an asian american genderqueer artist wears a dark blue hat with a white feather, a grey cape and one feather earring. their eyes may be closed .

photo by: Anna Azarov

treya lam is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who’s joyously complex identity informs but does not define their work, whether solo or when collaborating with a variety of multidisciplinary ensembles. their strident voice, politically charged songwriting and fluency on guitar, piano and looped viola recalls Nina Simone and Andrew Bird. treya’s debut Good News was created entirely by womxn and genderqueer collaborators and released via Kaki King’s label.

lam is a OneBeat fellow, NYCLU Artist Ambassador and active member of the Resistance Revival Chorus. their song Dawn was featured on the RRC’s debut album This Joy - released on Ani Difranco’s Righteous Babe Records. lam has performed original music at Lincoln Center, MASS MoCA, the Prospect Park Bandshell and the American Museum of Natural History and opened for Ani Difranco, Valerie June and Kaki King.

they are currently developing otherland - an interdisciplinary grief ritual and chamber protest album that explores grief as a catalyst for radical empathy, intersectional solidarity and repairing our relationship to the earth.

“perfectly captures the mixture of love, loss and hope” - Smithsonian Magazine

“Lam is encouraging anyone who has ever felt less than to embrace themselves and to shine their light.” - American Songwriter

“They draw you in, hypnotizes you, and all at once you’ll get taken up by a huge tide, a swell that takes you over completely.” - Village Voice

 "...beautifully eclectic...both the euphoric and tragic elements [get] time to shine."  -Guitar World

“Their voice and delivery style give dashes of Melody Gardot’s understated wisp and Madeleine Peyroux’s bohemia - Jazz Weekly