Lindi Ortega
Born: 28 / 5 / 1980
Location: Canada
Lindi Marie Ortega (born May 28, 1979) is a Canadian country singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario, who had lived in Nashville, Tennessee then moved to Western Canada in 2017. She spent nearly a decade as an independent artist in the Toronto music scene, releasing two albums and an EP in that time. She has been described as "Toronto's best kept secret" and nicknamed "Indie Lindi". Ortega left Last Gang management and records in November 2017. She has since released Til The Goin' Gets Gone EP and her full-length Liberty on her own label Shadowbox Music. Her voice has been described as a blend of Dolly Parton's, Johnny Cash's, and Emmylou Harris'.At the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011, Ortega toured extensively as a backup singer for Brandon Flowers, the lead singer of the Killers, in support of his solo album, Flamingo. The tour included dates in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Mexico, as well as televised live performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Later ... with Jools Holland and at Abbey Road Studios. There were also a number of festival dates in the United States and Europe, including Coachella, T in the Park and Oxegen.
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Album Review: Lindi Ortega - Liberty
"It finally sounds like Ortega's found that balance between her art and her heart."
After Leaving Nashville, Lindi Ortega Looks Forward To Releasing Her Music Independently
"As an adult you want to be able to take care of your life and yourself and when you can't even pay your rent it's a bit disenchanting."
Mama Kin Spender, Frazey Ford, Harry James Angus Lead Mullum Music Festival Line-Up
Live Review: Comes A Time
"Robert Ellis and his crack four-piece band... totally enthralled with their great country-jazz fusion, big hats and Nudie-type suits."
Live Review: Lindi Ortega, The Cactus Blossoms, Callum Wylie
"She belted out rockabilly numbers about whisky, cocaine, weed and tattoos and then dialled it back with soulful ballads."
Lindi Ortega On Country Music, Chasing Dreams & Lowering Album Stresses
"We're not going to stop or give up just because we haven't had a Billboard hit or something. That's a whole different dream."
Out On The Weekend Announce Robert Ellis, Lindi Ortega Headline Shows
In case you're not going to the big festival
Album Review: Lindi Ortega - Faded Gloryville
"She wraps country and soul music in warm and familiar fashion."
Live Review: Justin Townes Earle, Lindi Ortege, Marlon Williams
With a touch of Nashville playing in Richmond tonight, Earle brings country music for us to celebrate in all its dirty, broken glory.
Born Out Of Time
"I was kind of like this weirdo kid that was a loner and didn’t have a whole lot of friends ... That’s sort of what made me veer towards country."
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