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Lindi Ortega (born May 28, 1980) is a Canadian country singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario who now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Her voice has been described as a blend of Dolly Parton's, Johnny Cash's, and Emmylou Harris'. She spent nearly a decade as an independent artist in the Toronto music scene,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lindi Ortega )〕 releasing two albums and an EP in that time. She has been described as "Toronto's best kept secret"〔 and nicknamed "Indie Lindi". Ortega is currently signed to Last Gang Records where she has released four albums, most recently ''Faded Gloryville'' August 7, 2015.〔http://lindiortega.ca/#music〕 At the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011, Ortega toured extensively as a backup singer for Brandon Flowers, the lead singer of The Killers, in support of his solo album, ''Flamingo''. This tour included dates in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Mexico, as well as televised live performances on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', ''Later... with Jools Holland'' and at Abbey Road Studios. There were also a number of festival dates in the United States and Europe, including Coachella, T in the Park and Oxegen. On February 7, 2012, Ortega was nominated for two Juno Awards – New Artist of the Year and Roots & Traditional Album: Solo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2012 JUNO Award Nominees )〕 On June 14, 2012, Ortega's album ''Little Red Boots'' was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The 2012 Polaris Music Prize Long List Is Here )〕 In June 2013, her album ''Cigarettes & Truckstops'' was longlisted for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize. In July 2014, Ortega was nominated for two Canadian Country Music Association Awards – Female Artist of the Year and Roots Artist of the Year. Her album, ''Tin Star'' was also nominated for Album Design of the Year. ==Personal life and career beginnings== Lindi Ortega is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is of Mexican-Irish descent. She was 17 when – after picking up the guitar that hung on the wall of the family home – she wrote "Faded Dress", which she has said was "the first in a long line of heartbreak songs". It was about her first boyfriend dumping her the day before the prom. "I wrote about the dress hanging in the closet, that never got worn. It was sad, but I thought it would be better the next year. But nobody asked me." Ortega spent years trawling around record labels as the Toronto scene dubbed her "Indie Lindi". In 2008, she signed to major label Interscope, releasing one EP before they directed their resources into something more conventionally radio-friendly. Ortega remembers "singing my heart out for suits with BlackBerries. Your emotions are all over the place – and they're staring at the ceiling." After a decade of making ends meet by working in pizza places and fleamarkets, in 2011, she signed to Last Gang.〔Country musician Lindi Ortega: "I'm a kickass thing" by Dave Simpson of The Guardian, January 27, 2014 – http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/27/country-musician-lindi-ortega〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lindi Ortega」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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