Jeffrey Lewis For Beginners

Jeffrey Lewis. Singer, songwriter and avid illustrator he has become something of a local celebrity in the New York Anti-Folk scene, a genre that takes the depth of politically charged 1960’s folk music and subverts it.   With a downbeat self-deprecating humor, an off-kilter singing style, a mixture of acoustic and 'punk' songs which feature themes of everyday occurrences and feelings Jeffrey Lewis has managed to stay on top of his industry while many others failed as he was starting out. 

“I realized that you didn’t really need anything but a tape recorder to make an album, If you had songs you felt strongly enough about, you could just put them on tape, and hopefully people would like them.”

While performing, he would introduce to his audience rhythmic historical tales of communism, nations and historical figures, a long highlight of his show. Jeffrey Lewis’s illustrations have come to light to mainstream audiences. His works have been commissioned by the History Channel and has contributed to Measure for Measure, a blog about songwriting on the New York Times.

Jeffrey Lewis will also be illustrating our up and coming book, Gender and Sexuality For Beginners. We hope to keep working with you Mr. Lewis and congratulations on your continued success.