Jane Lui | |
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Birth name | Jane Wing-Chi Lui |
Also known as | LuieLand |
Born | April 24th United States |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Genres | Pop, rock |
Occupation(s) |
Singer-songwriter Producer Performer |
Instruments |
Vocals Piano Guitar Percussion Melodica Glockenspiel Music box |
Years active | 2000-present |
Labels | unsigned |
Website | www |
Jane Lui is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Southern California.
Lui grew up in Hong Kong and at the age of 12, she moved to the United States.
Her musical influences include Tori Amos, Kate Bush, and Björk. She has opened for Jason Mraz, Jim Bianco, Kate Earl, Vienna Teng, Tom Brosseau, and others. In 2004, she started her solo career. Since then, she has released three albums.
Lui voices Mother Tanaka in the 2012 animated short film, Hibakusha, alongside Karin Anna Cheung, Daisuke Suzuki, and William Frederick Knight.
Lui has a degree in music education from San Diego State University. She is classically trained in piano and voice.
Justin Roberts writes positively about Lui, describing her vocals as "sultry" and "candlelit". On Barkentine, the San Diego Troubadour notes the originality of her album.
For her performance of Below at Kollaboration 9 in Los Angeles, Ernie Hsiung describes Lui as a "...stand out performer..."