Liz Painter

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 Liz Painter, is a singular talent in roots rock and folk who has traveled the desert southwest and beyond to share her gifts. Her previously released albums … Home Before Dark (2007), What if… (2012) and Perfect Girl in (2019) are available on Spotify, Apple and streaming platforms.

She tours from beautiful Northern New Mexico among the sagebrush and rainbows, where many of her songs are inspired. She could very well belong to a line of troubadours from long ago, traveling the lands spreading poetic messages and moody melodies, raising heartfelt questions. Her songs span a rich variety of styles but on first listen you might think of an upbeat Cowboy Junkies or a folked out Pixies. Her vocals have been likened to Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, Joan Baez,  Bonnie Raitt and Texas songstress, Terri Hendrix.  “The primal core of what I am really focused on is revealed in my lyrics”, Liz relates.

Liz grew up in New York, and her first influence was Simon and Garfunkel and the melodic themes of Broadway show tunes. She has a BA in Music from the University of Arizona in Tucson, but fresh out of high school, Painter adopted a hippie lifestyle and hitch-hiked with her guitar, traveling to folk and craft festivals.  Liz would pull out her guitar and play songs for comrades she met on her journey, inspired by the vast starlit skies of the American Southwest, unfettered by city lights, infused with the sound and energy of the ancient elements. “Elemental earth images and sacred journeys are all very much inside of me, and expressed as poetry and melody in my words and music”, Liz explains.

Liz has a bottomless back-pack bulging with original songs. For Liz, each song is a valuable creation, no song a throw-away. “A song is like an insistent alpha child, prodding me, inspiring me to perform it, record it and release it into a life of its own”. 

Now her journey brings her back to Tucson, Arizona where she is  has teamed up with long-time musical partner RJ Cloud,  Founder of Cloud Microphones and inventor of the iconic Cloudlifter.     CloudPainter, the unique blend of classic rock soul & folk tale rhythm, released their debut track “Love Comes Down” on February 3rd, 2023. Available directly on their website and on all major streaming platforms, to the first of many.

Musician and inventor RJ Cloud alongside songstress/vocalist Liz Painter unleash their sound through an arsenal of musical gear. Including a Rupert Neve mixing console, a Hammond B3 organ, a Wurlitzer 140b, and a massive collection of vintage instruments, microphones and amplifiers. CloudPainter brings it all together with a full score of RJ’s patented Cloud ribbon microphones, capturing the essence of their musical personality.

As an endorsed artist for Cloud Microphones, Liz enjoys being an audio engineer and producer as well in their studio built from scratch! Liz and RJ explore the pleasurable characteristics of iconic instruments recorded with a hybrid of vintage/modern technics to achieve their original sound. Please visit cloudpaintermusic.com for more on their shows, tour dates, and upcoming releases.