Laura Cantrell
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| Birth name | Laura Rose Cantrell |
| Born | July 16, 1967 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Alt Country, Singer-Songwriter, Indie |
| Occupations | Songwriter, Singer, Radio DJ |
| Instruments | Guitar, Piano |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Diesel Only, Shoeshine, Matador |
| Associated acts | They Might Be Giants, Elvis Costello |
| Website | www.lauracantrell.com |
Laura Cantrell (born c. 1967)[1] is a country singer-songwriter and DJ from Nashville, Tennessee. She used to present a weekly country and old-time music radio show on WFMU called The Radio Thrift Shop. Since October 2005 she has only made occasional appearances on the station.
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Biography [edit]
Cantrell moved to New York City from her native Nashville to study law and accounting at Columbia University. She began deejaying on the university's radio station, WKCR, until joining WFMU after her graduation in 1993.
Her singing career began when she was at college, performing with various local groups. She later befriended John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants, with whom she sings on the band's Apollo 18 (1992). Flansburgh also released her first solo material: an EP on his "Hello CD of the Month Club" in June 1996, which was reissued in 2004 as The Hello Recordings.
Cantrell reached wider recognition in 2000 with her debut album, Not the Tremblin' Kind. The album reached the attention of legendary UK DJ John Peel, who wrote of it, "[It is] my favourite record of the last ten years and possibly my life". She went on to record five sessions for Peel and dedicated her 2005 album, Humming by the Flowered Vine, to his memory.
In the spring of 2011, Cantrell released Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs Of the Queen of Country Music, "a recording she made in honor of one of her heroines, the great Kitty Wells",[2] taking its title from an original song of Laura's written in tribute to Wells. At present, Cantrell is working on her fourth album of original material.[2]
Cantrell’s music has been celebrated in the press including features in The New York Times. In recent years, she has been a contributor to The New York Times and VanityFair.com.
Discography [edit]
Albums [edit]
- Not the Tremblin' Kind (2000)
- When the Roses Bloom Again (2002)
- Humming by the Flowered Vine (2005)
- Trains and Boats and Planes (2008)
- Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music (2011) (UK chart peak: No. 138)[3]
EPs [edit]
- Laura Cantrell (1996) (Hello Records 67)
- All the Same to You (2002)
- The Hello Recordings (2004) - Reissue of 1996 EP
- Humming Songs: Acoustic Performances from the Flowered Vine (2006) (download only)
Other releases [edit]
- This Is Next Year: A Brooklyn-Based Compilation (2001) - (Arena Rock Recording Co.)
- Feather by Feather (2003) (Drag City Records)
References [edit]
- ^ Laura Cantrell interview, The Times, April 21, 2008
- ^ a b "Bio & Press". LauraCantrell.com. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110507cluk.txt
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