From the big city to the country side, it doesn’t matter where she’s at. Creating music and writing words through experiences is what Lori Withrow does best. She started young, plunking on piano keys and blowing on the harmonica, singing in the school choir and playing in band, until she stumbled upon her future, tucked away in a downstairs closet at her parents house.
“I picked up my dads Epiphone guitar at 15 and haven’t put it down since. I took lessons with a really awesome guitar instructor for a few years. Then I graduated and went off to college, and took what I learned along with me. For some reason I was shy about my music during those years. It wasn’t until after college that I really began writing and recording my own material. In fact, I remember the day I decided I was tired of just being a “house” musician, so to speak. I went to a festival in Cleveland, Ohio. There was this girl fronting her band, and as I watched her perform, I literally started crying. I knew at that moment I was missing my calling. Once I got back from the trip, I had a new acoustic guitar and a recording system in no time. I wrote a bunch of material, recorded it, got a few gigs and performed with a bunch of other great musicians. The rest is history!”
Lori performed with various musicians throughout the metro Detroit area, then with a new goal in mind, she uprooted and moved to (mostly) sunny Los Angeles, California. There she dedicated herself to completing her six track ep self titled Lori Withrow, with producer Michael Raphael of Earthtonesounds.
Lori is now back in her home stomping grounds of Michigan and is once again finding her way back to her roots.
“It’s been more than a few years since the release of my EP. I’ve written tons, and it’s time to set the journey free. I think you’ll notice quite a different vibe on my new material. With the EP we took my acoustic songs and turned them into something mainstream which really rocked. This go round, it’s a simple straight from the heart, guitar strumming, soul searching experience. A few will make you smile, few that will make you cry, and hopefully all of them you’ll want to sing along with. I’m excited to share with you!”
In addition to music, Lori also dabbles in authorship.
“Children’s books, Historical Fiction, and Fantasy are a few of my favorite genres. Poetry as well! After all, thats what music is. Poetry put to rhythm. I love that words and music take you out of the real world and into another place.
