The award-winning Canadian Americana singer-songwriter Lynne Hanson has announced a UK tour for Spring 2025 in support of her latest release “Just A Poet.” The twice Canadian Folk Music Award winner will begin at Shoreham’s Ropetackle Arts Centre on 20th March 2025 performing a total of 16 dates before finishing on 6thApril 2025 at The Live Room in Saltaire.
Hanson has been described as “too tough for folk and too blues-influenced for country”. Her music can shift from a sunshine, blue sky ballad to a full-on thunderstorm of gritty Americana swamp from one song to the next. It’s garnered her the nickname “Canada’s own Queen of Americana.” Her voice has drawn comparisons with both Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch and she’s been commended for the poetry of her lyrics.
Hanson is known for her high energy, roots guitar driven live performances. She has an uncanny way of connecting with her audience with an authenticity that is as entertaining as it is disarming bringing her sense of humour and spontaneity as a storyteller to the fore.
Reviewing a show on her 2022 tour AUK’s Graeme Tait enthused: “Hanson is a fine singer whose voice is strong, soaked in experience, well capable of rocking out with the best, and yet on the quieter numbers of heartache and vulnerability there is always a sense of depth and hard-earned wisdom”.
A prolific songwriter, Hanson has released nine studio albums along with two books of poetry over her 20-year solo career. She is an international touring artist and has appeared at leading international festivals including Take Root (Netherlands), Glasgow Americana (Scotland), Maverick Festival (UK), Kerrville Folk Festival (US), and Winnipeg Folk Festival (Canada). You can listen to a live version of ‘Weeds’ from “Just A Poet“ below.
The full list of dates, where she will be accompanied by guitarist Blair Michael Hogan, can be found below and you can find the tickets here.
Lynne Hanson Spring 2025 UK Dates:
Thu Mar 20 – Shoreham – Ropetackle Arts Centre
Fri Mar 21 – Sevenoaks – St Edith Folk Club
Sat Mar 22 – High Wycombe – Kingsmead House Concerts
Sun Mar 23 – Whitstable – Whitstable Sessions
Mon Mar 24 – London – The Green Note
Wed Mar 26 – Bath – Chapel Arts
Thu Mar 27 – Horsley – The Hearth Arts Centre
Fri Mar 28 – Kirton in Lindsey – Town Hall Live
Sat Mar 29 – Barton upon Humber – The Ropewalk
Sun Mar 30 – Malton – The Milton Rooms
Tue Apr 1 – Scarborough – The Old Parcels Office
Wed Apr 2 – Glasgow – The Glad Cafe
Thu Apr 3 – Combe – The Live At The Hub Society
Fri Apr 4 – Bewdley – Music In The Hall – St George’s Hall
Sat Apr 5 – Newbald – Newbald Village Hall
Sun Apr 6 – Saltaire – The Live Room
Really looking forward to Lynne’s return – quality musician and a lovely person😃