Lindi Ortega Country’s answer to Amy Winehouse

Lindi Ortega has been tipped to make it big following rave reviews of her third album Tin Star.

With a sultry, goth-tinged look, hauntingly emotional vocals and a vintage country style, Lindi Ortega is being tipped as a star in the making.

Described by one reviewer as “a countryfied Amy Winehouse in widow’s robes”, the Toronto-raised, Nashville-based singer is turning heads with the release of her third album, Tin Star.

Lindi sings about all the country music standards loneliness, unrequited love and crumbling relationships but does so in her own style. Success didn’t come instantly, though, and she spent many years as an independent artist.

“I don’t think I would be who I am if I didn’t pay my dues. I’m still paying them!” Lindi said.

“I don’t mind, it makes me a better musician. I feel like I’ve learned so many great lessons in my struggle.”

On the way to becoming a headline act, Lindi has supported an array of acts, from Oscar-winner Kevin Costner to hardcore punk band Social Distortion, but she doesn’t feel the need to adapt her style.

“I never change my sound completely for anyone,” she states.

“I just so happen to create diverse music, so I can go a bit edgier and darker or I can be sweet and subdued.”

Lindi, whose inspirations include Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn and Tina Turner, first learned the classical guitar when she was 15 and played in front of an audience a year later.

Her latest trip to the UK saw her play a headline show at Celtic Connections last night and this evening she’s part of an ensemble at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for a show called California Dreaming.

“I played Celtic Connections once before, a few years ago, when I opened for the wonderful James Vincent McMorrow, so I had been looking forward to playing it again twice!”