Irene Lock

IRENE LOCK Biography

Irene Lock (born: Irene Loche) is a Sardinian and Italian singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Born June 26th 1992 and raised in Santa Giusta, Oristano she has been immersed in music, growing up listening to Soul, Blues, Rock and American Folk records.
She has been interested in guitar since was a child and at the age of 6 she started experimenting and composing with her guitar.

She takes the first stages at a very young age and at only 17 years old she formed her first Blues Band.
Later she formed the power Blues trio "Sunsweet Blues Revenge", she performed at important
Europe festivals such as: Pistoia Blues Festival, Ameno Blues Festival, Italian Blues River, Samedan "Out of The Blue's" (CH), "Mamma Blues" Dromos Festival, "Rocce Rosse" Blues Festival and many others.

She won several awards, collaborate and share the stage with national and international artists such as: Steve Postell, Tom Freund, Sherman Robertson, lan Siegal, Dan Nash, Eric McFadden and many more.
Several articles, interviews and reviews from different country was published about her and the
band.

In 2015 she was officially appointed and recognized as a representative and endorser of the Magnatone USA company, she will be the first female artist to be part of it and the first Italian representative along with international artist as: Keith Richards, Jackson Browne, Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons, Tom Petty, Neil Young and many others.
In 2016 she recorded her first solo album "GARDEN OF LOTUS".

She participates at the WebTV program "Balcony TV" and several festivals including "Sound Around The Island". "Dromos Festival". "Faber Festival", "Vulcani Blues", "Rocce Rosse Festival" and many others. She won the selection at the "BANDS AT NAMM 2017" that would allow her to perform at the "WINTER NAMM SHOW" in Los Angeles.

She makes her first tour in England and on that occasion opened the concert to guitarist blues Dan Nash at "The Ritzy, Brixton (UK)". In England she played other important stages such as: “Ain't Nothing But" London (UK), "The Bedford" and also she performed for the Brown Ale Blues Dancer Festival in New Castle Upon Tyne.

In 2017, during a new edition of the NAMM SHOW, she met Bill Asher, guitar designer and CEO of Asher Guitar's and Lap Steels and she officially became representative and endorser of this company the next year.
She continues to participate in numerous festivals including "Marina Cafè Noir", "Mamma Blues"and "ICHNOS" where she meets the famous conductor and music critic Red Ronnie who invited her to join in his program "Barone Rosso" where she debuts for the first time on TV.

In the same year, she held two Italian tours and was interviewed by numerous radio stations. She is currently making her new record with Steve Postell, Leland Sklar and Steve Ferrone, produced along with the musician, songwriter and producer Steve Postell in his studio in Culver City (CA).