The Good Lovelies are a Canadian

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harmony trio, consisting of Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore. At their core they can be described as a country/folk trio, with tinges of pop, roots, jazz and sometimes hip-hop mixed in.

History

The group's three members, Brooks from Whitby, Ough from Port Hope and Passmore from Cobourg, were all performing as solo artists in the

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area when they came together in 2006 to perform at a

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concert at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel."Good Lovelies offer up holiday fun"
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'', November 24, 2010. The three subsequently decided to continue working together, releasing their debut EP, ''Oh My'', in 2007. They released their first full-length album, ''The Good Lovelies'', in 2009, and followed up with the Christmas-themed EP ''Under the Mistletoe'' later the same year. Their album ''The Good Lovelies'' won the

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at the

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. The Good Lovelies performed at the Australian National Folk Festival in 2011, playing songs from their 2011 album ''Let the Rain Fall''; they also performed in

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, England, playing at the

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and other venues around the North East. In 2017 the trio toured northern Ontario, performing and presenting workshops. In February 2018 the Good Lovelies released the digital version of their album, ''Shapeshifters'', which featured a shift from their usual folk to a more pop music sound."Good Lovelies not afraid to change things up"
''Winnipeg Free Press'', Erin Lebar, 05/31/2018 They performed once more at the Australian National Folk Festival, singing songs from the new album. They recorded a track on

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's Juno Award-winning album, ''Hear the Music''. Later that year they performed at

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in Toronto and were nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award. In March 2019 the trio released the physical version of Shapeshifters, and toured in the UK to promote the album beginning in April 2019.

Discography

* ''Oh My!'' (EP, 2007) * ''Good Lovelies'' (2009) * ''Under the Mistletoe'' (2009) * ''Let the Rain Fall'' (2011) * ''Live At Revolution'' (2012) * ''Burn the Plan'' (2015) * ''Winter's Calling'' (EP, 2015) * ''Shapeshifters'' (2018)"New music: Reviews of this week's CD releases"
''Winnipeg Free Press'', 02/8/2018 * ''Evergreen'' (2019)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Good Lovelies, The Musical groups established in 2006 Musical groups from Toronto Canadian folk music groups Canadian country music groups 2006 establishments in Ontario Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group winners Canadian Folk Music Award winners