LYNNE HANSON "RIVER OF SAND"
Americana, roots music, rough-around-the-edges folk. Canadian
songwriter Lynne Hanson prefers “porch music with a little red dirt.”
Hanson songs are like a favorite pair of jeans. They're rough around
the edges, faded and worn through in spots, with a bit of
honestly-acquired dirt ground into the seams. And they're expressed in
a rich voice coupled with accomplished guitar playing that demands
repeated listening. Hanson grew up in Ottawa Canada, and starting playing guitar when she
was 14, learning on a hand-me-down from an older brother. She released
her award-winning debut album – Things I Miss – in 2006, and with tales
to tell, two more albums quickly followed – Eleven Months (2008) and
Once the Sun Goes Down (2010). Each new release garnered critical
praise, earning Hanson a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination in 2009,
an invitation to the Kerrville Folk Festival as a New Folk Finalist, and
a year later the prestigious Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award handed
out annually by the Ontario Arts Council.Then … silence: A four-year hiatus from recording. It was time to kick
dirt over the tracks on the trail. Lynne took some time to take
control of her personal life and with it, a new approach to song
writing. Her fourth studio album slated for release in Fall 2014 –
River of Sand – is the creative output of that very personal journey. On River Of Sand she’s been fortunate to work with Juno-winning
songstress Lynn Miles as producer. “The songs on this record are honest
and fearless” say Miles, and the search for truth that’s always guided
Hanson’s work takes a turn to the raw. LYNNE HANSON
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