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Eleven Months is being distributed in the Ottawa area by the Ottawa Bluesfest Collective at 14 locations ...

Compact Music (190 and 785 Bank St)

Ottawa Ottawa Folklore Centre (1111 Bank St)

Ottawa Mags and Fags (254 Elgin St)

Ottawa Legend Records (1315 Wellington St W)

Ottawa Fab Gear 64 (1109 Wellington St W)

Ottawa Solstice Books (721-Z Chemin Riverside, Wakefield, QC)

Black Sheep Inn (420 Chemin Riverside, Wakefield, QC)

CD Warehouse (499 Terry Fox Dr / 1383 Clyde Ave / 1717 St. Laurent Blvd)

Ottawa Sounds Unlikely (5 Arlington Ave)

Ottawa Britton's (846 Bank St / 352 Richmond Rd)


Check out the October 25, 2009 Ottawa Citizen article "20 Questions" with Bruce Deachman here. Or listen to the podcast.

"Roots music had a great year this year, and Ottawa's Lynne Hanson should be on the top of the lists. Worldly without being depressing and lyrics where the characters don't just complain about their lives, they take responsibility for where they stand ... Eleven Months is worth every minute it took to spill out all those guts onto Hanson's kitchen table." - Alan Neal host of Bandwidth on CBC Radio One

Eleven Months was officially released in North America on September 6th 2008 and is available through CD Baby. Check out the music page or visit MySpace to preview tracks. Eleven Months was officially released in the UK / Europe through Weatherbox on November 24, 2008. Lynne Hanson’s album is an aural treat. A spacious & drifting sound redolent of American Music Club’s best work. - Acoustic Magazine (UK) Canadian Hanson sounds like she's from way further south, her soulful country debut coloured by a touch of blues on "How Little I Sleep" & "Willow Tree", & a glimmer of folksiness on quieter tracks such as the beautiful "Middle of the Bed - * Q Magazine (UK) Everything Lynne does on this album, be it her singing, the tasty understated music, or her well-crafted songs, just feels right & bears repeated listening. Ottawa-born Hanson is up near the best of them. - Sunday Life (Belfast) Canadian songbird, Lynne Hanson is yet another from her homeland making an impression on the Americana roots scene. She looks set to be around for the long haul. - Maverick Magazine (UK) 2 page Feature Eleven Months is a stunning album from a rising talent - Gt. Yarmouth Advertiser The lyrics are rich in worldly observation & the melodies shimmer with beauty - Waveney Advertiser**

Note: Correct track listings for the European release can be downloaded by right clicking here and choosing "save as." If you've purchased a CD with the incorrect track listing and would like to receive an insert for your CD, send us an email and we'll drop one in the mail for you.



Check out the video for Cold Touch from Eleven Months. To see the High Definition version visit YouTube and choose "Watch in HD" (you'll need high speed for this). Produced by Mountain Road Productions.
Latest News: Lynne has been nominated for a 2009 Canadian Folk Music Award in the category of new / emerging artist. The awards night gala will take place on Saturday November 21st in Ottawa, Ontario. For more information, check out the CFMA website. Lynne was an Official Showcase artist at the 2009 Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Region (SWRFA) Conference in Austin, Texas, September 23-27. 2009 Kerrville New Folk Finalist 2009 Rose Garden Coffeehouse Performing Songwriter Finalist Lynne is featured in the February 2009 edition of the UK based Maverick Country Magazine. Eleven Months made a few best of 2008 lists: Alan Neal host of Bandwidth on CBC Radio (Canada) Marie Crichton host on BBC Radio Shropshire (UK) Tom Fahey host of AmericanaOK (UK) Karen Miller host of The Miller Tells Her Tale (UK) Gail Comfort host of The Comfort Zone (UK) The Cowboy's Sweetheart on BayFM 99.9FM (Australia) Steve Clarke host of Acoustic Planet CHES (Canada) Dennis Brunnenmeyer host of Nevada City Limits KVMR (US) Mark Michaelis host of Acoustic Harmony WGDR (US) Don Grant reviewer Freight Train Boogie (US) DJ Mike Ganley The Crooked Road on Swindon 105.5 in the UK picked Eleven Months as the featured album on November 27, 2008. Lynne was an Official Showcase artist at the 2008 Folk Alliance Region (FAR) West Conference in Phoenix Arizona, October 24-26. Eleven Months debuts at #20 on the EuroAmericana chart in August 2008, and was #14 on the EuroAmericana chart for September 2008 DJ Tom Fahey from AmericanaOK picked Eleven Months as his CD of the month for August 2008 DJ Thomas Kaldijk picked Eleven Months as his CD of the week August 15 2008 on BluePrint out of Holland Eleven Months has been one of the top selling CDs at plato.nl based out of Den Haag in the Netherlands since August Lynne was a Canadian regional finalist for the Mountain Stage New Song contest this past August 2008.



Check out the new REVIEWS for Eleven Months (special thanks to Alex Akela from the Netherlands for the Dutch translations!!) Heaven Pop Magazine (Netherlands) Maverick Magazine (UK) Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange (US) Rootstime (Germany) MazzMusikaS (Belgium) NetRhythms (UK) More reviews (Netherlands, US and UK)