“My favourite record of the last ten years and possibly my life is an LP by a New York woman born in Nashville called Laura Cantrell. It’s country, and I don’t know why I like it, but it has the same sort of effect on me as Roy Orbison had in the ‘60s.”
— John Peel, BBC Radio 1
On stage, on record and on the radio, Laura Cantrell has made a name for herself by combining a love of traditional country and folk music with a modern sensibility that informs a sound both timeless and thoroughly original. A native of Nashville that has spent half her life in New York City, Laura’s unique perspective is evident on her latest album, "Humming by the Flowered Vine," produced by JD Foster.
Laura's previous albums include "Not The Tremblin' Kind" and "When The Roses Bloom Again, " as well as "The Hello Recordings" EP (produced by John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants). She has also been a fixture on the Big Apple airwaves as “the proprietress” of the award-winning Saturday afternoon “Radio Thrift Shop” on free-form WFMU in Jersey City since 1993.
Watch Laura's performance on Two Sounds: Other Voices here.
5 song EP available now exclusively at the iTunes music store.
Laura featured in "Biography | Hairdos and Heartache: The Women of Country Music" on A&E, Friday 7 April 2006. The show included an interview and footage from a live show. Click here for more information.