Neyla Pekarek, Ex-Lumineers, Talks About Her New Musical, Queen of Magic

from The Jim Motavalli Interview Podcast · host WPKN, Jim Motavalli

Neyla Pekarek was a Lumineer for eight years as cellist and vocalist of the folk-rock group, but says her roots are in theater, and she's glad to be back in that world with a new musical (her second) called The Queen of Magic. It's about the celebrated 19th century magician Adelaide Hermann, a contemporary of Harry Houdini who helped reshape the magic world. An EP of songs from the musical has been released.

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