Lindi Ortega: Modern West

Ortega Dept: TORONTO - You could say Canadian alt-country artist Lindi Ortega has been jamming since she was in the womb, when her dad played bass in a Latino band and was heavily immersed in the genre, according to Winnipeg Free Press. No doubt, Ortega has been immersed in music a long time: she's recorded and released original heartbreak tunes on several discs, toured with Hollywood star Kevin Costner's band Modern West, and sung backup for Brandon Flowers The Killers on a year-long tour that took her through Europe and to the studios of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Juno nominee Lindi Ortega poses in Toronto on Thursday, March 29, 2012. Ortega is nominated in the best new artist category.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette "I remember my mom telling me that when she was pregnant with me they went to a Santana concert and she recalls that I was kicking in her belly really hard during that concert," said the lauded Ontario-raised singer-songwriter, whose warbling honeyed vocals have drawn comparisons to Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.