Lilly Hiatt: Driving Tunes and Life Lessons

February 20, 2025

Singer-songwriter Lilly Hiatt has an interesting way of working melodies and a down to earth way of telling stories about her life and about how she sees the world. All of her albums have cool, crunchy guitar parts that take folk songwriting to a new rockin’ level. On her new album ‘Forever,’ Hiatt’s diverse influences are woven into songs that touch on everything from relationships to anxiety and mental health to good old-fashioned rock & roll. In our Basic Folk…

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