GrooveLily

GrooveLily is an American musical trio based in New York City notable for creative songwriting in different pop genres, such as rock, folk, jazz, and show tunes.

The band consists of the wife-and-husband team of Valerie Vigoda (vocals, violin) and Brendan Milburn (vocals and keyboards) along with Gene Lewin (vocals and drums). It was founded by Vigoda in 1994; amusingly, a report in the New York Times in 2004 described the group as an "up and coming trio".

In addition to their CDs of original songs and concert performances of same, GrooveLily has also been known to score theatrical productions. Included in their portfolio are a 2006 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and the 2008 Disney Wonder cruise ship production of Toy Story: The Musical. Since 2002 (and opening Off-Broadway in 2006), GrooveLily has performed a holiday musical entitled Striking 12.

After years of very few GroveLily performances, the band came together to write and perform a musical called "Wheelhouse" about their earlier touring career on the road in a Winnebago and why they basically stopped touring because of that experience.

GrooveLily's official website can be found here. Their music can be found here.


 * The End of the World as We Know It: "Apocalyptic Love Song" is all about love in the face of The End.
 * Ivy League: Drummer Gene Lewin is Princeton class of 1984, and a former member of the Princeton Triangle Club.
 * Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: Lewin has a Bacon Number of 3; he was in the Princeton Triangle Club with Brooke Shields (who has a Bacon Number of 2) in the 1983-1984 academic year.