![]() February 8, 2025 "The CRAIC Radio Interview!" Lil's interview on WPPM 106.5 FM CRAIC Radio last Thursday, featuring 3 NEW SONGS, can now be heard in its 35 minute entirety... Read More |
![]() January 30, 2025 "You Have A Visitor!" Lili's latest release YOU HAVE A VISITOR will be available Monday Feb 3rd on most digital stores... Read More |
![]() January 12, 2025 "Fairy Tales!" The new single "Fairy Tales", from the upcoming release YOU HAVE A VISITOR, will be available tomorrow January 13th. Continue reading to listen to a short clip... Read More |
![]() December 9, 2024 "Life Or Death Back In Stock!" After being out of circulation for some time, Lili's import album is being made available... Read More |
![]() September 9, 2024 "Sold Out In Frenchtown!" Sunday Music Club:Jazz, Soul, Pop Dynamo Lili Añel, In Concert (SOLD OUT) was the post made on the venue's website. Crossing a small narrow bridge over the Delaware River to the other side is a beautiful town... Read More |
![]() March 23, 2024 "Music Majesty!" Lili & her twin sister, Barbara were interviewed by Phil Wharton on the INTRINSIC DRIVE website... Read More |
![]() January 15, 2024 "Fantastic Night At The Keswick Theatre!" Last night Lili kicked off her first show of 2024 at the Keswick Theatre accompanied by upright bassist, Sam Nobles... Read More |
BIOGRAPHY/PRESS Lili Añel considers music a calling. This striking six-foot tall singer-songwriter-musician grew
up in New York City's Spanish Harlem, where she discovered her passion for music. As a child,
Lili remembers singing along to her mother's Cuban, jazz and pop-standard albums. It was also
her mother who supported Lili's desire to join the church choir. However, it was her Afro-Cuban
grandfather's recognition of how much joy her singing brought others, being the voice that stood
out in that choir, which served to set her feet firmly on the path of a career in music. ![]()
Always defying rigid categorization, Lili's music has been called a hybrid of jazz/folk/soul/pop
always propelled by her powerful vocal stylings, guitar playing and songs that often recall her
eclectic influences, all merging seamlessly. "I am a sum of many parts ethnically, and my music
reflects this," she says. "I have many influences, but I am totally me. When I am asked, 'What
kind of music do you play?' my response is always 'I play Lili music.'" ![]()
Lili recently co-wrote a song for the award-winning play Folk City: The Greenwich Village
Musical. The track, "Lovers Leap," has
become a standout on the recently released cast album and was entered for several Grammy
categories. The song will be included in the upcoming film adaptation of the play, directed by
Venice Film Festival Award-winning director Jane Spencer.
Over all these years, Lili has performed to standing ovations from sold-out crowds in clubs to
concert halls. And now, she has her ninth album, You Have a Visitor, ready for release in
February 2025. Stepping aside from a full band, this is Lili at her most intimate, in a
guitar/acoustic bass/drums-percussion trio setting. It is also her first time as a producer. With
songs showing her wide range of influences, included are the free-form, Gil Scott Heron-inspired
"I Saw the Light"; the jazzy, whimsical "Fairy Tales"; cinematic song of resignation and
acceptance "Anymore"; and the African-roots folk track "Gone the Other Way." ("Lovers Leap"
is also featured as a bonus track.) And, of course, there is that incomparable voice anchoring this
highly anticipated, multiple-style-spanning release.
PDF Biography "You Have A Visitor" PDF Press Release 1/1/2025 PRESS PHOTOS Click on any thumbnail to open a full size image ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() REVIEWS “Lili's soulful jazz-folk vocals, her songwriting and her choices display enormous artistic maturity and depth. (Better Days) An album that should be heard from beginning to end and then repeated.” Marc Myers - JazzWax READ MORE "The songs on Better Days address real situations in Añel's own life and in others" Chris M Slawecki - All About Jazz READ MORE "Lili Añel remasters Better Days" A.D. Amorosi - Dosage Magazine READ MORE "This is a big voiced gal that knows how to really kick it out" Midwest Record Review READ MORE "This latest project from singer-songwriter Lili Añel is a great introduction to the depth and breadth of her music" Ken Francling's CD Of Notes READ MORE 'Better Days': Lili Añel Digs Into The Heart Of The Matter Carol Banks Weber - Festival Peak "Better Days, demonstrates why her career has such longevity." Angry Baby READ MORE "Better Days... A well balanced and easily enjoyable listen..." Take Effect READ MORE "Jazz Album of the Week: In Spirit, an Anthology from Lili Añel" Matt Silver - WRTI READ MORE "Lili Añel brings her acclaimed music career from New York To Philly" Suzanne Cloud - Broad Street Review READ MORE INTERVIEWS "Lili Añel Unplugged - the Post-Covid Interview" Carol Banks Weber - Substack READ MORE "Five questions with Philly jazz vocalist Lili Añel" WXPN - The Key READ MORE "Lili Añel returns to Steel City, celebrates release of 'Another Place, Another Time' " Southern Chester County Entertainment READ MORE MORE ALBUM REVIEWS |
February 6, 2025 | CRAIC Radio WPPM 106.5 FM | 4:00 PM Interview & Music - Philadelphia, PA | LIVE STREAM |
MARCH 8, 2025 | Women Songwriters In The Round | Kelly Center - Havertown, PA 19083 | BUY TICKETS |
APRIL 11, 2025 | Lili Trio | Orange - Delaware Water Gap, PA 18327 | TIX SOON |
APRIL 26, 2025 | Lili Trio | Godfrey Daniels - Bethlehem, PA 18015 | TIX SOON |