Lynne Hanson Explained

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 nine solo albums and has toured internationally.[1]

Biography

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.

Discography

Contributions

Awards and achievements

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lynne Hanson explores the dark side with murder ballads. Ottawa Citizen. 5 November 2015. Lynn. Saxberg. 26 October 2015.
  2. Web site: River of Sand. New Canadian Music. 5 November 2015. Doole. Kerry.
  3. Web site: Ontario Arts Council. 12 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120611113241/http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3992.aspx. 11 June 2012. dead.
  4. Web site: Canadian Folk Music Award results 2009. 12 November 2012.
  5. Web site: Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk results . 12 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006004932/http://www.kerrville-music.com/newfolk.htm . 6 October 2013 .
  6. Web site: Lynne Hanson, Canadian songwriter, excited for Canada Day concert. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 November 2015.
  7. https://www.annapoliscountyspectator.ca/living/double-trouble-lynn-miles-and-lynne-hanson-to-break-hearts-with-new-album-may-18-in-wolfville-206930/ "Double trouble: Lynn Miles and Lynne Hanson to break hearts with new album May 18 in Wolfville"

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