Ever since she was young, multi-hyphenate artist Blair Lamb has been emotional. Often labeled as "too much to handle" as a child, Lamb has only become unapologetically harder to handle during her emerging adult years as she pushes to discover what it means to fully experience life. Her original songs narrate this journey step by step, the good and the bad, urging listeners to walk alongside her -- to talk with her, to be a friend. "It's so easy to overlook the little things when life starts to feel like a never ending to-do list. I write because I need to. I need to spend three and a half minutes singing about a flat tire or a lighthouse or a smile. If I don't write about it, it'll pass me by," she says.

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Lamb has spent years developing a deeply personal, genre-bending sound. Growing up in rural Kentucky, she was first influenced by the crystal clear voices and simple storytelling of bluegrass luminaries like Alison Krauss and Tony Rice. As she developed a sturdy technical background through decades of classical piano training, her delicate and intricate musical touch flourished, as well as her love of impressionist composers like Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Lamb's collegiate musical theatre training instilled in her an onstage ease and confidence and a knack for complex musical accompaniment. After spending years as a full-time piano bar entertainer and learning over 1,000 songs, the breadth of her musical knowledge expanded, as did her original music. She learned driving basslines from Billy Joel, smooth and unexpected harmonic changes from Stevie Wonder, catchy pop hooks from Sara Bareilles, poetic authenticity from Joni Mitchell and Dolly Parton. Lamb remarks, "I find it difficult to boil my original music down to one specific genre. Folk/Pop? Americana/Pop? It's got to have some sort of slash in it. Whatever it is, it's a conglomeration of all the artists who made me who I am today, combined with my own opinions and sense of humor."​

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Since Lamb's relocation to New York City in 2024, she has charmed audiences with her easygoing stage banter and witty songwriting. Her performance artistry spans from silky piano covers in high-end East Village clubs to full band indie shows in iconic Manhattan venues. Lamb's pure sound recently caught the attention of Dolly Parton and the folks at Schirmer Theatrical, who gave her the opportunity of a lifetime performing with professional orchestras across the country in Parton's multimedia experience Threads: My Songs In Symphony.

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As for the future of Lamb's career, she says it could hold anything. "I don't like the idea that you have to stick to one thing and do it forever," she explains. "That's boring and, honestly, not really feasible for me. I love playing my original music and working in the studio. I love taking requests at piano bars. I love writing music that tells a story, and I equally love stepping into someone else's story in theatre productions. Why would I ever resign myself to choosing just one?"​​​​

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