"It's not a band but a revelation!"
Vancouver Folk Music Festival
New Annie Lou Album on the way!
Grandma's Rules For Drinking
With a 2010 Juno nomination, a 2010 Western 
Canadian Music Award nomination and appearances at coast-to-coast Canadian folk festivals in 2010 and 2011, Annie Lou has become a familiar sight on the Canadian roots music stage.
Annie Lou was unleashed when northern songwriter Anne Louise Genest found herself drawn to the stringband sounds and story songs of old time mountain and traditional country music. Although born and raised in downtown Toronto and hunkered down in the woods outside of Whitehorse for the last twenty years, it was in these older musical traditions that Genest found her muse and set out to explore her original music in the context of oldtime stringband sounds. “This music has a profound edge to it - there in the voices and in the playing is the lament we all carry as people, just trying to get by in this beautiful, terrible world.” says Genest. “Joy and grief are two sides of the same coin. The older music expresses that tension so perfectly."
Annie Lou’s stringband instrumentation translates into foot-stomping fiddle and banjo, driving guitar and upright bass, and great big vocals. Built around Genest’s original songwriting, Annie Lou is firmly rooted in both the past and the present, with a strong vein of Canadiana running through that marries it all together. New and original, yet old and familiar, Annie Lou is Canadian roots music at its finest.
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Annie Lou’s self-titled debut CD was produced by Bob Hamilton at Old Crow Recording in Whitehorse, Yukon, The band called on the talents of renowned old time fiddler Sammy Lind (Foghorn Stringband) to share fiddle duties and the album includes some rousing double fiddle tunes.
2010 JUNO Nominated - Roots & Traditional Album of the Year!
“Upon listening to Annie Lou’s upcoming release, I was struck by how fresh and unique the music is while still being firmly rooted in the oldtime tradition. While this band comes from Canada’s great north, you will be instantly transported to the hollers of Appalachia. This is one good and sweet, honest and true album.”
Andrew Collins, Creaking Tree String Quartet
Booking inquiries: Frank Hoorn - Email: Frank Hoorn/Near North Music Phone: (250) 847-5228