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Inara George is Latvian in name only

Andris Straumanis

September 07, 2008

A while back the downloadable “song of the day” from The Current, a service of Minnesota Public Radio, was a tune by Inara George. Inara, as in Ināra? Is she Latvian?

No, but her name is. The Los Angeles-based George got her first name from a Latvian friend of her parents, according to an interview in SF Burning.

Her late father, Lowell George, was a member of the 1970s rock band Little Feat, according to The New York Times. And her godfather is Jackson Browne.

George’s musical style is described as alternative, folk-rock and pop. Her latest album is An Invitation, released on Everloving Records.

More information on the singer is available from her Web site, www.inarageorge.com.

Andris Straumanis is editor of Latvians Online.

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Inara George, a Los Angeles-based singer, got her first name from a Latvian friend of her parents. (Photo by Autumn DeWilde)

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