Grab curbside from a favorite restaurant and see a LIVE Drive-in concert starring Raquel Lily on Friday, Nov. 6, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The concert is presented by UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $10-$15 per person; children under 12 are admitted free. For full event information, or to purchase tickets, visit AlysStephens.org or call the ASC Box Office at 205-975-2787.
The 7 p.m. concert will be in the 15F parking lot, behind the former Business and Engineering Complex and adjacent to UAB Young Memorial Baseball Field. The parking lot opens at 5 p.m., and vehicles will be parked in order of arrival. Chez Fonfon is the official drive-in restaurant partner for LIVE Drive-in concerts.
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Lily, who just released a new album, will perform with keyboardist and composer Martin Castor of the band Tragic City and bassist Jacob Edwards (twitch.tv/jacobedwards). The band has plans to tour in 2020, and this drive-in concert will be their first.
Using a multicultural childhood to infuse her music with an amalgam of sounds and instruments, Lily delivers a fresh and unique sound entirely her own. Her debut album, “I’m Leaving,” details themes about the tribulations of life as a young adult. The title song is a soulful classic nod that speaks on the timeless strength of walking away. “The sonic atmosphere stays in its lane of classic R&B but offers chimes of jazz, funky grooves and era-based synths which are equally drenched in soul and electronics,” proclaimed Girl Underground Music.
Born in the Philippines, Lily was raised in New York and is now based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is known through the live-streaming platform Twitch. However, the independent musician and producer originally emerged from the medical field. Holding a degree in neurobiology, physiology and behavior upon graduating University of California-Davis, Lily instead decided to feed her creativity and began online streaming performances in 2017.
Other upcoming LIVE Drive-in concerts from the Alys Stephens Center this fall include Young Concert Artist classical bassist Xavier Foley on Nov. 18 and Eric Essix and Holiday Soul on Dec. 13.