NEW (unreleased) RECORD features Rachel Blumberg (drums, vocals), Nate Query (stand-up bass), Eyvind Kang (viola), Adam Selzer (electric guitar), Cory Gray (piano, trumpet), Micah Rabwin (saw), Jason Leonard (bells, vibraphone), Danny Seim (vocals), Laura Veirs (vocals), Shelley Short (vocals), Lisa Molinaro (viola), Sean Ogilvie (electric guitar, pump organ), Paul Brainard (pedal steel) , Scott Magee (bass clarinet), Toussant (trombone), Dave Depper (electric guitar) and more!
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Influences
beasts of many seasons, shadows on parade.
Sounds Like
"She makes a person want to close their eyes and just bask in a star-filled night" - daytrotter.com
“Her singing feels transported perhaps from the early days of sound recording.”
-NPR
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Laura Gibson lives in portland, sings songs and plays a nylon-stringed guitar. She grew up in a small isolated logging town called Coquille, in the South Coast region of Oregon, the daughter of the town’s kindergarten teacher and a forest ranger. She couldn’t tell you what band put out what particular album in what year, but she could probably describe where she was, how she felt and what you talked about, when she first met you, or what the trees looked like the last time her heart was broken...she likes trees.
Laura's musical venturing began a few years ago when she began playing humble shows in Portland (unless you count playing shows at local nursing homes, which she has done for some time). In the Winter/Spring of 2006, she recorded her debut full-length album, "If You Come to Greet Me" with the wonderful Adam Selzer at his Type Foundry studios in portland. Gibson found the perfect backing band in the members of portland based Norfolk and Western. the songs range from sparse and subtle guitar to an orchestra of strings, horns, banjo, vibraphone and singing saw. "If You Come to Greet Me" made its way into the hands of the folks at Hush Records, who were endeared to Laura's delicate songs and gentle spirit. Laura was endeared to the genuine kindness and artistic strength of the hush records community. The record was released November 14, 2006. concurrently, she became the label's official cat-sitter.
*CURRENTLY*
Laura is working on a new full-length record with friend and superengineerproducer Tucker Martine. She is also working on a collaborative project with Avant Electronic artist Ethan Rose. Both records will most likely be released in early 2009.
She has contributed to many recording projects in her spare time (Colin Meloy, The Dodos, White Hinterland, Musee Mecanique, Raulson, Portland Cello Project).
Her goals for the fall/winter are to study bee-keeping, improve her canning techniques and read many U.S. Presidential biographies.
I find myself humming your songs more and more. Thank you for writing them and playing with us a while back. It was truly a pleasure. We'd love to do it again sometime.
Hiya, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Hope you got a ridiculous amount of presents all of which you wanted very much. Also I trust that you spent Christmas with those you like best in all the world, cause otherwise, why bother? I am running away to Canada in January to record some music, so maybe I should incorporate that into my new years resolution... something, something, I will be creative and productive, blah, blah, blah. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, hope the holidays are great fun for you. -Kate Elliott
Make sure you make your way back over to the east coast soon. Just listened to Wintering in honor of the season. One of my favorite tracks. I saw you in Buffalo over the summer and was absolutely breathless. I don't remember the last time I watched someone perform so intently. Can't wait to see you again.
