Hot new Knoxville Americana quintet featuring mandolin player Cruz Contreras. How’s this for a back story: formerly known primarily as the brains behind his ex-wife Robinella’s jazz-twang backing band, Contreras gave up music cold-turkey for a while after they divorced in 2006 and became a truck driver instead. He gave it another shot shortly before being asked to perform at a friend’s funeral, which went so well (well, relatively speaking, given the circumstances) that he began to put a new band together with several members of the everybodyfields. The debut album was released in April, and he was playing Bonnaroo by June and Nashville’s venerable Ryman Auditorium by early November. So yeah, way to go, Fellini’s.

The Black Lillies - Whiskey Angel
The Black Lillies - There’s Only One
The Black Lillies - Midnight
The Black Lillies - Little Darlin’
The Black Lillies - Cruel