Rhys Lewis interviewed by Music-News.com editor - Marco Gandolfi - on 8th February 2017 at Omera, London, on the Decca New For 2017 industry showcase night.
23 years old from Oxford, Rhys’ past year has been spent between studios in London, Nashville, Stockholm, LA and Berlin; a whirlwind year that has allowed him to develop a maturity to his songwriting.
Binding together a rich soul with a lyrical immediacy straight from the heart of Bill Withers, James Taylor and Carole King, Rhys has an uncanny ability to capture the moment of love’s ending: the loaded silences, the tensions, the irony of still wanting someone when you no longer have the right.
Rhys Lewis’ debut single ‘Waking Up Without You,’ catapulted to the #1 spot on Spotify’s Viral Chart and racked up over 170,000 streams in two weeks. A headline show at London’s Servant Jazz Quarters, meanwhile, sold out in just 48 hours.
