Lori has been writing songs, singing and playing various instruments for years, and is also a visual artist, painting in watercolours. She began composing music and making home recordings several years ago. Influences range from Progressive Rock, Scottish, English , Irish and Northern European folk music, Baroque, and Medieval music. Although concerned primarily with recording her own lyrics and music, the album Glasven was inspired and drawn from traditional Scottish folk music. Glasven contains song lyrics and poems that were written by the Scots poet Robert Burns, but with new music created in the traditional style. Since releasing Glasven into the wild, Lori has now returned to focusing on her own lyrics and compositions.
The new album, 'North Sea' is more complex and rock influenced, and has electric guitar and synthesizer (pipe organs and various other keyboard sounds) and glimpses of percussion.
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