LINDI ORTEGA calls herself a "crazy storm chasin', red lipstick, red boot wearin', guitar slinging, singer songwriter gal!" while The Guardian said her voice "bears comparison with country forebears Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn".
There is a history of Canadians creating great country and roots music - The Band for example - and the Toronto born singer-songwriter is continuing this tradition, having performed at The Grand Old Oprey, winning the Canadian Country Music Association Roots Artist of the Year for 2014 and 2015, and enjoying critical acclaim for her albums, including her latest, Faded Gloryville, of which Pitchfork said: "These songs highlight her innate ability to peel back the layers of country convention and find weird new emotions underneath. Ultimately, she makes Faded Gloryville sound not so much like a place of diminished opportunity, but endless possibility."
Lindi will play songs from this album, and from across her 15 year career when she plays Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday January 14 at 9pm.
While her music is rooted in American country, she has more recently begun to bring in soul influences. “I feel like country music is all encompassing," she said. "There are different facets of it, and I love all of it, and I’ve always wanted to explore all sounds country-wise. I’ve explored bluegrass, I’ve explored outlaw country, I’ve explored classic country. And now I’m exploring this vibe. Maybe it isn’t necessarily country but it’s connected to the South."
Tickets are available at www.roisindubh.net, the Ticket Desk at OMG Zhivago, Shop Street, and The Róisín Dubh.
