Laine Henderson wears her heart on her sleeve, crafting songs that are independently catchy and unbounded by empty pop cliches. Cut from the tall trees and ceaseless rains of her native British Columbia, her songs have been sharpened in dark New York clubs and Dublin back-room bars.

Her debut album “Frostbite”, was released soon after and Jeff Bercovici, of New York Street Beat, best explains: “If Suzanne Vega were dead, there’d be reason to suspect her ghost was animating singer/songwriter Laine Henderson. Henderson shares Vega’s earnestness, her penchant for poetic reflection, and her high standards of musicianship. Like Vega’s, Henderson’s music offers a look at a variety of universal human experiences – loneliness, rejection, spirituality, renewal – from a perspective that is uniquely feminine, although Henderson’s lyrics are considerably less abstract than her predecessor. Henderson borrows elements from a variety of traditions, from jazz to flamenco to Dustbowl blues, all the while keeping her roots planted firmly in the soil of folk rock.”

Honourable mention for ‘Down South’ at the John Lennon Songwriting contest together with her next release, a self titled EP, led to more invitations to perform at both the Rockgirl Music Conference in Seattle and the Philadelphia Music Conference. As a result, some of Laine’s songs then appeared in the independent Bunk Film, ‘Reconciliation’.

Most recently , Laine has returned to the Lower Mainland awaiting the release of her second album “Modern Day Fairy Tales.” She can be seen performing some of her newer composition at The Wired Monk in Cresent Beach, where she has become a welcome regular.