Megan Lane is a rock musician from Saskatoon, SK who earned her status as a prodigious guitarist with a commanding voice from her pre-teen years on. From her early days cutting her teeth at all-ages blues jams to a decade working as a full-time musician touring the country and honing her writing and performance skills, Lane emerges as one of Canada’s most surprising guitarists with her fourth release Sounding the Animal (late 2014). Steered by the deft hand of in-demand producer Hawksley Workman, Lane’s cut-to-the-bone guitar solos and unbridled voice are set loose amidst the analog tones of classic rock and the punchy synthetic textures of today. The dynamic range of the album moves from up-beat danceable tracks like the lead single “Someday We Will Leave this Town” to a few stripped down acoustic tracks, such as the haunting story-song “Coyote/Wolf” that first won Workman’s attention.
For her SXSW showcase, Lane will f...
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Megan Lane is a rock musician from Saskatoon, SK who earned her status as a prodigious guitarist with a commanding voice from her pre-teen years on. From her early days cutting her teeth at all-ages blues jams to a decade working as a full-time musician touring the country and honing her writing and performance skills, Lane emerges as one of Canada’s most surprising guitarists with her fourth release Sounding the Animal (late 2014). Steered by the deft hand of in-demand producer Hawksley Workman, Lane’s cut-to-the-bone guitar solos and unbridled voice are set loose amidst the analog tones of classic rock and the punchy synthetic textures of today. The dynamic range of the album moves from up-beat danceable tracks like the lead single “Someday We Will Leave this Town” to a few stripped down acoustic tracks, such as the haunting story-song “Coyote/Wolf” that first won Workman’s attention.
For her SXSW showcase, Lane will feature as a one-person band: her voice, guitar, synth, and a home-made stomp box give her all the tools she needs to spit out top picks from her latest release.
Sounding the Animal is preceded by three albums: Bow & Drill the Spark (2009), Wrapped in Plastic (2006), and Purple and Blue (2004), which was nominated for Outstanding Blues recording by the Western Canadian Music Awards. Winning awards, a life-time sponsorship with G&L Guitars, and grants from FACTOR, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, CreativeSask, and Rawlco Radio, Lane’s recordings have received national airplay on CBC Radio, charted consecutively on CBC Radio 3's top 30 chart, SiriusXM’s Press Play, Songza, various Canadian mainstream rock stations and college stations.
Lane has appeared on the bills of Guitarmania, the Calgary International Blues Festival, the Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Canada Day on Parliament Hill, and many popular summer music festivals. Lane’s performances have been nationally broadcast on CBC television and CTV's Good Morning Canada. Lane has shared the stage with Buffy St. Marie, Jeremy Fisher, and solo-battled Colin James in front Queen Elizabeth the II and Joni Mitchell.
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