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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, January 25-28, 2020 C-5 The Park Record Lilly pours a musical glass of ‘2% Milk’ Indie pop singer looking forward to ASCAP show The Park Record 7 E R E L O N G F I D E L I O A U T O S M A E V R E F R O N T P A G C R I B SCOTT IWASAKI Indie pop singer-songwriter Alex Lilly points to karaoke as her inspiration to perform her music. “I was always more into figuring songs out and writing, and it wasn’t later until I got excited about the idea of performing,” said Lilly, who will perform at the ASCAP Music Cafe on Jan. 28. “Going out to sing karaoke in my early 20s was so much fun, and I thought why couldn’t I bring that spirit to my music? It was then that I realized I could have fun with the songs I had written.” Letting herself go was Lilly’s secret to making her album “2% Milk.” “In the past I would edit myself, which is a good idea for me,” she said, laughing. “This time I didn’t do that. If there was something messy and geeky I wanted to push that. If there was something mellow and fragile, I wanted to push that. I really thought no one was going to listen to the album, so I decided to go as ridiculous as possible.” But people listened, and Popmatters wrote that Lilly was “Madonna with a more poetic bent.” “I just indulged my ego,” she said. “But it’s like an accordion. Since I was so spread out on this record, I’ll be so measured and play only one instrument on the next one.” Lilly’s whimsical perception of music comes from her artistic background. “Up to the age of 12, I was into visual art, and I thought I was going to be a visual artist,” she said. “But I was so affected by music that I hopped ship.” Lilly wanted to know how music functioned. “My dad played a song for me,” she said. “It might have been a Beatles song, or it might have been Queen’s ‘Bohemian R E H A B S H A T E A V I D Y O K E I N G A M M E A E Y N D E O B E M A D L O A L R G N U O L E L E S D E S A E E N D D N W E I W N S D I O R S N O C A E T R A T L A U E N P T S S E R A U P B L R A A N W E D R A F T S S E A L A N T N I L E S A S K A N C E T V P A R E N T S P E R K Y G U L T I O N A B E N E H E R O S E A N U A T U L A N T A G L E G G E R E R S P A D E S O R S E E L E S L P A D T I A R I S E N L I C I N G A T M C O D O A S N O R S T S D E H O M O G M A I L E O T R I M I N K N E E E S E M I Y S O O B R O E W A N R N T E R R A J A I N R A D N I I N A S N E O N L E V I O P E N B O R G E I O N E S C O T R U E T H A T S E X S E N T E N T W I N E D E L E T E S S A T Y R S Get all the latest Park Record updates. PHOTO BY NORA COLLIE Indie pop singer-songwriter Alex Lilly will share her visually expressive songs on Tuesday at the ASCAP Music Cafe. Rhapsody,’ but I remember my dad was looking at my face to see my reaction.” Lilly’s reaction was almost obsessive. “I wanted to make records,” she said. “I signed up for a conservatory, even though I didn’t know how to play classical music, and I made a fool of myself for the first little bit.” When she was 16, she joined a band. “My mom’s boyfriend asked me to fill in on vocals and guitar, but after hearing some of my stuff, he would give his band to me as a platform for me to play my originals,” she said. “That’s when the music went from being a conceptual thing to a performative thing.” Lilly’s passion for music continued when she started touring with other artists such as the bird and the bee, Back, Lorde and Ry Cooder and Nick Lowe. “Watching and hearing other people in a live performance from the background, I was able to see a different side of music,” she said. Even working on “2% Milk” was a learning experience. The album was produced by the bird and the bee co-founder Greg Kurstin, and it was released on Release Me Records, Alex Lilly When: 4:05 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 28 Where: ASCAP Music Cafe, 751 Main St. Cost: Free for Sundance Film Festival credential holders Web: ascap.com/sundance2020 a label owned by Kurstin’s the bird and the bee bandmate Inara George. Lilly has known George for years, and the two are bandmates with Becky Stark and Eleni Mandell in the group The Living Sisters. “I have admired Inara as a great singer, musician and friend, and we have so much fun with whatever we do,” Lilly said. “In the case of my album, she worked more on the business side of things, and bossed me around a bit, which I liked.” Lilly is looking forward to performing at the ASCAP Music Cafe. “I’m very excited to go to Park City, because I’ve never been there before,” she said. “I imagine it will be a lovely experience, and everyone will be bundled up in whatever they wear up there.” JOIN US IN WELCOMING VIRGINIA HOMEWOOD, MD OB/GYN AS A NEW CAREGIVER TO OUR TEAM Intermountain Medical Group is pleased to welcome Virginia Homewood, MD to Intermountain Park City Specialty Clinic. Dr. Virginia Homewood was born and raised in Salt Lake City. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Utah where she graduated in Anthropology with Honors. She completed medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and her residency in OB/GYN at the University of Knoxville, Tennessee. Ten years ago, Dr. Homewood returned to Utah and has been practicing in Salt Lake City, while living in Park City. She is now excited to be working closer to home. Dr. Homewood practices general ob/gyn care, offering services that include low and high-risk obstetrics, routine office gynecologic care and surgery. In her free time, she enjoys all the outdoor activities Park City has to offer, spends time with her three children, and loves to travel. Dr. Homewood is also fluent in Spanish. Conditions treated: Continued from C-1 Zito plays ASCAP Tuesday and started writing songs at that point just as a hobby,” he said. “Just to keep me sane under all the pressure of baseball.” As his career was winding down, Zito turned more and more of his attention to music. Then, after a year off from baseball, he signed a minor league contract in 2015 with the Oakland A’s and was assigned to their Triple A affiliate at the time, the Nashville Sounds. Suddenly, Zito found himself in Music City. “For years I wanted to pursue music full-time and try to make a living at it, and I always assumed I would do that in Los Angeles where I lived for so many years,” he said. “It’s crazy how fate kind of took me out to Nashville and I’ve now ended up pursuing things out here.” As one might expect, Zito’s music has a folksy, country vibe to it. He released his debut EP, “No Secrets,” in 2017. He said he’s spent a lot of his time the past few years co-writing country songs. But his sound, he said, is something he’s still trying to find. “Listen, I love things like R&B, pop, synthesizers,” he said. “But when I first came here to Nashville, we wanted to start with something that would be taken a little more seriously. If it’s some huge production, where the only thing I’m doing is singing on it, that would be one thing. But I think it’s a different thing when it’s stripped down. You can’t really hide when it’s just you and a guitar.” Zito said his focus now is on figuring out his sound, including playing more of a role in production going forward. “I’m excited to work on finding my voice, what I want to say with my music and what instruments I want to attach to that message,” he said. In Park City, though, it’s all about the Music Café, and Zito said he’s “super pumped” not just to play but to see the other musicians on the bill. “I would say the bird and the bee are a big influence on me, and they’re actually playing a set right before mine,” he said, referencing the indie pop duo of Inara George and Greg Kurstin. “I can’t wait to take in some music, man.” • • • • Pregnancy and childbirth Annual exams and screenings Contraceptive counseling and family planning Menopausal health • • • • • Adolescent gynecology Infertility Reproductive endocrinology Menstrual period issues Urinary incontinence 900 Round Valley Dr, Ste 200 | Park City, UT 84060 | 435.658.7400 ParkCityClinic.org PARKRECORD RESTAURANT GUIDE On lin e! PARK CITY | UTAH | SERVING SUMMIT COUNTY SINCE 1880 There are about 170 restaurants in the Park City area. Let us help you narrow down your dining choices. 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