LINDI ORTEGA

Faded Gloryville is the fourth full-length release by acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega. It’s a stunning new collection of country-kissed songs

In the wake of it’s release, Lindi returns to Belfast for the first time since her sold out apearance at the Black Box two years ago, where her incredible musical gifts were ably demonstrated live, in tandem with a feisty, fiery and fierce force of nature presence

Faded Gloryville was produced in three sessions. Initially with Dave Cobb who was behind the boards for 2013’s Juno Award-nominated Tin Star, and fellow Canadian castaway Colin Linden, who helped her realize her vision for 2012’s Polaris Prize nominated Cigarettes & Truckstops.

Those results will be pleasing to the many fans who’ve discovered her over the years and fallen hard for her own unique take on the torch and twang of her country influences such as Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn.

And the final session took her in a different direction, towards a soulful sound akin to artists she expresses an affinity and fondness for like Solomon Burke, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke. Helping her navigate the new terrain were John Paul White from The Civil Wars and Ben Tanner from the Alabama Shakes, who co-produced in their studio in the deep south

“I feel like country music, itself, is all encompassing. There are different facets of it,” Lindi explains. And despite the three different directions taken in the recording process, together, the nine originals and a heartfelt cover of the Bee Gees’ classic “To Love Somebody”, do all make sense, delivering what is the singer-songwriter’s most assured, varied and engaging release to date.