Lynne Hanson is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Ottawa, Ontario who has released eight solo albums and has toured internationally.
Biography
After performing with
Shane Simpson
Shane Lee Simpson (born 1954 or 1955) is a Canadian politician, who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly, MLA for Vancouver-Hastings in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020. He ...
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.
In 2010 she was the winner of the
Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award
The Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award is an annual Canadian award, presented to the year's best song by an emerging singer-songwriter from Ontario in the genres of roots, traditional, folk and country music. The award, created in memory of Canadi ...
for her song "Rest of My Days" and in 2009 was nominated for a
Canadian Folk Music Award
The Canadian Folk Music Awards are an annual music awards ceremony presenting awards in a variety of categories for achievements in both traditional and contemporary folk music, and other roots music genres, by Canadian musicians. The awards progr ...
in the New/Emerging Artist category. Hanson was a New Folk Finalist at the prestigious
Kerrville Folk Festival
The Kerrville Folk Festival is a music festival held for 18 consecutive days in the late spring/early summer at Quiet Valley Ranch near Kerrville, Texas. The Kerrville Folk Festival was founded in 1972 by the husband-wife team of Rod Kennedy an ...
in Texas in 2009 and again in 2019.
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
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in October 2012 and Gretchen Peters in March 2012. In 2014, she performed at the CBC
Canada Day
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Songwriters' Circle.
She collaborated with Lynn Miles in the band project
Canadian Folk Music Award
The Canadian Folk Music Awards are an annual music awards ceremony presenting awards in a variety of categories for achievements in both traditional and contemporary folk music, and other roots music genres, by Canadian musicians. The awards progr ...
winner English Songwriter and Ensemble of the Year with
The LYNNeS The Lynnes, stylized as The LYNNeS, were a Canadian folk music duo, consisting of singer-songwriters Lynne Hanson and Lynn Miles.Canadian Folk Music Award
The Canadian Folk Music Awards are an annual music awards ceremony presenting awards in a variety of categories for achievements in both traditional and contemporary folk music, and other roots music genres, by Canadian musicians. The awards progr ...
nominee Vocal Group, producer, Contemporary Album of the Year with
The LYNNeS The Lynnes, stylized as The LYNNeS, were a Canadian folk music duo, consisting of singer-songwriters Lynne Hanson and Lynn Miles.Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award
The Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award is an annual Canadian award, presented to the year's best song by an emerging singer-songwriter from Ontario in the genres of roots, traditional, folk and country music. The award, created in memory of Canadi ...
(2010)
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Canadian Folk Music Award
The Canadian Folk Music Awards are an annual music awards ceremony presenting awards in a variety of categories for achievements in both traditional and contemporary folk music, and other roots music genres, by Canadian musicians. The awards progr ...
nominee Emerging Artist (2009)
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Kerrville Folk Festival
The Kerrville Folk Festival is a music festival held for 18 consecutive days in the late spring/early summer at Quiet Valley Ranch near Kerrville, Texas. The Kerrville Folk Festival was founded in 1972 by the husband-wife team of Rod Kennedy an ...
New Folk finalist (2009)
* Mountain Stage New Song regional finalist (2008)