Dana LaCroix

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Dana LaCroix (born April 1, 1966) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. She has released six studio albums that blend roots and blues with pop, folk, country, and rock influences.

Born in Toronto to Naomi LaCroix and Pat LaCroix, a musician who toured with The Halifax Three, LaCroix credits that band as an early influence. Her sister is actress Lisa LaCroix. She has toured since 1993 across the United States, Canada, Norway, and Denmark, performing at festivals and on radio. Early in her career she sang in a Motown tribute group and performed at Expo 86 with Humber College’s Big Band. She moved to New York City in 1989 to work with a large folk-rock band called The Poppies, and then relocated to Copenhagen in 1990. In Denmark she played with Paul Banks and partnered with Kenn Lending as Lending-LaCroix, releasing Down Home Blues on Olufsen Records and touring Denmark and Norway.

Two songs from her debut Pride, Lonely Rooms and Pride, were used in Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2002 film Fear X. Lonely Rooms originally appeared on her indie EP, later named a Top 12 Independent Recording by Nashville’s Performing Songwriter Magazine in 1997. She later worked with Spanish bassist and producer Yadam Gonzales and contributed to Hind’s 2005 Halfway Home.

LaCroix has led vocal workshops in Odense and Fredericia, Denmark, and in Washington, DC. Today she performs and records with her band in Canada, the United States, and Denmark. Her sixth album, The Great Divide, was released in 2016, and she teams up for a duo project with Murali Coryell. Dana lives in Upstate New York with her husband and participates in local events.