“Lucy Woodward is pure creative magic!”
- Sir Rod Stewart CBE
“…combines beauty and complexity without any need for compromise between these two traits...the combination of grit and finesse one finds in Woodward’s music is quite rare.”
- All About Jazz
“What a voice…"
- Russell Crowe (Twitter)
"One minute she’s radiating joie de vivre, the next she’s expressing deep bother – and hinting that that would possibly be fun too…wholly fearless.”
- Daily Mail UK
"Lucy is a deep, soulful vocalist who is as versatile and virtuosic as she is passionate.”
- Michael League (Bandleader of Snarky Puppy)
"Woodward ... was absolutely show-stopping behind the mic. Her vocal delivery was effortless.”
- Winnipeg's Uptown
“Tantalizing.”
- All Music
"Friday night Hunter and Woodward had enough chemistry between them to ignite a couple dozen Bunsen Burners."
- All About Jazz
"Jump, jive and wail along with this swinging single-gal lament. You’ll feel the song’s retro tom-tom beat, but it’s Woodward’s brassy, ticklish vocals and clever lyrics that rhyme that’ll have you hitting Repeat."
- Marie Claire
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Lucy Woodward is a genre-defying singer-songwriter whose artistry lives at the intersection of versatility and originality. She can sing anything—yet always sounds unmistakably like herself. Delivering each note as if she’s lived it, her voice balances grit and grace, shifting effortlessly from a smoldering whisper to a full-throttle cry. Shaped by decades of musical exploration, she commands the stage with high energy intensity, then draws audiences into a smoky, blues-soaked hush, moving fluidly from art pop to soul with a global groove and a voice that feels like velvet and voltage at once.
Her ninth album, I Need To Roam (GroundUP Music), captures the pull to keep moving—creatively, geographically, and emotionally—while living with openness and curiosity. Recorded between Rotterdam and rural Virginia, the album unites those journeys in a vibrant blend of art pop color, soulful grit, warmth, and global pulse. At its core is her longtime band, The Rocketeers, whose tight, intuitive playing gives the music its signature swagger—chemistry honed on stages across Europe, from the Istanbul Jazz Festival to Blue Note Milan to Ronnie Scott’s in London.
The album is also shaped by Woodward’s volunteer work in Rwanda with Afghan girls who had escaped Taliban rule. Their resilience and discovery of freedom through music left a lasting imprint on the project. “Some of the girls said to me, ‘We’re not allowed to do this' " , Woodward recalls. And I was like, “you are. You’re free now.”
Raised between New York City and the Netherlands by classical musicians, Woodward grew up surrounded by a rich mix of sounds Puccini, salsa, and Greek music filling the house as her mother practiced belly dancing while she did her homework. That early fusion of cultures continues to inform her boundary-crossing sound.
Her career spans an exceptional range: a 2003 Top 40 hit with “Dumb Girls,” a BMI award-winning co write for Stacie Orrico’s “(There’s Gotta Be) More to Life,” and collaborations with artists including Tony Visconti, Snarky Puppy, and Charlie Hunter. She has toured internationally, performed with leading European radio orchestras, and stepped in as a last-minute vocalist for Pink Martini, mastering a multilingual repertoire in just five days before debuting at the Montreal Jazz Festival.
With I Need To Roam, Lucy Woodward continues to evolve—fearless, curious, and completely her own.