Lucy Wijnands

“Art is the process of being lost and found all at once.” Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Lucy was surrounded by all kinds of music. Her mother is an art historian and self-proclaimed “defender of the groove,” who brought the funk, soul, and rock. Stereo blasting, hard dancing and loud singing was big in their house. Lucy grew up in an environment where love, liberation, and celebration of the individual was the norm. Her father is one the few living masters of stride piano. He took Lucy to gigs as a toddler where she learned to swing seated on his knee while his hands moved up and down the piano. Soon enough she was the precocious young singer, soaking up wisdom from Kansas City’s jazz masters. While she was bonding with her dad, she was also nurturing a maturity of voice and poise that defied her age. Lucy's first record release, "Something Awaits" not only serves as documentary evidence that art is the process of being lost and found all at once, but it also imprints the convergence of lifelong influences that paved the way before the destination itself was known.