Lera Lynn admits finding a new audience for sad, slow songs is a tough feat, but she knows now that performing as the "Greek chorus" of hit HBO show "True Detective" is a real avenue for lovers of the down-and-out. In an interview today (Aug. 10) -- a day after the Season 2 finale -- Lynn is happy to report that more people are coming to her shows and more doors are being opened after she spent the summer singing in what could be The World's Saddest Venue -- Frank's bar. Lynn collaborated with famed producer T Bone Burnett and songwriter Roseanne Cash to create the eerie, depressing laments for her "strung out" Siren, on Nic Pizzolatto's show. But don't mistake it: she's more than glad to have gone through it. Read our Q&A below, on what her character really was, what her plans are next, and if Frank's bar...
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- by Katie Hasty
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