Ginger Root
Indie-soul outfit Ginger Root is the solo project of singer/multi-instrumentalist Cameron Lew, who makes throwback R&B, disco, and pop. Ginger Root debuted with 2017's Spotlight People, followed by 2018's Mahjong Room and 2020's Rikki. Along with his ongoing Toaster Music covers series, Lew draws upon his love of '80s Japanese city pop, as on 2021's City Slicker and 2022's Nisemono.
Raised in Southern California, Cameron Lew initially launched Ginger Root in 2017 while a student at Orange County's Chapman University. At the time, he was also a member of the band Van Stock. He eventually collected all of his tracks, releasing them as Spotlight People. That same year, he launched an online video series called Toaster Music of him recording cover songs out of his car between classes.
Lew's second full-length Ginger Root effort, Mahjong Room, appeared in 2018 and featured tracks like "Two Step," "Call It Home," and "Jeanie." Concurrently, he released a second volume of cover songs, Toaster Music v2. Also that year, he performed a live recording session for Chicago's Audiotree Studios. Toaster Music v3 arrived in May 2020.
Delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Lew returned in October 2020 with the third Ginger Root album Rikki. Featured were the previously released tracks "Karaoke," "Out of State," "Le Château," and "Why Try." Several concept-driven EPs followed, including 2021's City Slicker (a soundtrack to an imagined '80s Japanese film) and 2022's Nisemono (whose story revolved around Ginger Root producing music for a fictitious Japanese pop star in 1983).
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