Louise Burns

Louise Burns is already a 20-year vet of the music industry. She witnessed the heady last gasp of the majors in the late-’90s (Burns co-founded pop band Lillix at 11 and signed to Madonna’s Maverick Records at 15) and was front and centre for Canada’s Indie Renaissance. Now Burns is an in-demand collaborator (Gold & Youth), acclaimed solo musician (2011’s Mellow Drama, longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, and 2013’s Midnight Mass), and multi-instrumentalist whose celebrated songwriting is equal parts grit and gloss.