LINDI ORTEGA NOMINATED FOR TWO JUNO AWARDS
TOUR DATES CONFIRMED WITH SOCIAL DISTORTION THIS SPRING
CRITICS HAIL LITTLE RED BOOTS OUT NOW ON LAST GANG RECORDS
“Canada’s answer to Dolly Parton.”—NPR
“Radiates rowdy, rootsy Americana.”—USA Today
“Country-dusted…a tonic of sass and sugar with foot-stomping rhythms.”—Los Angeles Times
“It’s her penetrating and tremulous voice you’ll remember the most.” —Country Weekly
“Singing away her demons gives Ortega's songs a gritty honesty, and they deserve to be loved.” —Q
“It’s a jukebox-jumpin take on straight-up Dolly with a smile behind it’s eyes and a rockabillyish skip in its step.” —The Independent
“…swagger, charm, and surely wide appeal.”—Mail on Sunday
“Ortega is blessed with a powerful voice that is full of honesty.” —American Songwriter
“A clutch of instantly memorable tunes that show tenderness and sass at once.”—Time Out New York
“…fiery and seductive.”—AOL The Boot
“…full of rockabilly stomp and Dolly
Parton-like swagger.”—KUT Radio
“One of the most important new artists of the year.”—San Francisco Examiner
Acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega continues to receive praise for her debut full-length Little Red Boots, available now on Last Gang Records. The highly lauded album has been nominated for two Juno Awards for Best New Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album (solo). Additionally, Ortega will support Social Distortion on their North American tour this spring. Ortega, who is now residing in Nashville, is currently touring throughout Europe. The Sunday Times comments she “fits the ‘undiscovered gem’ role to a T,” and France’s Les Inrockuptibles calls the latest release “the first big record of 2012.” She has toured extensively including a cross-Canada run as the opening act for the U.K. band Keane and with Brandon Flowers, the lead singer of The Killers. Of her live performance, the Chicago Sun Times notes, “[her] ebullient personality and powerful voice make for a striking presence,” while Pittsburgh Tribune Review adds, “ [she] stands out.” See below for tour dates.
Ortega recorded Little Red Boots with Juno Award winning producer Ron Lopata. CBC Radio explains her style as “a dash of country, a pinch of folk, a sprinkle of rock, and a smidgeon of jazz”—a genre Ortega explains as “a roadside motel love affair between old school outlaws and country darlings.”
The new album follows Ortega’s 2009 four-song EP The Drifter that Toronto’s Eye Weekly called, “The perfect EP” and “A terrific teaser.” Lindi recently partnered with CMT.com and CMT Mobile to premiere her latest music video for the song “Black Fly”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Csc21rcF6E.
Last Gang Entertainment is a recording, management and publishing company founded in 2003 with offices in Los Angeles, London, Toronto and Montreal. In addition to launching Metric, Death From Above 1979, MSTRKRFT and Crystal Castles, the label has combined successfully with LIGHTS, Chromeo, The New Pornographers, K-OS, Boys Noize and Tiga on varied licensing deals. The distributed division (Last Gang Label) has partnered with a variety of artist and label clients, including Nightbox, Trouble Andrew and boutique electronic label Turbo Recordings.
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For more information, please contact Krista Williams, Cami Opere or Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.
LINDI ORTEGA TOUR DATES
April 10 /// Portland, OR /// Roseland Theater
April 12 /// Portland, OR /// Roseland Theater
April 13 /// Seattle, WA /// Paramount Theatre
April 14 /// Kennewick, WA /// Toyota Arena
April 16-17 /// Vancouver, BC /// The Commodore Ballroom
April 19 /// Calgary, AB /// MacEwan Hall
April 20 /// Edmonton, AB /// Edomonton Events Centre
April 21 /// Saskatoon, SK /// The Odeon Events Centre
April 23 /// Winnipeg, MB /// Burton Cummings Theater
April 26-27 /// Minneapolis, MN /// First Avenue
April 28 /// Sauget, IL /// Pop’s
May 1 /// Memphis, TN /// Minglewood Hall
May 2 /// Dallas, TX /// House of Blues
May 4 /// Houston, TX /// House of Blues
May 5 /// Corpus Christi, TX /// Concrete Street Amphitheater
May 6 /// Austin, TX /// Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
May 8 /// Oklahoma City, OK /// Diamond Ballroom
May 10 /// Boulder, CO /// Boulder Theater
May 11-12 /// Salt Lake City, UT /// The Depot
May 14 /// Boise, ID /// Knitting Factory
May 15 /// Spokane, WA /// Knitting Factory
May 16 /// Bend, OR /// Midtown
May 18-19 /// Reno, NV /// Knitting Factory
May 20 /// Pozo, CA /// Pozo Saloon