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Lori Cullen is a Canadian pop music and jazz singer-songwriter. "Lori Cullen Teams Up with Ron Sexsmith and Kurt Swinghammer for New Album". Exclaim!, August 18, 2016. She has released seven albums as a solo artist, has collaborated with other artists as a guest musician, and is a Juno Award nominee."The Sun's 2007 Juno Award scorecard". Vancouver Sun, March 31, 2007.
Originally from Mississauga, Ontario, Cullen released her debut album Garden Path in 2000. "Lori Cullen: Garden Path". Exclaim!, September 30, 2000. She followed up with So Much, an album of jazz standards, in 2002,"Lori Cullen: So Much". Toronto Star, January 16, 2003. before returning to original folk-pop songwriting for 2004's Uneven Hill."Lori Cullen: Uneven Hill". Toronto Star, February 26, 2004. During her early career, she kept these two sides of her artistic personality separate, recording distinct albums and distinguishing her live performances as being either folk or jazz shows; during her tour to support Uneven Hill, however, she decided to instead start integrating the two genres."Divas and the city". The Globe and Mail, July 1, 2005.
Her song "Away So Long", cowritten with Brian MacMillan, was the winner of the 2005 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award.
Her next album, 2006's Calling for Rain, was an album of covers of artists such as Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Richard Thompson and Randy Newman, done in a style that incorporated both pop and jazz influences. It was nominated for a Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2007.
Her most recent album, Sexsmith Swinghammer Songs (2016), features songs written for her by Ron Sexsmith and Kurt Swinghammer. "Lori Cullen Sexsmith Swinghammer Songs". Exclaim!, October 26, 2016.
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