Lynne Hanson

I'll be releasing a new album in January 2020 with extensive touring planned for Europe, the UK, the US and Canada.  So I'm REALLY pleased to announce that I've been added to the Black Oak Artists roster in the USA…

Starting in June I'm going to be posting exclusive content on my Patreon page. It's a membership driven page to support content creation. It's basically like buying me a good cup of coffee once a month to hear and…

Looks like I'm heading back to Texas a LOT sooner than I thought!   Very honoured to have been selected as a Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Finalist !   This will be the second time I've taken part in this event…

After what feels like several months on the road ... oh wait it HAS been several months ... I'm back in studio for the next couple weeks recording a brand new album with Jim Bryson!   This week we tracked guitars…

Well 2018 was an absolute whirlwind.   I started the year releasing Heartbreak Song For The Radio as one half of The LYNNeS.  We played our first official show together at a house concert in Eganville presented by Off The…

So unbelievably honoured to receive the 2018 Canadian Folk Music Award for English Songwriter of the Year as well as Ensemble of the year for The LYNNeS album Heartbreak Song For The Radio.   A huge thank you…

AND Europe is a wrap!!  What an incredible 7 weeks.  Thank you the venues who gave us a stage to play on, to everyone who helped to spread the word about our tour, to old and new friends who opened…

Thrilled to announce The LYNNeS are nominated in 5 categories for this year's Canadian Folk Music Awards!!   Heartbreak Song For The Radio is in the running for the year’s best contemporary album, vocal group, ensemble, English-language songwriter and producer.  Congratulations…

It was a whirlwind 10 days out in Alberta with hiking and pandas bookended by gigs.  On our way back from Jasper, Jarred Albright and I stopped to take a break and stumbled upon one of the many gorgeous lake…

I''m heading to Alberta where I'll be joined by Jarred Albright for 5 shows ... including one FULL band show in Calgary at Mikey's on 12th where we'll re-create our Wide Cut Weekend experience with my western Good Intentions.  And…

We're just a couple days away from May which means it's SPRINGTIME in Canada.  Which means it's also a great time to shake off winter cabin fever and see some live music :-)   I'll be starting off the month solo…

The LYNNeS are back from our European adventure having survived whiteout driving conditions, cancelled flights due to snow, and delays and stranded luggage after Air Canada's computer system crashed for a couple hours on the way home!   We had a…

The LYNNeS (Lynn Miles & Lynne Hanson) official video for the single "Recipe For Disaster" off their album HEARTBREAK SONG FOR THE RADIO, available February 2nd 2018. Visit http://www.thelynnes.com for tour dates, album info, and more details on The LYNNeS.

The LYNNeS new album just got it's first review from FATEA Magazine in the UK!   You can read the full review but here's an excerpt:

"With clever lyrics, superb harmonies and high quality backing musicians, this debut album is an…

2017 has been an amazing ride.  Started out by playing my songs with a world-class jazz band in a world-class room. Played some shows in the US. Released my 5th full-length studio album Uneven Ground.  Spent six weeks touring the…

There's an awful lot of great music that gets released every year.  So quite humbled to have made the Best of 2017 list for the Americana Music Show.  They had this to say about Uneven Ground:

Lynne Hanson's Uneven Ground…

The LYNNeS album is now available for pre-order on The LYNNeS website!  The new album will be officially released on February 2, 2018!  Check out the website for all the latest tours dates too.  The LYNNeS website.

Just a couple more Home Routes shows and I'll circle back to Alberta for dates in Big Sky country over the next 3 weeks before I begin my journey EAST.   Have been having a super time out here in Northern…

I will be driving up and down, across and all around Canada through most of October and November to play shows in BC, AB, SK, MB and N.ONT.  This is the Western Swing of my Canadian Uneven Ground album release…

Great way to start a week with a super review for Uneven Ground from Paul Riley at Country Music People (UK)

The LYNNeS Kickstarter Campaign

I've been writing songs with Lynn Miles for several years now – she's produced 2 of my albums (River of Sand & 7 Deadly Spins), and we've played shows in Canada, the US, Ireland, and…

Opened up the Summer 2017 Edition of Penguin Eggs and came across a new review for Uneven Ground ... 

I've been collaborating for a number of years with Juno-award winning songwriter Lynn Miles.  We've co-written songs together, she's produced two of my albums (River of Sand, 7 Deadly Spins), and we've played dates in Canada as…

"With River of Sand Lynne Hanson had already made a remarkable step (jump) up versus her three previous albums (even if  they were already beautiful).  But this time it looks as if  she has added some maturity to the equation…