| Lynne Hanson | |
| Origin: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Instrument: | Vocals, guitar, porchboard |
| Genre: | Americana, country, roots music, singer songwriter |
| Occupation: | songwriter |
| Label: | Independent |
Lynne Hanson is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Ottawa, Ontario who has released eight solo albums and has toured internationally.[1]
After performing with Shane Simpson from 2000 to 2005, she launched her solo songwriting career with the release of her first album, Things I Miss in 2006, followed by Eleven Months (2008) and Once the Sun Goes Down (2010). Her fourth studio album River of Sand was produced by Juno-award-winning songwriter Lynn Miles, and released in September 2014 on Continental Song City by the Dutch record label CRS.[2]
In 2010 she was the winner of the Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award for her song "Rest of My Days"[3] and in 2009 was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award in the New/Emerging Artist category.[4] Hanson was a New Folk Finalist at the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas in 2009 and again in 2019.[5]
She has toured across Canada and internationally as a solo artist. She has toured in Europe and the Southern US with fellow Canadian songwriter Lynn Miles, and the United Kingdom and Ireland as support for Grammy-nominated Nashville based songwriters Steve Forbert in October 2012 and Gretchen Peters in March 2012. In 2014, she performed at the CBC Canada Day Songwriters' Circle.[6]
She collaborated with Lynn Miles in the band project The Lynnes, who released their debut album Heartbreak Song for the Radio in 2018.[7] In 2018 The LYNNeS were nominated for 5 Canadian Folk Music Awards, winning English Songwriter of the Year and Ensemble of the Year.