About the Artist:

Betsy Lucas is a Michigan based songwriter and singer who has a history as deep and rich as the songs this album presents. She comes from a musical family, in this case one in which both parents were Barbershop Quartet Champions. Inspired early on by songwriting greats like the Beatles and Laura Nyro, among others, Betsy honed her songwriting chops and forged her own style. Betsy soon set off on her own path playing solo and gigging with bands and was a featured artist on local Upper Michigan radio as early as the age of fifteen. This lead to a stint in Nashville being produced by legendary session man Fred Carter, Jr. After re-locating with her band "Lucas" to the San Francisco Bay Area, she played extensively in acoustic & rock clubs with many other notable musicians. She has spent the last few years recording and now emerges from the studio with this strong independent release. In this case the title is quite fitting, because this CD does just that: Delivers. Meaningful songwriting with soulful singing and playing.


Contributing their sounds to this premiere CD release are band members: Betsy Lucas, songs, vocals, guitars and assorted instruments. Martin Lucas, drums, backing vocals, midi and percussion. Joining them are a host of excellent S.F./Bay Area players including, David Immergluck (Counting Crows, John Hiatt), Jim Prescott (G.Love & Special Sauce), Adam Levy (Tracy Chapman's Grammy winning CD), Dave Ziegner, Jessica Lucas (aka "Jelt"), plus many others...


Delivery Girl - Betsy Lucas (LuCasa Farms Records)

Betsy Lucas' Delivery Girl is soulful pop with an emphasis on stellar songwriting and unique, heartfelt vocals. Best termed "alternative soul-folk", these original tunes exude a classic air and reveal a timeless quality without resorting to cliches. Betsy really is the San Francisco/Bay Area's best kept musical secret; but not for long...

"On her debut album, Bay Area songwriter Betsy Lucas has managed to do something that is highly rare and very special - she has created music that's undeniably retro but doesn't hit you over the head and drag you whimpering into it's campy, so bad-it's-good pop cultural boneyard where you're forced to drink out of Sonny and Cher mugs while being patted on the head for getting the joke. Delivery Girl harkens back to the singer-songwriter salad days of Carly Simon, Carole King, and Joan Armatrading, with soulful pop-rock that's brainy, vulnerable, and snap-your-fingers catchy. The tracks "One Way Love", "Do I Dare", and "If She Goes", are the sound of a woman with a finely developed musical range who nevertheless understands the immediate benefits of throwing a few shoo-be-doos and la-la-las into the mix. The instrumentation has as much to do with the '70s feel as Lucas's voice (though she does sound spookily like Carly)-- and the inventive arrangements, augmented by flute, keyboards, and trumpet, give songs like "Walls of Convention" an ambitious heft".

- Bitch Magazine


"The singer and songwriter known as Betsy Lucas has released her latest LP album, “Delivery Girl.” The record contains no fewer than 16 original tracks for a total listening time of over an hour. It has been proudly published on the LuCasa Farms Records independent music label without the influence or support of the corporate music industry. Raw yet refined, and bringing a surprising balance of tender, heartfelt singer-songwriter music and groove-charged alternative rock, “Delivery Girl” by Betsy Lucas is one of the most fresh and distinctive pop records to be released in years.

Betsy Lucas has roots in places as disparate as Michigan and Nashville, twisting also deep into San Francisco’s Bay Area. She cites as main artistic influences Joni Mitchell, the Pretenders, the Beatles, Steely Dan, Rufus, Earth Wind & Fire, and Carly Simon. Of these, her most intuitive similarities stem from the first two, and fans of either are likely to be enthusiastic with “Delivery Girl” by Betsy Lucas.

The variety of music on Lucas’ new LP makes it extremely re-playable, with driving alt-rock tracks like “I Can’t Pretend” followed by striking jazzy numbers such as “How Not to Play,” while also displaying myriad shades of the singer-songwriter tradition throughout.
Asked to comment on the general theme of her album, Lucas writes, “To share meaningful and melodic music. Harkens back to the glory days of the singer-songwriter era. Puts its own fresh spin on the ’70s with some alternative rock thrown in. Think revisionist old-school pop/rock.”

“Delivery Girl” by Betsy Lucas is available online worldwide.
-S. McCauley

Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com