"Somebody pulled the hair right out of my head, something so small....not me that's pointing a knife, admit that you're wrong not to matter..." (from "Talon of the Blackwater and Graces"). "Talon of the Blackwater", third independent release for this singer/songwriter and Berklee graduate, melds classical, folk, jazz, art rock and new age with "stream of consciousness lyrics". Anti-popular, counter-culture, complex and enthralling, lush music confronts its listeners with all that's horrid and true, transformed in the deep, resonating center where one becomes oneself. Produced by Jay Hovnanian, mastered by Jeff Lipton and featuring Michael Farquharson (MCA artist/Juno nominee), T Lavitz (Grammy nominee of the Dixie Dregs), Eugene Friesen (Grammy winning Paul Winter Consort), Nate Comp (Josh Logan Band), Nick Falk and Marcelo Woloski (Maeve Gilchrist Group), Bruce J. LeBlanc and Alastair Moock. With a voice Bob Ludwig calls "unique and very pure", Laura melds an inventive, textured & rhythmic keyboard style with "the soul and lyrics of a true poet" (Indie-Music Reviews). Her first two albums, "when I left loss" and "Love Flows Like the Blood of a River" (with Eugene Friesen, cello, and Steve Wilkes, percussion) combine songs and spoken word pieces that "lend a riveting, personal touch and at times cut so deep the hair on the listener's skin goes on end".Laura has played at art festivals and venues around the United States. She's opened for John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler, Connie Kaldor, Dana Cooper, Brooks Williams and Lori McKenna.
