Lynn Drury
NOLA-MERICANA
Lynn Drury is an award-winning songwriter with a distinctive voice and a style all her own. In a town known for second lines and brass band beats, she has managed to forge a sound that seamlessly melds her country roots in Mississippi with the grooviness of her adopted home. She’s been a regular favorite at French Quarter Fest and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for years, and has played just about everywhere in town. Over the past two decades, that meticulously cultivated style – NOLAmericana® – has brought Drury’s original music to stages all over the world. Her latest record, “High Tide,” (April 2024) Produced by Papa Mali (Ruthie Foster, 7 Walkers) features Papa on lead guitars which provides the perfect landscape to capture Drury’s essence as a songwriter. With a great backing rhythm section of Doug Belote and Rene Coman, it also features special appearances by Yvette Landry, Roddie Romero, Jason Mingledorff, Rurik Nunan, Satoru Ohashi & Andriu Yanovski.
“An Absolute Triumph! Drury conveys the feelings of a strong, independent woman who refuses to be thrown out of the saddle, but at the same time, she has warmth that is stirring and inviting. It is this combination of softness and strength that makes Drury’s music intriguing and beautiful.” -Offbeat
“Lynn Drury’s become the master of the world-weary ballad”
—No Depression
On-air with Mike Watt!
Speaking with Rob Elba about one of my favorite albums, "Summerteeth" by Wilco
"High Tide" album feature review by Hannah Means-Shannon
Lynn speaks with Tom Murphy of Queen City Sounds Podcast
American Blues Scene exclusive/ "Love Bomb" Premiere
Press / Reviews
“The best song here is the most personal one: “I Waited Too Long” is arranged like an early-’60s torch ballad” - Brett Milano
“Throughout, Drury conveys the feelings of a strong, independent woman who refuses to be thrown out of the saddle, but at the same time, she has warmth that is stirring and inviting. It is this combination of softness and strength that makes Drury’s music intriguing and beautiful.” - Ruby Masters
— Offbeat Magazine (review of "Rise of the Fall")
“If rockers Joan Jett or Suzi Quatro ventured into country rock with a ballad it may sound like this…. Lynn Drury is an equally accomplished artist & it’s evident.” - John Apice
“This singer/songwriter from Nawlins via Miss’ippi has come up with the album Lucinda Williams fans have been hoping for. Without being a copycat, Drury has her own sound but she does a great job of following in and filling some mighty big footsteps. Simply a right on set throughout.” - Chris Spector
“The album offers the listener a soul-baring journey sparked with the grit of her country roots, the heart of her New Orleans city blues, and the honesty of her American folk spirit. ”
“I got into her voice like a leather-upholstered bar booth. She sounds like a sultrier, smokier Bonnie Raitt, infusing a cathartic world-weary woe and wisdom into every line that's worth the price of the album, if you ask me. ” - Laura Miller
— Offbeat Magazine