Lindi Ortega Releases Album CIGARETTES & TRUCKSTOPS Today, 10/2

Cigarettes & Truckstops, the highly anticipated follow-up album from critically acclaimed Nashville-based artist Lindi Ortega, will be released today, October 2 on Last Gang Records.

Ortega’s JUNO award-nominated debut album, Little Red Boots, gathered praise from USA Today who declared the debut, “radiates rowdy, rootsy Americana” and Time Out New York who described it as, “a clutch of instantly memorable tunes that show tenderness and sass at once.” To support the release, Ortega will tour with Social Distortion this fall.

Cigarettes & Truckstops was largely inspired by Ortega’s move to Nashville from her hometown, Toronto, which brought her closer to the origins of many of her influences, including Hank Williams. By reading a biography of Williams, Ortega discovered his mentor Rufus “Tee-Tot” Payne, the street performer who taught Williams to play guitar. This sparked Ortega’s interest in the influence of blues on early country—a fascination that comes through strongly on the record. Ortega brought on praised producer and T-Bone Burnett musician Colin Linden (O Brother Where Art Thou, Lucinda Williams, Bruce Cockburn) for the project when she found that he shared her interest in blues and the roots of country music.

Ortega has toured extensively in the past year, opening for acts like Social Distortion, Dierks Bentley, Burton Cummings, and James Vincent McMorrow. See below for tour dates. Ortega partnered with CMT.com and CMT Mobile to premiere her latest music video for the song “Black Fly,” available here.

Last Gang Entertainment is a recording, management and publishing company founded in 2003 with offices in Los Angeles, London, Toronto and Montreal. In addition to launching Metric, Death From Above 1979, MSTRKRFT and Crystal Castles, the label has combined successfully with LIGHTS, Chromeo, The New Pornographers, K-OS, Boys Noize and Tiga on varied licensing deals. The distributed division (Last Gang Label) has partnered with a variety of artist and label clients, including Nightbox, Trouble Andrew and boutique electronic label Turbo Recordings. See lastgangentertainment.com.

LINDI ORTEGA TOUR DATES
*Social Distortion tour

October 11 /// Chicago, IL /// Vic Theatre*
October 16 /// Detroit, MI /// Royal Oak Music Theatre*
October 18 /// Cleveland, OH /// House Of Blues*
October 20 /// Toronto, ON /// The Sound Academy*
October 23 /// Montreal, QC /// Metropolis*
October 26 /// New York, NY /// Roseland Ballroom*
October 30 /// Boston, MA /// House Of Blues*
November 1 /// Sayreville, NJ /// Starland Ballroom*
November 3 /// Philadelphia, PA /// The Electric Factory*
November 6 /// Washington, DC /// 9:30 Club*
November 9 /// Charlotte, NC /// The Fillmore Charlotte*
November 10 /// Myrtle Beach, SC /// House Of Blues*
November 11 /// Atlanta, GA /// Tabernacle*
November 13 /// Chattanooga, TN /// Track 29*
November 14 /// New Orleans, LA /// House Of Blues*
November 16 /// San Antonio, TX /// Backstage Live*