About
Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and producer Cruz Contreras has roots in Tennessee and Michigan, but has impacted Americana music worldwide. The frontman and founder of The Black Lillies also co-founded Robinella and the CCstringband and has collaborated with musicians such as John Oates, Jim Lauderdale and Underhill Rose. Cruz’s projects have topped both the Billboard and Americana radio charts, won Independent Music Awards, and been nominated for the Americana Music Association’s Emerging Artist of the Year award. Cruz writes and arranges all of The Black Lillies’ material, which has been lauded by outlets as diverse as American Songwriter Magazine and Vanity Fair.
