to mind the enchantment of youth, the jubilation of love and the comfort of kinship. Often, our most treasured memories.  

The lead single from her upcoming debut album, “Midnight Song” also represents a mile marker in Moonflower’s career.  

“I started making music at 8 years old when my grandpa gave me a guitar, and now that I'm 23, my original music is now seeing the light of day,” she said. 

And that original music also got to make its way home – specifically, to Moonflower’s hometown of Desoto, Kansas, where most of the video was filmed.  

"Shooting the video in my hometown with all my friends and family felt like coming full circle,” she said. She also said that it represented the “magical, fleeting dream state that music creates.” 

It’s that moment of ecstasy where you’re lost in a song. Where time feels suspended. Where you’re twirling around a campfire, laughing with friends at your favorite neighborhood haunt, trading riffs on a small-town stage, dancing barefoot on the honky-tonk floor.  

And in that moment, you’re home. 

“Midnight Song” is available now on all major streaming platforms. It’s the first single from Lily B Moonflower’s upcoming album, “Moonflower,” dropping Friday, Feb. 12 via Lost Cowgirl Records.

Midnight Song, an original composition by Lily B Moonflower, now out on all streaming platforms! Listen now on Spotify, iTunes etc...
The track is a progressive americana anthem that embodies the essence of midwestern life. Combining genuine lyrics with soaring vocals, and intricate instrumental interplay-- this fresh single puts a unique spin on a classic sound. Released on NYE 2021 at midnight, the single will give you your first taste of Lily B Moonflower's debut album, Moonflower. Recorded at Lost Cowgirl Records Studio by Martin Farrell Jr, the song features fiddle by Michael Turnbo, dobro by Jake Keegan, electric guitar by Martin Farrell Jr, & harmony vocals by Jenna Rae. Official music video for Midnight Song will be released Friday Jan 8th, with a special premiere by 90.9 The Bridge.

Americana songwriter Lily B Moonflower of Lawrence, KS will release debut album “Moonflower” February 12, 2021. Telling stories about being “Wild and Free” to having the “Broke Bitch Blues”, Lily has been making her way through the Americana and jamgrass scene sharing her free-spirited style and soulful country voice from the main stages and around the campfires. Lily calls her music “folk n roll with a twang" and delivers her songs with grace and grit. Typically accompanied by a slew of talented bluegrass pickers, she also features an electric rock band setup. 

“Moonflower” was recorded at Lost Cowgirl Records studio by producer Martin Farrell Jr.. The album features some of Kansas City and Lawrence’s finest players including Jake Keegan on dobro, Colby Allen Walter on mandolin, Michael Turnbo & Shannon O’Shea on fiddle, Miki P on drums, Jenna Rae on saxophone and back up vocals, and producer Martin Farrell Jr. on back up vocals, pedal steel, piano, telecaster guitar, tambourine, and bells. The album captures a traditional roots sound but also has “dream-like” moments and explores new dimensions in traditional music. 

Lily B is a ray of sunshine on and off the stage and her passion for roots music is apparent at her live shows and through her music. This debut album gives you a peek into the mind of a young songwriter who longs to be connected to people and nature, loves searching for crystals and arrowheads, has experienced love and heartbreak, and brings the party to every show. She has shared the stage with Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, Jim Lauderdale, The Hillbenders, and many more. Lily is on a lifelong journey of creating music and this debut release will be one of many more to come.

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On Tuesday May 7th Lily B Moonflower band opened for the amazing Lukas Nelson and Promise Of The Real at Knuckleheads Saloon in Kansas City! 

It was a sold out show, packed in to the max! There was a great sense of community with friends gathering and singing along to Lily and Lukas's hit songs! Lukas Nelson and Promise Of The Real are celebrating the release of their new album in the most active way! They have one of the coolest rider requests ever, they are coordinating street teams to organize pop up famers markets out front before the shows, so fans can buy local, supporting farmers in the area! The record, Turn Off The News (Build A Garden) is a concerted effort between Promise Of The Real and Fantasy Recordings, to not only bring organic music to the world, but also to remind people to get informed about what's happening all around them in all moments! These guys are the most genuine and have touched so many souls on their journey. 

Lily says, "Its an honor to be associated with such genuine humans and such talented musicians. It inspires me to keep coming to the table and bringing what I've got, and to ALWAYS be true to myself. When you're true to your purpose, it inspires everyone around you to do the same. Being able to connect with people in this way is the magic of music," 

Check out Lukas Nelson's NEW SINGLE https://open.spotify.com/album/3O95tTa4QZSeVnNJMwGiYi

Check out Lily B Moonflower's NEW SINGLE https://lilybmoonflower.bandcamp.com/releases

Stay tuned for more updates and info about upcoming Lily B Moonflower shows and debut album release! 

On April 20th 2019, Lily B Moonflower dropped her FIRST SINGLE, Midnight Song, off her debut album, Moonflower! 

MIdnight Song, an original composition by Lily B Moonflower.
The track is a progressive americana anthem that embodies the essence of midwestern life. Combining genuine lyrics with soaring vocals, and intricate instrumental interplay-- this fresh single puts a unique spin on a classic sound. The track was produced by Kansas City's finest producer, Martin F. Farrell Jr. You can stream and download Midnight Song from Lily's website lilybmoonflower.com or on Lily's BandCamp page! It will be avaliable for streaming on spotify and all other platforms soon. 

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Guitar & Vocals- Lily B Moonflower 
Resonator Guitar- Jake Keegan 
Fiddle- Michael Turnbo 
Bass/Drums/Telecaster- Martin F. Farrel 
Harmony Vocals- Jenna Rae 

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