LILA BLUE (they/them) is a twenty-five year old queer folk musician, composer, playwright and performer based out of New York.

They have been performing and composing professionally since early childhood in communally devised theater with the likes of Bread and Puppet Theater and the Lake Lucille Chekhov Project, including a full score for a production of The Cherry Orchard presented at Under The Radar in 2019 and 2020. Their projects navigate themes of grief, joy, queerness and intergenerational trauma, often including collisions with haunted and divine spirits – the latter stemming from their own intuitive practices, including writing in their sleep. For over a decade, Blue has toured and performed internationally, and in 2024 was named a winner of Kerrville’s Grassy Hill New Folk Award for Emerging Songwriters. They have also composed music for film and television, most notably MTV and Lifetime, and released four records to critical acclaim. Ann Powers of NPR wrote of Blue saying, “they bring an incredible authority to songwriting and singing...enormous fearlessness and panache….”

They are the composer, playwright and lead performer of an original musical about the life and work of artist Hilma af Klint, titled “SEE/UNSEE”, which is currently in development.