In August of 2018 Liz Vice sat down with friends Paul Zach and Orlando Palmer just one day shy of the Unite the Right Rally 1 year anniversary, to re-work the Woody Guthrie classic “This Land is Your Land,” with the intention of writing lyrics that reflected the origin story of America. This powerful version of “This Land is Your Land” performed by Liz Vice is out today on all digital platforms, purposely released to coincide with the July 4th Holiday this weekend. “
There are a lot of reasons to celebrate being American,” Vice told Folk Alley but one thing that must first be talked about is the history. Healing can’t begin without first acknowledging the gaping wound created by the colonization, the mass genocide of the Indigenous people, and the enslavement of African slaves. There is still much work to be done.”
Liz Vice is somewhat of an accidental artist. “Artist” is a label the Los Angeles resident by way of Portland, Oregon has been pretty resistant to most of her career up until now. At age 19 Liz was put on hemodialysis due to failing health. Her life was saved by a kidney transplant she received in 2005. After college Liz set out to pursue a career in film production, but when she joined up with a new church and began to sing with a worship team on Sundays everything changed. She got the call, a call she knows was from God to share the gift of her voice with anyone who would listen.
Vice’s sound is a fusion of Gospel and R&B, with dynamic and soulful vocals, and lyrics, deeply rooted in spirituality, that gives her work a timeless feel. Her last full-length album, Save Me, debuted in the top 25 on the Billboard Gospel charts.
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