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Lynne Hanson

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Lynne Hanson
Background information
OriginOttawa, Ontario, Canada
GenresAmericana, country, roots music, singer songwriter
Occupationsongwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, porchboard
LabelsIndependent
Websitelynnehanson.com

Lynne Hanson is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Ottawa, Ontario who has released eight solo albums and has toured internationally.[1]

Biography

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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

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  • Things I Miss (2006)
  • 11 Months (2008)
  • Once the Sun Goes Down (2010)
  • River of Sand (2014)
  • 7 Deadly Spins (2015)
  • Uneven Ground (2017)
  • Heartbreak Song for the Radio (2018 / The LYNNeS)
  • Just Words (2020)
  • Ice Cream in November (2022)
  • Just a Poet (2024)


Contributions

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  • Shane Simpson, Sketches (2001)
  • Shane Simpson, More Electric (2002)

Awards and achievements

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References

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  1. ^ Saxberg, Lynn (26 October 2015). "Lynne Hanson explores the dark side with murder ballads". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. ^ Doole, Kerry. "River of Sand". New Canadian Music. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Ontario Arts Council". Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Canadian Folk Music Award results 2009". Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk results". Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Lynne Hanson, Canadian songwriter, excited for Canada Day concert". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Double trouble: Lynn Miles and Lynne Hanson to break hearts with new album May 18 in Wolfville" Archived 4 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Annapolis County Spectator, 2 May 2018.
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