Window On The West Performers

LORI KOLE

With a soft, sultry voice, and a big stage presence, Lori Kole is setting the country music ablaze in Alberta, Canada. She has recently shared the stage with the likes of Johnny Reid, Charlie Major, Corb Lund and Neil McCoy. This sudden new Alberta heat has had a long, slow burn. Growing up on the family beef cattle ranch in rural northern Manitoba, music has always been a part of Lori's heart and soul. From the age of five, Lori could be heard belting out her performance of Dolly Parton's " 9
to 5", where she made her own stage at the top of the farm gravel pile. Using her sister's record player Lori sang along to everything from Tanya tucker, to Stevie Nicks, to Reba and Tammy Wynette . And so began the dream of being a country music recording artist. After finishing high school, Lori began entering singing competitions. Her smoky, riveting of Patsy Cline's "Walking After Midnight" earned her the title of Palomino QX104 Vocalist of The Year at the World Famous Palomino Nightclub in Winnipeg, Canada. Her performance qualities were quickly noticed in the music industry. Offers to perform on television and on the local country music circuit immediately followed.

• CKND TV Christmas Special
• Various TV Commercials
• Children's Miracle Telethon Performance
• Performance on Bailathon Telethon for Crime Stoppers
• Annual winner and performer of the Winnipeg Choral Association
• NHL Anthem Singer
• QX104 Vocalist of The Year at the World Famous Palomino Nightclub
• Awarded Cultural Industries Development Office (CIDO) grant funding
• Her first EP soon followed, a 6 song compilation entitled Lori Kole: "Debut"
The lead single, "Turn the Other Cheek" released to European and Canadian radio
and charted in the top 100 on Canada's Country Chart
• Showcased at the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) in Edmonton
and Calgary
• Lori has been promoting and booking her own act, playing everything from Rodeos,
Festivals, First Class Night Clubs and Corporate Engagements
• In addition to a rigorous performing schedule, Lori spent the past two years
writing and recording songs for her up-coming full length album
• Lori just returned from Nashville where she co-wrote and recorded her first 4
tracks with writer / producer Steve Fox
• Her up-coming single will be released in the fall of 2009

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