The past few years have been ones of rebuilding and rediscovery for the Black Lillies and leader Cruz Contreras. In the months following the 2015 release of Hard to Please, the excrement hit the proverbial fan and Contreras found his band […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: No Depression‘s monthly Spotlight program aims to get to know a band/artist a bit better. Earlier this month we brought you a feature story about September’s Spotlight band, The Black Lillies, and now we have an essay from […]
Another year of the Americana Music Festival is in the books and, if you’re like me, that means you have a bag full of merch table albums and a much emptier wallet. But what about the AmericanaFest showcase bands who […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: No Depression‘s monthly Spotlight program aims to get to know a band/artist a bit better. Earlier this month we brought you a feature story about September’s Spotlight band, The Black Lillies, and now we have an essay from […]
Cruz Contreras is lean and fit at the front end of his 40s, with a tan deepened by playing festivals throughout the American West for much of the summer. His salt-and-pepper hair flops down in locks when he stomps the […]
On the morning of Sunday, Jan. 24, Tennessee-based roots rockers the Black Lillies were finishing up their final day in Texas. They sent out a message on their Facebook page to let folks know that, in the afternoon, they’d be doing […]
