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Lynne Hanson

Lynne Hanson
Origin Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Genres Folk, country, roots music, singer songwriter
Occupation(s) songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar, porchboard
Labels Independent
Website lynnehanson.com

Lynne Hanson is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Ottawa, Ontario who has released five albums and has toured internationally.

After performing with Shane Simpson from 2000-2005, 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 for her song "Rest Of My Days" and in 2009 was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award in the New/Emerging Artist category. Lynne was a New Folk Finalist at the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas in 2009.

Lynne 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



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