Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Biography  



1.1  Education  







2 Discography  



2.1  Albums  





2.2  Others  







3 Awards and nominations  





4 Reviews  





5 References  





6 External links  














Jane Lui







Add links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 




In other projects  



Wikimedia Commons
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Jane Lui
Lui performing in 2010
Background information
Birth nameJane Wing-Chi Lui
Also known asSurrija
LuieLand
BornApril 24
United States
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
GenresPop, rock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
producer
performer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Piano
Guitar
Percussion
Melodica
Glockenspiel
Music box
Years active2000–present
Labelsunsigned
Websitewww.surrija.com

Jane Wing-Chi Lui is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Southern California.

Biography

[edit]

Lui grew up in Hong Kong and at the age of 12, she moved to the United States.[1]

Her musical influences include Tori Amos, Kate Bush, and Björk.[2] She has opened for Jason Mraz, Jim Bianco, Kate Earl, Vienna Teng, Tom Brosseau, and others. In 2004, she started her solo career.[3] Since then, she has released three albums.

Lui voices Mother Tanaka in the 2012 animated short film, Hibakusha, alongside Karin Anna Cheung, Daisuke Suzuki, and William Frederick Knight.[4]

In 2019, Lui successfully crowdfunded her fourth album[5] under the name SURRIJA. New tracks have now premiered on Earmilk[6] and Audiofemme.[7]

Lui is credited as being Opera Evelyn in the 2022 movie Everything Everywhere All at Once. She is also credited on the movie's soundtrack under the track "Opera Fight."

Education

[edit]

Lui has a degree in music education from San Diego State University.[8] She is classically trained in piano and voice.[9]

Discography

[edit]

Albums

[edit]
  1. "Yellow Light"
  2. "Pigeon Woman"
  3. "Blackest Crow"
  4. "Blue Square"
  5. "Freddie Goodtime"
  6. "Playing God"
  7. "Years of Roses"
  8. "Phaedon"
  9. "Marvelous"
  10. "Rainbow Sleve"
  11. "Pigeon Woman" (hidden track; produced by Greg Laswell)
  1. "Third place Difference"
  2. "West in Me"
  3. "Hunter"
  4. "Libra Armor"
  5. "Barkentine Interlude"
  6. "Snowboots in Summer"
  7. "Firefly"
  8. "Surrija"
  9. "Barkentine Memoir"
  10. "Widowmakers"
  11. "Made of Ribbons"
  12. "Below" (hidden track; live from San Diego performance)
  1. "Goodnight Company"
  2. "Jailcard"
  3. "Edelweiss"
  4. "Perished"
  5. "Illusionist Boy"
  6. "Southern Winds"
  7. "Take Me For Now"
  8. "New Jersey"
  9. "Long Ago"
  10. "Last Rose of Summer"

Others

[edit]

Awards and nominations

[edit]

Reviews

[edit]

Justin Roberts writes positively about Lui, describing her vocals as "sultry" and "candlelit".[17]OnBarkentine, the San Diego Troubadour notes the originality of her album.[18]

For her performance of BelowatKollaboration 9 in Los Angeles, Ernie Hsiung describes Lui as a "...stand out performer..."[19]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Around the World in Her Mind: An Interview with Jane Lui". Asia Pacific Arts. January 25, 2011.
  • ^ San Diego Reader | Jane Lui
  • ^ Jane Lui :: About This Artist – ReverbNation
  • ^ "HIBAKUSHA Behind The Scenes: Jane Lui". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  • ^ "Jane Lui • SURRIJA • Fourth Album by Jane Lui – Kickstarter". Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  • ^ "Surrija is waiting for you in "Barcelona"". February 28, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  • ^ "Surrija Retells Picasso Muse Lydia Corbett's Story With New Song, "Sylvette"". Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  • ^ Pacific Media Expo || music
  • ^ Bio from JaneLui.com
  • ^ YouTube – Jane Lui Freddie Goodtime Monterey Park, CA
  • ^ "Kollaboration – EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT – Kollaboration 9". Archived from the original on August 13, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  • ^ San Diego Music Awards 2008 | SignOnSanDiego.com Entertainment Guide
  • ^ "Kollaboration – EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT – Kollaboration Acoustic 2". Archived from the original on May 1, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  • ^ "AHA Past Nominees – ASIA Media Frontpage". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  • ^ "2006 Winners". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  • ^ "2006 AHA Nominees List – ASIA Media Frontpage". Archived from the original on February 23, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  • ^ Demo Review 2008 Archived February 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ "The San Diego Troubadour". Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
  • ^ Jane Lui’s “Firefly” | Entertainment | 8Asians.com
  • [edit]
    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jane_Lui&oldid=1184484728"

    Categories: 
    Living people
    American indie pop musicians
    American women guitarists
    American people of Hong Kong descent
    American musicians of Chinese descent
    Guitarists from Los Angeles
    21st-century American women
    Hidden categories: 
    Webarchive template wayback links
    Use mdy dates from May 2020
    Articles with short description
    Short description is different from Wikidata
    Articles with hCards
    Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers
    Year of birth missing (living people)
     



    This page was last edited on 10 November 2023, at 18:26 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki