Lorna's parents were from Kenya. Her mother's family ran a tea plantation, her father's family ran a coffee plantation - one that neighboured the property featured in the Oscar winning film, Out of Africa. They moved to neighbouring Uganda and there they had four children. Lorna has vivid childhood memories of the rich landscape of Africa, but her family was not able to stay there. They had to leave Uganda to escape the political turmoil that ripped through the country during the rise of a brutal, dictatorial regime.

      They moved to Scotland, but stayed only a short while before leaving to settle on the south-west coast of Australia. There they started anew on uncultivated land, living in a tin-roofed, open-faced shack and a tiny trailer surrounded by bush and assorted native and farm animals. Bathing was done under the stars, with hot water provided by an exterior wood-burning 'copper'.

      Lorna's family eventually moved to a small farm on the outskirts of a tiny nearby coastal town. The years here brought with them increasing restlessness and nurtured in Lorna a capricious energy. She occupied herself with learning the drums and teaching herself to play the guitar. She spent hours playing alone, often hammering on drums or strumming her guitar in the open fields. Lorna soon began to couple her music with poetry, marking the beginning of a dauntless exploration of the craft of songwriting.

      Lorna travelled for many years, taking up seasonal work and continuing to write. She pursued work in as culturally diverse and remote areas as possible: from living at sea on fishing trawlers on the Gulf of Carpenteria, to toiling for a construction crew in Hawaii, to wrangling cattle in Texas. She made her way to a performing arts academy in Canada - similar to the high school in Fame, but without the spontaneous, musical, song-and-dance routines erupting in the cafeteria. Arriving fresh from Australia, she found that her classmates all had impressive performing arts resumes. Intimidated, she promptly ran away! Ending up in Pennsylvania, she called the dean of the performing arts school and convinced him to defer her admission to the following year. She eventually completed the school's curriculum and fell in love with Canada during her stay. She made the move from Australia and settled in Toronto.

      Lorna has performed in a number of countries and has recorded and released an EP and three full-length CD albums. She currently performs regularly with her band that she refers to as "the much cherished individuals".

      From Africa, to Scotland, to Australia and across North America, Lorna's experiences and cultural diversity have generated a vibrantly original style and a skill for saturated lyrical imagery. She has been described as "raw", "refreshingly honest" and "powerful" as a performer.