LYNNE HANSON – CANADA’S QUEEN OF AMERICANA RETURNS TO BARNOLDSWICK

POETRY IN THE BLOOD. A VOICE SOAKED IN WHISKEY, HEARTBREAK AND THE WIDE-OPEN ROAD.

Somewhere between the bruised poetry of Lucinda Williams, the backwoods melancholy of Gillian Welch and the raw-boned spirit of the American South lives the extraordinary music of Lynne Hanson. And in March 2027, Canada's undisputed Queen of Americana comes roaring back into the intimate surroundings of Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre.

There are singer-songwriters who write about life, and then there are those who sound as though they've been dragged backwards through every mile of it. Lynne Hanson belongs firmly in the latter camp.

Her music smells of rain-soaked highways, cigarette smoke, old leather and the last bourbon of the night. It's the sound of battered hearts, broken promises, hard-won wisdom and the occasional shaft of sunlight breaking through the clouds. Beautifully crafted songs delivered with…