A Native of Boston, MA, Lori is ready to take her rightful place as a truly talented vocalist. She reminds you what love is all about. Lori’s music elevates feelings-lets you remember, feel, hope for what's ahead and live powerfully in the moment. Lori got her initial introduction and training in singing in the same tradition as many great vocalists before her – in the Church. Lori was 9 years old at the time and soon realized the gift that God had given to her and has never looked back. Lori's gift- a voice that emerges sweetly, landed lightly and touching the soul gently- reverberates much like the graceful notes of a soprano saxophone.

Lori decided to hone her gift and sought professional training from the renowned vocal trainer, the late, Madame Jacqueline Bazinet Corbet, while attending The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. She has spent two decades developing and nurturing her soulful style and fine tuning her instrument." Fellow musicians say that Lori floats in and out of songs like a bird, swaying between smooth and sultry and strong and colorful. She gets to the heart of what a song is about. She makes people feel what she feels. From genre to genre, she gets it right.

Lori's musical influences include vocalist Yolanda Adams, Teena Marie, CeCe Winans, Chaka Khan and Whitney Houston, just to name a few. She has opened for artists such as jazz legend, Jean Carne, R&B great, Regina Belle and Orpheus/MCI recording artist, Andre Ward and recently shared the stage with gospel Icon and BET'S own Dr. Bobby Jones. You can also find Lori’s name in most of the entertainment venues in Boston; performing with several Boston based bands and her own band – Lori Dow and Friends. She has appeared on several local recordings that include Brown-Jackson, Live at Slade's and The ZMQ’s latest CD, Funky Stuff. She has

performed with the esteemed Boston Pop's Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Charles Floyd and with a 200 voice choir as a part of the New England Conservatory Gospel Jubilee along with gospel greats, Kirk Carr, Richard Smallwood, Alvin Slaughter and Donald Lawrence.

Anyone can see that Lori's career is soaring to success. In September of 2005, Lori released her debut CD entitled “Unconditionally Yours” which includes the title song as well as You Used to Love Me featuring singer/songwriter, Terry Gresham and I Wanna Know You Again, plus other musical compositions that will touch your heart and soul. In April 2006, Lori was awarded Best Female Jazz Vocalist at New England's First Annual Urban Music Awards. She has a music ministry at her church, Eliot Church of Roxbury, and plans to release her next CD as a gospel/R&B continuation of "Unconditionally Yours." Lori has also recently opened her own production company, Lori Dow Productions, which allows her to keep the rights to her own releases and possibly work with other artists in the not so distant future.

Education is also a passion of Lori's. Though her schedule has been very busy, she has managed to balance all this with her professional career in the Upper School Admissions Office at Milton Academy.

Lori blends R&B, jazz and contemporary gospel stylings to create a subtle sound that is reminiscent of a time when careful training and ability correlated more closely with critical acclaim.  Her vocal performances exemplify her range and ability to move effortlessly from a jazz standard to a contemporary gospel piece and everything else in between.  Along the journey, Lori's music moves you.