Lending from her admiration of true-rock artists of Stevie Nicks, Heart, and The Pretenders, and holding strength from Cyndi Lauper, (following her own story–below), she had to find a way of breaking through with her music. It speaks to the souls of men as much as women coming out from a closet-like life sharing with the intensity of Emily Dickinson, so humble yet intense her new-born self with the world.
“Lori Jean draws inspiration from her own past trauma as well as from the issues of others, turning them into beautiful music.” Kit Bangles, Karly Kingsley, and Zoe Grimm, The Vodka Press
‘One Great Role Model…..’ Judy Hoberman, Selling In A Skirt