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"Loretta Lynch plays the sort of California country-lover's country that has no past, as if it rolled in on a wave one day and set up shop. Buttery vocal harmonies and wary rhythms convey timeless tales about heartbreak, coming home, and growing old that still manage to sound utterly modern." - Nate Seltenrich, East Bay Express

LATEST NEWS
FRIDAY, MAY 19  Our 21st Anniversary show!

OMG, are we 21?? Why yes, yes we are! Loretta came out singing in Heather's living room in 2002, and we

haven't stopped since. 

Join us at the Starry Plough, our original home-away-from-home, as we ditch the fake I.D. with some talented friends joining us onstage: LL founding member

Joe Rut, High Diving Horses, Berge Tomasian, Ira MarlowePaul Pot, Maurice Tani, Jill Rogers and

Myles Boisen of Jill Rogers & Crying Time 

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The STARRY PLOUGH Pub

3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley CA 94705

ABOUT US 

We say we're "Americana Noir":
little tear in your beer, a little knife
in the back, a twist of rusty barbed wire wrapped around an
earnest heart...
~~~~~ 

Lush three-part harmonies and raucous

surf-tinged guitar burnish Country-Folk-Blues originals and

y'all-ternative

takes on 80's punk and

classic Standards. 

We dredge up the dark heart of Americana and gently set it afire.

Loretta Lynch is:

Heather Davison

vocals, washboard, accordion

Val Esway

vocals, bass, guitar

Ari Fellows-Mannion

vocals, guitar, bass, mandolin

Nathan Moy

drums

Dan Olmsted

electric and acoustic lead guitars

NEW E.P. is OUT!  "All The Right Regrets"

We're releasing this six-song EP on FRIDAY May 19th, at our Turning 21 party. Whatever time it takes, Loretta will always strive to end up with All the Right Regrets...

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VIDEO: 
"Richmond Town" 
OLD STUFF

Photos, flyers from venues that no longer exist, the infamous Setlist Spreadsheet, the weird stuff we say in rehearsals...

 

it's LorettaLand!

Recorded with Bruce Kaphan in Fremont and at the late great Fantasy Studios in Berkeley; mixed and mastered with

Myles Boisen; package design by Jill Rogers.

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