Inspired by the land, woven from time and place, his instrumental music takes the listener on an intimate journey that illuminates the quietude within. His songs possess an uncanny ability to transcend the full spectrum of human emotion in "an almost mystical balance between melancholia and celebration." His violins take the music from the ethereal classical form to the free-flowing rural roots of the fiddle while his guitar offers the essence of folk and the remnant strains of contemporary pop melodies.

which incorporated traditional musical influences and the introspective, folk-poet songwriters that followed. Along with so many others, he also embraced country western, rock and folk-rock, to emerge with a vast and open song bag that we now call Americana.

His own songwriting ranges from confessional folk-rock ballads to the spiritually uplifting anthems of social and personal change, all within the framework of traditional and contemporary folk. He wrote the words and music for the folk-rock opera Seeds and Stones, which was performed on stage at the Randolph's Chandler Music Hall in the fall of '08 with a cast of area youths ages 8-18. Seeds combined his instrumental, choral music, ballads and folk anthems to provide an uplifting message for personal change and hope.

Although all the music is produced with the meticulous detail of the recording studio, it sounds and feels like it could’ve been played on the front porch of a cabin. His dominant guitar style is a deceptively simple method of cross flat-picking, which creates a plethora of overtones, countering bass lines, and lead melodies. In recent years he has returned to the natural sound of finger-style guitar as he coaxes warm bell-tones and harp-like arpeggios out of his Brazilian Rosewood guitars.

Lewis is equally at home as a fiddler ripping out homemade reels and waltz's as heard on his all-fiddle CD Lighter Than Fancy. Most recently he has found another musical voice playing a back-up role with various bands throughout the state including Mango Jam, The Shugermakers, and his current group Stars of Gilead, where he showcases his 'bent' violin for blues and rock; powerful melodic style for contemporary folk / Americana and dancing rhythmic textures to accommodate old-time and country.