LG has three souls. She’s an old, blind blues singer. She’s a diamond-in-the-rough country star travellin’ alone on the road somewhere. And she’s got the same sugary snarl as early punk spitfires like Patti Smith and Chrissy Hynde. Her well crafted songs are ballsy and sweet, are fed-up and melancholic, and once in a while dare to be sincere.
Her songs are faded polaroids kept on the dusty dash of a pick-up truck. In a voice that is by turns vulnerable and resilient, she sings of a jilted lover wearing her mother’s wedding dress, of goodbyes, regrets, the aftermath of stormy relationships and the smallest, most fragile hopes. Not afraid to own such timeless blues/country sentiments as “bring my baby back to me,” her lyrics have also been influenced by the most sublime of 20th century poetry, distilling all the complexity of life and emotion into simple statements like “I am happy/I am grieving/ Bold and shining just like this pale moon.”
Lois was born and raised in the wintry city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she in her pink cowboy boots and flame-red hair can often be seen trudging through tides of snow. She has performed locally and nationally for the past
10 years. She’s fronted a bluegrass group (yes, she has been known to pick up a banjo), and frequently sings with local jazz trios and gospel groups.
Refusing to be pigeonholed, Lois enjoys playing for diverse audiences. Traveling East, playing Kensington Market’s street festival, and heading into the heart of the prairies to play a series of intimate house concerts in Saskatoon. In Edmonton she agreed to play the Capital Exhibiton, where for ten days she lived surrounded by carnie trailers, ferris wheels, and the wide- open eerie green skies of tornado season. At home, she works with Artists in Healthcare Manitoba, singing for staff, visitors and patients in hospital settings.
She released her debut CD, Sensible Shoes, in 2005 and is currently at work on a new EP to be released in 2012 .In the spirit and wisdom of Emmy Lou, her new songs tell bittersweet stories, charged with all kinds of weather.