# Lori Yates

Artist · Toronto, ON

Lori Yates is a Toronto alternative-country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer whose career connects the city's early cowpunk scene with contemporary roots music.

## Links

- [Official site](https://loriyates.ca/)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5nzPVwWbEGTC8Ggy8uz3Z1)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/lori-yates/3645099)
- [Bandcamp](https://loriyates.bandcamp.com/)

## Sources

- [Current artist-controlled site documenting Matador, active artist identity, official platform links, and professional contact routing](https://loriyates.ca/) — 2026-07-16
- [Artist-controlled career history documenting Oshawa and Toronto roots, 1978 start, bands, albums, current Toronto return, achievements, collaborators, and ongoing performances](https://loriyates.ca/her-story) — 2026-07-16
- [Current artist-controlled performance page documenting a Toronto concert by Lori Yates and the Velvetinas in April 2026](https://loriyates.ca/shows) — 2026-07-16
- [Artist-controlled professional contact form, retained as a page link without republishing the direct email also printed on the page](https://loriyates.ca/contact) — 2026-07-16
- [Current artist-controlled Lori Yates catalog identifying Toronto, Ontario, preserving Matador and the 2025 to 2026 releases, and crediting Yates and Tim Vesely as Matador co-producers](https://loriyates.bandcamp.com/) — 2026-07-16
- [Artist-controlled Matador page documenting the nine-song album, Toronto base, songwriting, musicians, and co-production by Lori Yates and Tim Vesely](https://loriyates.bandcamp.com/album/matador) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify artist 5nzPVwWbEGTC8Ggy8uz3Z1 with provider media and 20 album or single containers, of which 17 survive artist-controlled identity reconciliation](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5nzPVwWbEGTC8Ggy8uz3Z1) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Apple Music artist 3645099 identifying Toronto, Ontario, country genre, the artist-written profile, and the 2026 Virgin Rejects release while also exposing the quarantined Frequency titles](https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/lori-yates/3645099) — 2026-07-16
- [Independent 2024 Roots Music Canada feature reporting Lori Yates's full-time move from Hamilton to Toronto in 2023 and documenting Matador](https://www.rootsmusic.ca/2024/07/30/canadian-roots-icon-lori-yates-bids-farewell-to-grief-on-3-sisters/) — 2026-07-16
- [Roots Music Report album record listing Lori Yates and Tim Vesely as Matador producers and documenting the recording personnel](https://www.rootsmusicreport.com/albums/details/339194/matador) — 2026-07-16
- [Independent album review explicitly identifying Lori Yates and Tim Vesely as Matador co-producers](https://www.lonesomehighway.com/music-reviews/2024/2/12/new-album-reviews) — 2026-07-16
- [Artist distribution landing page connecting LORI YATES (Virgin Rejects '95) to the matching Lori Yates DSP identities](https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/loriyates/lori-yates-virgin-rejects-95) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify LORI YATES (Virgin Rejects '95) album with March 25, 2026 date, seven tracks, Laly Music rights line, and UPC 825700459510](https://open.spotify.com/album/2mFFjGUysniIg9fT7T7KbU) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify MATADOR album with March 21, 2025 provider date, nine tracks, Laly Music rights line, and UPC 199343137006](https://open.spotify.com/album/7HCJ3ntG7fTZK22j5C1KR3) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify Sweetheart of the Valley album with October 24, 2015 date, 12 tracks, Lori Yates rights line, and UPC 844667035414](https://open.spotify.com/album/5uwde9te0SOeFwu6I2aG4U) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify The Book of Minerva album with 2007 date, 13 tracks, Lori Yates rights line, and UPC 775020798724](https://open.spotify.com/album/2Vm5tWKtY3SsILLCO07MoP) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify Breaking Point album with 1994 date, 13 tracks, Virgin Music Canada rights line, and UPC 00724383953257](https://open.spotify.com/album/76qbnBkL9A5llfXNfz5pZn) — 2026-07-16

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Profile: https://musiclist.ca/artist/lori-yates
Last checked: 2026-07-16