Lera Lynn Explained

Lera Lynn
Birth Date:December 5, 1984
Birth Place:Houston, Texas, United States
Genre:Indie rock, Americana
Origin:Athens, Georgia
Label:Resistor Music

Lera Lynn (born December 5, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.

Early life

Born in Houston, Texas, Lynn was raised in Georgia. She has a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of Georgia.[1] Before attending the university, she briefly attended Young Harris College in Young Harris, Georgia.[2]

Career

Lynn's first LP, Have You Met Lera Lynn, was released in 2011. In 2014, she released an EP entitled Lying in the Sun and also began creating music for the second season of the crime drama series True Detective. Working with songwriter and music producer T Bone Burnett, the two collaborated with singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash at Burnett's home in Los Angeles, California with two of the resulting tracks being included on Cash's 2018 album She Remembers Everything.[3] After approving the musical tracks, series creator Nic Pizzolatto cast Lynn as a recurring character who performs the songs in a dive bar frequented by the main characters.[4] Her 2016 album Resistor was reviewed in Rolling Stone.[5]

Discography

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: From Athens to Austin, Lera Lynn Gets High Marks in Old School . Huffpost Entertainment . October 23, 2012.
  2. Web site: Lera Lynn (Sept.14 issue) . Stomp And Stammer . 2015-10-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150705012943/http://www.stompandstammer.com/content/view/5975/51 . July 5, 2015 . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: ABOUT . Lera Lynn . 2015-10-15.
  4. News: 'True' Chanteuse Is the Secret Singer . John Jurgensen . Wall Street Journal . June 26, 2015 . D6.
  5. Web site: Marissa R. Moss . Hear Lera Lynn's Punchy 'Shape Shifter' . February 17, 2016 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170318090835/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-lera-lynns-punchy-shape-shifter-20160217 . March 18, 2017 . live . June 21, 2017.