scottyjackson
Every song on Queen of Time is one I will listen to again and again and AGAIN. Fantastic. Following y’all for quite a while. I love Lindsay Lou’s energy and it is uncorked in this stellar recording. A bright light cutting through darkness and the “din of the machine”. That is all exemplified in the notes played and Lindsay Lou’s voice and her written words. Thank you, Lindsay Lou!
“Guided by life experiences, Lindsay Lou's sound and songwriting continues to evolve and intertwine her sturdy Bluegrass roots with progressive Americana and Folk.” – PBS
Nashville artist Lindsay Lou’s captivating vocals are capable of untold multitudes: a molasses-sweet instrument equally capable of clarion ache, slicing deep into the soul. The daughter of a literal coal-miner and millwright, and the granddaughter of a teacher gone Rainbow Gathering healer, Lou honed her honest and resonant style with her bluegrass-inspired band, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys, and Michigan supergroup, Sweet Water Warblers (Rachael Davis, May Erlewine), excavating elements of bluegrass, folk, Americana, and soulful pop for their emotional depths. Whether bathing in the radiant sunset of Tennessee or digging into the rich loam of her midwest upbringing, Lou has an innate ability to bring an immediacy to both affairs of the heart and philosophical thought. On her new album Queen of Time, Lou captures a new arc of haloed beauty, becoming unattainable in her own way—a vibrant, powerful woman who can share herself with the world, and yet define a mystic sense of inner self as well.
“I saw a literal manifestation of the sacred feminine, and had this profound sense that I was meant to embody it,” recalls celebrated singer-songwriter Lindsay Lou after journeying through a hallucinogenic ritual that would inform the way she processed waves of grief in the sea of change ahead of her. The loss of her grandmother, the end of her marriage, and the overwhelming turmoil of COVID lockdowns found the Nashville-based artist on a spiritual journey of self-knowledge and healing with this gift from the mystic swirl. On her new album Queen of Time, Lou explores that quest across ten tracks of tender, heartbreakingly beautiful music. Featuring a gamut of guests including GRAMMY® Award-winners Billy Strings and Jerry Douglas, Queen of Time celebrates love and loss, but above all, the art of living as an unattainably—a vibrant, powerful woman who can share herself with the world, and yet define a mighty sense of inner self as well.
credits
released September 29, 2023
Lindsay Lou, acoustic guitar, vocals
Anthony da Costa, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, Juno synths, background vocals
PJ George III, upright bass, electric bass, piano, organ, djembe,
background vocals
Alex Bice, drums, bongos, triangle, background vocals
Jerry Douglas, dobro on “Nothing Else Matters”
Billy Strings, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals on “Nothing’s Working”; electric guitar on “Shame”
Billy Strings appears courtesy of Reprise Records
Anders Beck, dobro on “Nothing’s Working”
Eddy Dunlap, pedal steel on “On Your Side (Starman)”
Phoebe Hunt, violin, background vocals on “Silent”
Dominick Leslie, mandolin on “Nothing Else Matters” and “Needed”
Royal Massat, upright bass on “Rules”
Mimi Naja, mandolin, background vocals on “Rules”
Joshua Rilko, mandolin on “On Your Side (Starman)”, “Love Calls”
and “Silent”
Matt “Mr. Jimmy” Rowland, Rhodes piano on “Silent”
Kyle Tuttle, banjo, background vocals on “Rules”
Melody Walker, background vocals, pandeiro, caxixi on “Love Calls”
Produced by Dave O’Donnell
Recorded at Sound Emporium’s Studio B in Nashville, TN
Mandolin and dobro for “Nothing Else Matters” recorded by Dave O’Donnell and assisted by Ethan Howard at The Doghouse Studio in Nashville, TN; additional instrumentation recorded by Anthony Da Costa at Isolation Row and Camp Senia in Nashville, TN; “Silent” recorded by Dave O’Donnell at Carriage Works in Nashville, TN; “Nothing’s Working” and “Rules” recorded by Dewey Boyd and Dave O'Donnell, and assisted by Jaedon Bonifield, Caison Rogers and Nate Anderson, at Forty-One Fifteen in Nashville, TN
Engineered by Dave O’Donnell
Assistant Engineering by Skyler Chuckry
Mixed by Dave O’Donnell at Studio D in New York, NY
Mastered by Greg Calbi & Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ
Photography by Dana Kalachnik
Styling by Sierra Kusterbeck
Layout by Rob Jones for Kill Rock Stars Nashville
THANKS
Thanks to my team: Noelle Panepento, Cassie Siegel & MINT Talent Group, Ben Coe, Ryan Babarsky & Artistzen. JKT, Mom & Dad, Simon, Noah, The Wildling Women, Producer Dave, The band – hallelujah! All the musicians and festivarians who’ve inspired me and kept me going, especially the ones who helped me bring these songs to life. Our studio friends Ben Fields, Neal Cappellino, and Juanita Copeland. Maya de Vitry, Sue Monk Kidd, Ally Dale, Alan Watts, Scotty & Britt, Sierra Ferrell, The Sweet Water Warblers
New solo album Queen of Time out September 29 on Kill Rock Stars Nashville. Pre-order
now!
“Guided by life experiences, Lindsay Lou's sound and songwriting continues to evolve and intertwine her sturdy Bluegrass roots with progressive Americana and Folk.” – PBS
“In an era when style and trends can become genericana, [Lou] focuses on the song.” – No Depression...more
love these new tracks! have definitely pre-ordered and eagerly anticipating tomorrows release!
will be my first time seeing you live in Lyons next weekend!
I'm on cloud 9! aikowolf
This New Haven duo write bright and emotionally resonant folk music where sweeping strings elevate gorgeous melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 23, 2021
This ain't Texas. This ain't Nashville. This is country that straddles the US and Canadian border. Its wide open, strong, and a little vulnerable, and in a lot of cases having a good ol' time. I love her feel. veenstar