After the beginning of the pandemic, Lindsay Lou put together a short set of music for the IIBMA’s award show with fellow musicians Phoebe Hunt and Mimi Naja where they highlighted songs written by women. Putting together a whole album of bluegrass music by women was something Lindsay had been dreaming of and this moment was the catalyst she needed to actualize her aspirations.
“In March 2025 I saw my vision turn into a reality. I co-produced a record with Shani Gandhi of songs that have made their way into the bluegrass canon, and were written by women. Some of these songs I sang for many years before realizing they were penned by a wife/mother/female artist.

As a woman, it’s easy to feel like an outsider, or like you don’t belong, in a genre where there is a noticeable lack of representation of women among the forebears. To know that women’s voices made it into the traditional songs feels like a quiet win, and I want to draw more attention to it. Just like having pickers like Molly Tuttle and Sierra Hull out there showing little girls that there is a place for them now in bluegrass, I want to show where there always has been. That women’s words and voices made it in there even in the early days. I also feel primed to do this now as a follow up to Queen of Time, which honored my own maternal lineage, namely the spirit my grandmother left with me.”

Bluegrass Women features a host of who’s who in bluegrass and Americana Music. Released 8/14/26, the album finds Lou collaborating with Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull, Aoife O’Donovan and Sarah Jarosz (of I’m With Her), Laurie Lewis, and many more celebrating the genre’s oft-overlooked female songwriters. Available to order here on gold vinyl and CD.

*Preorders for store pickup will be held for three months after release date. Please pick up your Bluegrass Women preorder no later than November 19th, 2026.