Liney Blu
Singer songwriter Liney Blu writes from a unique place of personal experience and identity. Liney vividly shows us how vulnerability is strength and requires us to see love, frustration, disappointment and humor through lenses we may not have considered. Every song finds Liney passionately and sometimes bravely exploring a broader, more inclusive understanding of the human experience while letting us into some sacred personal spaces to do so. And while many listeners are just finding Liney Blu, she set out on her path as a songwriter and artist as a teenager.
At age 17 as Caroline Blubaugh she released a first EP titled "Green" which featured the single "San Francisco” that quickly saw 185K Spotify streams. In 2023 as Liney Blu, came a 2nd EP, "Pennsylvania St." with bandmates bassist Renee Huey and drummer Jones Goldman. “Pennsylvania St.” is an introspective, sometimes raw, indie pop rock/folk synthesis built on innovative arrangements relentlessly pushed along by Liney’s deep, resonant vocal, subtly insistent delivery and very personal passion.
New music building on the release of “Pennsylvania St.” is in the works. Liney Blu can be heard in venues around the Kansas City/Lawrence area with an expanded show schedule planned for 2025.
New Single - The Explanation
The Explanation is a letter explaining my personal journey in gender queerness. I was taught by my mother that sometimes we have a tendency to write things off as excuses as a way to not hold accountability for our actions, whether bad or good. She told me that instead, we should attribute our behaviors as an explanation as to why someone has done something, not an excuse.
This song is not an excuse, but an explanation to myself as to why I hid from my own identity for so long. I’ve always beat myself up and been overly critical about my own gender queerness for so long while being so open minded to others. Writing The Explanation was an act of self-empathy to give myself permission and allow space for me to be true to who I am.