A Conversation With Big Little Lions

The Sound Cafe

Douglas McLean chats with multi award-winning duo, Big Little Lions, for his latest Sound Cafe Podcast, 'Backstage'.

You can listen to the entire interview and music HERE

Big Little Lions are an award winning duo, Helen Austin and Paul Otten, who were born out of a collaboration that won them a JUNO Award in 2014. Since then they have been cranking out infectious folk pop songs that are jam-packed with emotion and tight harmonies that sound like the product of two people working side-by-side instead of living in different countries.

They have released 6 albums to date, which have garnered them awards including the CFMA Ensemble of the Year, Independent Music Awards Americana Single of the Year and the John Lennon Songwriting Competition Song of the Year. Their critically acclaimed music has appeared on the CBC’s Top 20 and featured on shows like q and Vinyl Cafe. The duo are both hugely prolific songwriters - their music has been placed in hundreds of movie trailers, ads, network TV shows and on MTV.

They are currently releasing a new song a month, most of which are on some great Spotify editorial playlists. Their music has been dubbed ‘a blissful marriage of new folk and sophisticated pop’ by Mariposa Folk Festival, and is packed with emotion and tight harmonies.

“What is truly amazing about Big Little Lions is that its two members, Helen Austin and Paul Otten, were born to make music together, their voices made to combine, but they are in different countries. It just goes to show you, destiny is a powerful force.” [east of 8th]

AWARDS:

John Lennon Songwriting Competition Song of the Year JUNO Award CFMA Ensemble of the Year Nominated for many CFMA Awards Nominated for many Western Canadian Music Awards International Songwriting Competition and Unsigned Only Winners various years Canadian Songwriting Competition Folk Winner Independent Music Award Americana Song of the Year CBC’s Top 20 CBC q CBC Vinyl Cafe Hundreds of movie trailers, ads, network TV shows plus MTV