Rebels) and Buckshot Bebee, Jimmy Vapid (The Vapids) and Cleave Anderson (Battered Wives, Blue Rodeo). She is the creator/ producer of popular variety shows: Johnny Cash - The Original Punk, & Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad with The Nashville Rejects (Steve Miller, Ted Hawkins) as the back up band . She is the creator/producer of popular on-going 6 week songwriting workshop which combines group work, studio recording and live performance - The Creative Genius Songwriting Workshop. Yates has gained a solid reputation as a photographer with her i-phone6, . As part of the i-phoneography movement, she shoots under the tag of #crazyates_xoxo. Has had 3 successful exhibitions: Killer Tomatoes, Hamilton's Finest Female Vocalists, 2015 Framed, Hamilton Musicians & Creative Class, photo exhibit, 2014 Disappearing Hamilton, photo exhibit, 2013 "Sweetheart of the Valley" is Lori's 7th studio album. Released late Oct. 2015, it received critical acclaim as Yates' best work yet. Recorded at Knob & Tube Toronto, QED Media and This Ain't Hollywood, Hamilton, she enlisted Hey Stella! (David Baxter, Bazil Donovan, Michelle Josef) as the recording band. Additional musicians include; Steve Wood - pedal steel, Stephen Miller - guitar. Rita Chiarelli, Terra Lightfoot, and Ginger St. James are among a choir of background vocals. Grants and Awards City of Hamilton Arts Award - Established Artist 2014 Ontario Arts Council - Songwriting Grant, 2014 Hamilton Spectator People's Choice Awards 2012 - Favourite Female Vocalist, silver Songwriter of the Year - Hamilton Music Awards 2007 Alternative Country Recording of the Year - Hamilton Music Awards 2007 for "The Book Of Minerva" Ontario Arts Council - Recording Grant, 2007 SOCAN Award for No. 1 song "Usure De Jours" NOW Magazine "Best Band" Readers Poll -2000 Kensington Market Community Awards - Best Female Artist - 1993 Juno Awards nomination 1990 Canadian Country Music Association nomination 1990 Discography Albums Singles Rang Tango Rang Tango (1987) Hey Stella! Hey Stella! (1999) Guest appearances The Lucky Ones album from Willie P. Bennett (1989) South at Eight, North at Nine album from Colin Linden (1993) Hell's Kitchen album from Leslie Spit Treeo (1994) Soundtracks Next of Kin (1989) Contributed a duet with Gregg Allman titled "Brother To Brother" Forever Knight - Original Television Soundtrack (1996) Contributed vocals to "The Hunger", "Black Rose", "Touch The Night", "Dark Side of the Glass" and the intro to the Queen of Harps suite The Hanging Garden (1997) Contributed the recording "The