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Sylvie Lewis is a
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ian from
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, England.


Early life

Lewis was born in
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to BBC journalist and broadcaster
Martyn Lewis Sir Martyn John Dudley Lewis (born 7 April 1945) is a Welsh television news presenter and broadcast journalist who anchored ITN news bulletins between 1978 and 1986 and BBC News television shows from 1986 to 1999. Lewis attended Dalriada Scho ...
and ex-model and presenter Liz Carse. Her grandfather was the polar explorer and actor
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. She moved to the
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in 1995 and studied at the
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in
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,
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.


Career

After graduation, Lewis relocated to
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in 1998, where she quit music to become a teacher. Two years later, upon reading an article in a Los Angeles newspaper which stated that in a survey of the worst paid jobs in the US, teacher was number 2 and musician was number 1 - she decided to return to being a singer/songwriter. Her self-released EP ''Beautiful Mess'' was heard by Cheap Lullaby Records (a label whose musicians include
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and
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), who signed her to a deal. She released her debut album ''Tangos and Tantrums'' under the label, with producer Richard Swift, in 2004 and has toured in the
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,
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and
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since then. In 2005, she relocated to
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and her second studio album and third overall, ''Translations'' (produced by Lewis, Swift and Elijah Thomson) was released. Lewis was interviewed on
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's
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on September 16, 2007. In 2008, she toured extensively with
Sondre Lerche Sondre Lerche (; born 5 September 1982) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, musician and actor. His discography includes ten studio albums and multiple EPs. Early life Growing up in a suburb of Bergen, Lerche was heavily influenced by 1980s pop. ...
and the pair wrote a song together for his album ''
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'', for which Lewis also sings backing vocals. She played at
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in
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in March 2009, and moved to
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, her current residence, where she was invited to join
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to interpret Pamina in their adaptation of ''
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'' which toured Europe in 2009 and 2010. Lewis wrote songs for, and performed in, OPV's recent show "Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni" at
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,
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. In 2012, Lewis began working on her fourth studio album in Los Angeles. Later that year, ''It's All True'' was independently released by Lewis and produced by Swift. It was subsequently voted one of the best albums of the year by Performing Songwriter magazine. 2013 tours included dates with
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and
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. She began 2014 by collaborating once again with Sondre Lerche on the soundtrack for the film ''The Sleepwalker'', which premiered at
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. She shared the stage with
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,
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and
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among others. ''It's All True'' was subsequently independently released by Lewis later that year.


Discography

* ''Beautiful Mess'' (EP) - self-released (2001) * ''Tangos and Tantrums'' (CD) - Cheap Lullaby Records (2005) * ''Translations'' (CD) - Cheap Lullaby Records (2007) * ''It's All True'' (CD) - self-released (2012) * ''Night Flowers'' (CD) (2015)


References


External links


Performing Songwriter's 10 Favorite CDs of 2012
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