At first blush, Vancouver’s Shiloh Lindsey seems like she was destined to play country music.
Born in Alberta, she was named after a character in a western movie and raised on a ranch. Her parents split up when she was younger, and Lindsey and her mom ended up in a trailer park. At 14 she took a job as a waitress in a truck stop diner, before stealing her brother’s guitar and hitting the road in search of fame and fortune.
It’s a story that’s a country song in itself.
After coming to Vancouver, Lindsey was soon making albums, and after the 2011 release of WARNING: Western Violence & Brief Sensuality, Lindsey was hailed by critics and music fans alike as “the whiskey sipping darling of Vancouver,” playing a particularly dark and lonesome mix of alt-country and barroom-inspired roots music.
But all that has changed.“I’m no longer an outlaw,” she said. “I seem to be making a switch. Maybe it’s growing up and being more sensitive. I’m a little less angry… I was pretty angry before. I fell pretty easily into playing alt-country, but now it’s a little more folk rock, although I hate to label anything or stick it into a genre.”
The change comes following Lindsey’s return to Vancouver after spending two years living in Halifax “for love.”
But now she’s back on the West Coast and heading back into the studio.
“I’m really glad to be back in Vancouver. I have a new appreciation for the city and the people here,” she said.
“I’m in the middle of recording a new four or five song EP. I’m hoping to have it out by the first week of June, and then I will go on tour.”
But before all that, Lindsey makes a stop in Squamish on Friday (April 17) at the Howe Sound Inn and Brew Pub at 9 p.m.
“I’ll be playing a lot of the old songs,” she said. “But I will also be performing and previewing some of the new, more folk-y material as well.”
Catch Shiloh Lindsey at the Howe Sound Inn and Brew Pub on Friday at 9 p.m. and there’s no cover.
