Dana Kalachnik photo Lindsay Lou performs Oct. 23 at the Braumart Theatre in Iron Mountain. For ticket information, go to www.thebraumart.org.

IRON MOUNTAIN — Nashville-based artist and Kingsford graduate Lindsay Lou will perform at The Braumart at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, in support of her new album “Queen of Time,” which was released on Sept. 29 via Kill Rock Stars Nashville.

“I’m looking forward to an evening with Lindsay Lou,” said Seth Anderson, Braumart Board vice president. “This is a concert you don’t want to miss.”

Lou is the self-described daughter of a literal coal miner and millwright, and the granddaughter of a teacher-turned-Rainbow-Gathering-healer. She honed her style in the bluegrass scene with her own band The Flatbellys and the Michigan supergroup Sweet Water Warblers, but this new album finds Lou standing on her own as she comes to understand her place in a long line of powerful women.

“Queen of Time” is the result of a rough couple years that included a divorce and the loss of her grandmother, followed by a hallucinogenic-induced spiritual journey that reformed the way she processes grief and opened her eyes to the through line from her grandmother to herself to the art she creates. Lou’s late grandmother even makes a special appearance on the album, with snippets from over 27 hours of recorded conversations between the two.

On “Nothing Else Matters,” Lou blends those emotions into one vibrant present. The track features Grammy Award winner Jerry Douglas, with his immediately recognizable dobro work helping Lou tap into her bluegrass roots while she unravels this new vision of the world.

Elsewhere, “Nothing’s Working” finds Lou dueting with Grammy-winning guitar virtuoso Billy Strings on their co-write. String’s version of it, accompanying Lou, is on his 2020 release “Renewal.”

“This was another track that came together over the course of a few years; it lived as the first verse alone for a long time,” Lou said. “A suicide in our community stirred me to finish the lyrics, and pandemic gave Billy and I some extra time at home to flesh it out.”

The message comes through in the lyrics as Lou sings, “Take time to listen to the quiet ones/Watch how the rain gives up a chance to swim/ Burn the broken bridges and build them up again,” the duo crying out for change in the face of the endless pain and violence in personal lives and spread across the media. String’s flat-picked guitar ripples and writhes, pervading the track.

“I’ve been fortunate to have spent formative years surrounded by immensely talented friends and collaborators, who, like Billy, feel more like family at this point.” Lou said. “Having them lend their voices to this record is very special to me.”

Despite the heavy topics she addresses on this record, the songs on “Queen of Time” gracefully glide through light and breezy sonic landscapes for an album that is firmly rooted in hopefulness and confidence. On the title song “Queen of Time” and its kaleidoscopic video, Lou imbues her soft folk sound with a touch of psychedelia for an inquisitive song about the passage of time.

Lou has long been known as a live performer, from Telluride Bluegrass Festival to Stagecoach, Celtic Connections to Australia’s National Folk Festival, and a “Can’t Miss Act” at AmericanaFest — not to mention acclaim from PBS, No Depression, Billboard, Holler, Paste, and The Bluegrass Situation, among other outlets.

All $22 tickets are available online at www.thebraumart.org and at the door while supplies last.