Lindsay Lou

Lindsay Rachel Petroff, known professionally as Lindsay Lou, is an American singer-songwriter and indie folk musician. She began performing bluegrass music professionally in 2009 with The Flatbellys in Lansing, Michigan. The band issued Release Your Shrouds in 2012, and their second album Ionia three years later. In 2018 Lou released the acclaimed Southland, and followed that up with the critically lauded Queen of Time in 2023. Her multipart project celebrating women in bluegrass, including the album Bluegrass Women, was presented following Lou's debut on the Grand Ole Opry in July 2026.